This will be the 100th meeting between these two sides in Serie A: the Viola lead by 41 wins to 26.
In their last five meetings, Atalanta and Fiorentina have never repeated the same result twice in a row.
Atalanta have won only twice in their last 12 games against Fiorentina in the league, although both wins have come in the last two meetings in Bergamo.
Against Atalanta, Luca Toni scored his first ever Serie A goal, in October 2000 when he was at Vicenza.
Atalanta have won three of their last five Serie A games, including last Sunday against Inter (coming from 3-1 down to winning 4-3).
However, Atalanta have won only one of their last seven league fixtures on home soil (4D 2L).
Last time out, Fiorentina drew their first game after nine Serie A fxtures where they had won five and lost four.
The Viola have scored in each of their last seven league games, but have also conceded two goals in each of the last three.
Fiorentina have lost five of their last six away games, winning the other one.
Last Sunday, Germán Denis netted his third Serie A hat-trick, taking his scoring tally for this season to 15 goals.
No sides have been awarded more penalties than Fiorentina so far in this campaign (nine, including two in the last game against AC Milan).
Cagliari - Inter
Cagliari have conceded 110 goals in Serie A against Inter - more than against any other opponent so far.
Cagliari have beaten Inter only once in their last 25 meetings in the league.
Their last two league meetings both ended 2-2 - previously, Inter had recorded five wins in a row against the Sardinians.
Inter have scored in each of their last 23 league games against Cagliari (on average two goals per game).
Cagliari have lost only one of their last 12 Serie A fixtures (6W 5D).
The Sardinians are unbeaten in their last six home games (4W 2D), and won the last three.
However, they have conceded in each of their last nine games played at home.
Inter have lost three of their last four games in Serie A, and have won only four times in the last 15 match-days.
The Nerazzurri have won their last two away games, after they had picked up only a point from their previous seven games on the road.
In the reverse fixture, Marco Sau scored his first Serie A brace - he is currently the Sardinians' top-scorer on 11 goals.
Last Sunday, Tommaso Rocchi scored his 100th Serie A goal.
Chievo - Catania
Chievo lead by five wins to three in Serie A against Catania, with three draws completing the record.
In their last eight meetings, both sides have always scored.
Catania have found the net in each of their 11 previous meetings against Chievo in the league, but never more than twice in a single game.
The head to head record between the two sides in Verona sees the hosts remain unbeaten, courtesy of three wins and two draws.
Sergio Pellissier has scored six goals against Catania, only against Lazio (seven) has he bagged more in the top-flight.
Chievo have lost six of their last nine league fixtures, with two wins and a draw.
Chievo have won only one of their last five home games, losing two and drawing two in the process.
Catania have won only one of their last five Serie A fixtures, and only one of their last five away from home too.
Chievo are the only side yet to concede a goal from penalty in this Serie A campaign.
Cyril Théréau has been directly involved in five of Chievo'ò last six home goals (three scored, two assisted).
Gonzalo Bergessio and Alejandro Gomez are both currently enjoying their 3rd respective Serie A seasons and they are both also having their most prolific campaigns so far, having netted eight and seven goals respectively.
Genoa - Sampdoria
This will be the 74th derby between Genoa and Sampdoria - the Blucerchiati lead by 25 wins to 23, including a 3-1 win in the reverse fixture this season.
These two sides haven't drawn any of their last eight meetings, with Genoa winning five and Sampdoria three.
Genoa have won the last three Serie A derbies when playing as the host side, and have not conceded more than one goal in any of the last nine clashes with their local rivals.
In the reverse fixture, Mauro Icardi scored his first ever Serie A goal.
Genoa have collected only one point from their last five league games, conceding a total of 12 goals in the process.
Genoa have a record of three wins, two draws and one loss over the course of their last six home games.
The Grifoni have conceded exaclty two goals in four of their last five home fixtures.
Sampdoria have picked up only a point in total from their last four Serie A games, conceding eight goals in the process.
Samp have won just one of their last 13 league games on the road (five draws, seven defeats).
Away from home, the Blucerchiati have scored only one goal in their last five league games - losing two and drawing three 0-0..
Ciro Immobile scored a goal in the reverse fixture, but has failed to find the net in his last 10 Serie A appearances.
Lazio - Juventus
Juventus are unbeaten against Lazio in the league since December 2003 - since then, there have been 11 wins for the Old Lady and five draws (incl. the 0-0 in the reverse fixture this season).
Lazio have netted only four goals in their last nine meetings against the Bianconeri.
Juve have won their last three games at Lazio's ground without conceding a single goal.
Lazio are one of only two current sides in Serie A (alongside Atalanta) against whom Sebastian Giovinco is yet to score a goal.
Mirko Vucinic has already scored seven goals in Serie A against Lazio - his favourite opponent after Udinese (10 goals).
Lazio have won just two of their last 11 Serie A fixtures (three draws, six losses).
Lazio have won only two of their last five home games, losing two.
Juventus have recorded five wins and a draw in the last six Serie A match-days.
