Yahoo Sports Champions League line-ups: Young Boys vs. Atalanta
Atalanta rely on Mateo Retegui, Marco Brescianini and Charles De Ketelaere in their Champions League trip to Swiss side Young Boys.
It kicks off at the Stadio Wankdorf at 20.00 GMT.
La Dea are along with Inter the only team yet to concede a single goal in the Champions League so far this season and hope to keep riding that unbeaten record.
They’ve won their last seven consecutive Serie A matches, but are still trying to make up for the disappointing 0-0 at home to Celtic in Europe.
Ederson is suspended in midfield and a major loss, with Davide Zappacosta and Gianluca Scamacca injured.
The good news for coach Gian Piero Gasperini is that Sead Kolasinac, Berat Djimsiti and Raoul Bellanova have shaken off knocks.
However, Giorgio Scalvini is left at home, not wanting to risk running on the synthetic turf in Switzerland after a comeback from five months out.
Young Boys have zero points from their first four Champions League games, but after the 3-0 loss to Aston Villa and 5-0 away to Barcelona, they have tightened up a bit.
They were only beaten by a last-gasp Marcus Thuram goal here against Inter on October 23 after Marko Arnautovic’s penalty was saved, and then fell 2-1 with Shakhtar Donetsk.
Much of the squad is ineligible for this competition, along with injured Tanguy Zoukrou, Loris Benito, Miguel Chaiwa, Saidy Janko, Facinet Conte, Patric Pfeiffer and Abdu Conte.
Ebrima Colley is on loan from Atalanta.
When these sides met in the Champions League in 2021, it was a 3-3 thriller here.
Young Boys: Von Ballmoos; Blum, Lauper, Camara, Hadjam; Ugrinic, Niasse, Lakomy; Colley, Ganvoula, Monteiro
Atalanta: Carnesecchi; Kossounou, Hien, Kolasinac; Cuadrado, De Roon, Pasalic, Ruggeri; Brescianini; De Ketelaere, Retegui
Ref: Lukjancukas (LTU)
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