Both teams have suffered crumbling defeats in the first round. If Shakhtar has been expected to fall against Manchester City, expectations of Atalanta were far higher. Since then the Ukrainians won twice - against Desna (1:0), and against Vorskla thereafter (4:0). Atalanta's fare since then has been fine as well - a draw against Fiorentina, two confident wins against Roma and Sassuolo. Both teams approach this match at their peaks. Gasperini has already claimed that his crew is intended to take revenge. Who doesn't? Both teams consider each other as the prime opponent at this point and both are eager to win. One can expect a double-edged, prolific match.