Antonio Conte's side have lost only one of their last eight away games in the league, winning five in the process.
Juventus have never conceded more than a single goal in any of their last 28 games on the road in this Serie A, since a 3-3 draw at the San Paolo against Napoli in November 2011.
AC Milan - Napoli
Five of the last eight meetings between these two sides have ended in a draw, including the last two.
AC Milan are unbeaten in their last 18 home games against Napoli (10W 8D).
Napoli have scored only one goal in total in their last four visits to AC Milan in the league.
Giampaolo Pazzini has scored only one goal in his 10 league appearances against Napoli in Serie A.
Edinson Cavani has bagged four goals in Serie A against AC Milan, including one of his six hat-tricks (in September 2011).
AC Milan are still unbeaten in Serie A in 2013 (9W 4D).
At home, Massimiliano Allegri's side are on a run of eight consecutive wins during which they have conceded only five goals.
Napoli have won their last three league games - the Partenopei have yet to win four games in a row in the league this season.
Before beating Torino in their last away game, Napoli had lost three times in a row on the road.
AC Milan have seen nine opposition players sent off this season, the joint-most in Serie A (level with Juventus).
Last Sunday, Riccardo Montolivo scored his fourth goal this season - he has never scored five in a single Serie A season.
Palermo - Bologna
Palermo and Bologna haven't drawn any of their last eight league meetings with the Rosanero winning five.
Bologna have scored in each of their last 10 meetings against Palermo.
Bologna have managed to beat Palermo only once in their 22 meetings at the Barbera, back in November 1934 - since then the hosts have won 14 times, including the last five against the Felsinei.
Bologna have never scored more than a single goal at Palermo's ground in Serie A.
Alberto Gilardino has already scored eight goals against Palermo, including a brace - though he has only found the net once in his last eight Serie A appearances.
Palermo have won back-to-back games against Roma and Sampdoria - the last time the Sicilians won three games in a row in the league was in November 2010.
The Rosanero scored five goals in those two games, as many as they had netted in their previous eight league fixtures.
At the Barbera, Palermo have won only one of their last eight league games, losing four.
Bologna are winless in their last three league fixtures, and have kept a clean sheet in three of their last five games.
Bologna have drawn only one of their last 17 away games in Serie A, losing 11 times in the process.
Palermo have scored five goals in their last two games, as many had they had netted in their previous eight Serie A match-days.
Parma - Udinese
Parma lead by 16 wins to 12 in Serie A against Udinese, with nine draws.
Udinese have won only one of their last eight league games against Parma in the top-flight.
Udinese have scored only one goal in total in their last four trips to Parma in Serie A.
Eight of Amauri's 10 goals in this campaign have been scored on home soil.
Last Sunday against Chievo, Antonio Di Natale scored goals no. 169 and 170 in his 351 Serie A appearances, with those strikes coming in his 22nd top-flight brace.
Parma have lost only one of their last four league games, and have kept clean sheets in the last two.
The Ducali have now won back-to-back games at home after picking up only two points from their previous four fixtures at the Tardini.
Udinese scored three goals in their last game against Chievo, as many as they had netted in their previous six Serie A matches.
Francesco Guidolin's side have never repeated the same result in consecutive games over the course of the last 12 match-days.
Pescara - Siena
The only previous meeting between these two sides was the reverse fixture this season, won 1-0 by the Tuscans.
Pescara have taken only one point from their last 12 Serie A fixtures, failing to score in eight of those games.
Pescara have lost their last five games at home, conceding on average two goals per game.
Siena are unbeaten in the last four Serie A match-days, but have drawn the last three.
Siena have only won one of their last 13 away games, losing eight in the process.
Siena's last nine league goals have been scored by either Emeghara (five) or Rosina (four).
Pescara have the worst attack (just 22 goals scored) and the worst defence (63 conceded) in Serie A this season.
Mattia Perin has made the most saves in Serie A this season (110).
Only Juventus (14) have kept more clean sheets than Siena (12) this season.
Torino - Roma
Roma have won their last four league games against Torino, and 10 of the last 12.
In seven of their last 12 meetings against Roma, Torino have failed to score.
Roma are unbeaten in their last 11 games at Torino's ground in Serie A.
The Giallorossi have won four of their last five visits to Torino and have conceded only one goal in these games.
Torino have won only one of their last six league games, conceding an average of 2.5 goals per game.
At home, the Granata have won four of their last seven games but lost last time out against Napoli 5-3.
The last time before that where they had conceded five goals at home in Serie A came in May 1993 (Torino v Cagliari 0-5).
Roma have won just one of their last four Serie A games (2D 1L).
Roma have only won one of their last eight away games, losing five - however, the Giallorossi did score in each of those games..
Francesco Totti has played nine games in Serie A against Torino, scoring three goals.
Converting a penalty against Lazio last time out, Totti took his scoring tally to 12 goals this season, but only two of them have come away from home.
Roma are one of just three current teams in Serie A against whom Rolando Bianchi has never scored in his career.
