Torino host Roma on Saturday afternoon at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin on match day 15 of Serie A action.
Torino are aiming to build off two consecutive victories in Serie A action on top of an impressive 4-1 demolition of Cesena in the Coppa Italia midweek. It has almost been a month since Torino last tasted defeat, which was at the hands of Inter in a 1-0 loss.
The Giallorossi will be looking to rebound after being dismantled by Barcelona 6-1 in the Champions League and suffering a disappointing 2-0 defeat at home to Atalanta last weekend. Roma have not won since beating their city rivals Lazio 2-0 nearly a month ago.
The two sides have met 26 times dating back to 1994 with the Giallorossi taking home all three points in 16 of them. Torino has managed to win only two of the meetings while holding the Lupi to a draw 16 times. Roma are undefeated in their last 10 matches against Torino in all competitions. Last season they met twice in Serie A with Roma earning four points with a 3-0 home victory and a 1-1 away draw.
Torino’s back-line, lead by Kamil Glik, will be tasked with stopping the likes of Edin Dzeko, but will be high with confidence as they’ve only conceded once in their past three games.
Granata boss Giampiero Ventura will be without the services of midfielders Alexander Farnerud, Joel Obi and Marco Benassi. Also missing the clash will be defenders Danilo Avelar and Nikola Maksimovic.
Garcia’s side will be without a whole host of stars as Francesco Totti, Mohamed Salah, Gervinho and Kevin Strootman are all out injured. Maicon will miss the clash due to suspension.
Form Guide: Torino (D-L-L-W-W) Roma (W-L-W-D-L)
Expected Starting XIs
Torino: Padelli, Bovo, Glik, Moretti, Peres, Acquah, Vives, Baselli, Molinaro, Quagliarella, Belotti
Roma: De Sanctis, Florenzi, Manolas, Rudiger, Digne, Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan, Iturbe, Dzeko, Falque
Infographic from www.sporticos.com
