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Gian Piero Gasperini's side appears unstoppable, with a club record 11 successive league victories sending it soaring up the table to move two points clear of Napoli in second place.

It has been a historic year for Atalanta, which claimed its first trophy since 1963 after its triumph over Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final in May. 

It has also registered both its record number of wins (36) in a single calendar year in all competitions (since 1929-30) and its record number of goals scored (126).

But the stellar start this season has been helped by its star front line, with Atalanta the only team across Europe's top five leagues to have three players to score at least 10 goals this season, in Charles De Ketelaere (10), Ademola Lookman (12) and Mateo Retegui (14). 

In fact, De Ketelaere is the highest-scoring Serie A player in 2024 in all competitions: 36 (20 goals and 16 assists), with the Belgian also scoring one of his three Serie A braces this year against Lazio in February.

However, up next in Serie A for Atalanta is Lazio, which has won 17 of its first 24 games in all competitions for the first time in its history (since 1929-30). 

Marco Baroni's side has already turned heads with some of its results, including back-to-back wins against Napoli, then top of the table, in the Coppa Italia and Serie A.

Lazio has won its last two matches against the team that was in first place in the Serie A standings at the start of a matchday (against Napoli on MD15 and against Torino at MD6), as many wins as in the previous 23 matches against these opponents (W2 D3 L18).

It impressively bounced back after suffering a 6-0 thrashing at home to Inter by beating Lecce, and will move to within three points of the leader if it can win.

Should Gasperini's side slip up, Napoli and Inter will be ready to pounce, and both teams will be confident of doing so with matches against teams in the relegation zone. 

Inter, which plays earlier on Sunday and has a game in hand on the teams around it, could move level on points with the leaders if it beats Cagliari.

The Nerazzurri have spent the most minutes in leading positions in Serie A this season (683) and have won the most matches (26 out of 37), scored the most goals (89), lost the fewest matches (two) and conceded the fewest goals (29) in the top-flight across 2024.

Napoli, meanwhile, has won its last two games since losing to Lazio, and it knows it needs to beat Venezia to keep the pace at the top of the table.

Its vast improvement from last season is well-documented, but Antonio Conte's side will be aiming to steady its home form again. It has lost two of its last three home games in Serie A (W1) after winning each of its first five home league games this season.

Juventus is the only unbeaten side in Serie A, but 10 draws leaves it sixth in the standings and nine points off top spot, with a tricky test against fifth-placed Fiorentina on Monday, while AC Milan is well off the pace in eighth place. It welcomes Roma on Monday.