Roma vs Torino betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Stadio Olimpico

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: Sun 05.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Roma have performed better than Torino so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Roma form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 8 Serie A games here at Stadio Olimpico for Roma. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

The Roma fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie A game also here at Stadio Olimpico: A 0-2 defeat against Torino (placed 10th). In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Fiorentina.

The Roma manager Paulo Fonseca has got the team scoring with 18 from 8 home games in the league. Roma have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Torino form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Torino, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Roma (placed 4th) in the Serie A last time out. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against SPAL.

Goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu was absolutely vital in the Torino victory against Roma, making 7 saves.

The travelling fans enjoy Torino's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Torino have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Roma and Torino have met before this season: Roma - Torino 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Roma 6 wins, 1 draw and Torino 3 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TorinoA. Belotti
A. Belotti
8 goals
RomaE. Džeko
E. Džeko
7 goals
RomaA. Kolarov
A. Kolarov
5 goals

Roma missing players

Torino missing players

Roma Torino
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 18
10 5 3 Won W 1 4 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 2 0 Lost L 1 4 8
33 18 8 Scored S 3 15 24
19 13 4 Conceded C 6 14 26
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 72%
56% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 61%
33% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 56% 28%
17% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 17%
56% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 50%
28% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 22%
28% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 33%
 
7.3 8.7 7.3 Corners For (avg) C F 2.5 3.8 5.3
4.4 3.2 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 10 7.8 6.8
2.8 2.6 3.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.6
4 1 1 Red Cards R C 1 3 4
 
303 182 45 Total Shots T S 22 110 219
101 60 17 Shots on Target S O 8 42 79
33% 30% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 36% 30%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Roma's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Roma have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Torino have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Torino have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Torino haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 17 13 3 1 36 14 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 7 1 0 19 8 22 42
2 Juventus 17 13 3 1 31 17 8 7 1 0 18 9 9 6 2 1 13 8 14 42
3 Lazio 16 11 3 2 38 16 8 6 2 0 24 7 8 5 1 2 14 9 22 36
4 Roma 17 10 5 2 33 17 8 5 2 1 18 11 9 5 3 1 15 6 16 35
5 Atalanta 17 9 4 4 43 25 8 4 1 3 23 14 9 5 3 1 20 11 18 31
6 Cagliari 17 8 5 4 33 23 9 5 1 3 20 14 8 3 4 1 13 9 10 29
7 Parma 17 7 4 6 24 20 9 4 1 4 13 10 8 3 3 2 11 10 4 25
8 Napoli 17 6 6 5 27 22 8 3 2 3 10 8 9 3 4 2 17 14 5 24
9 Bologna 17 6 4 7 27 29 8 3 2 3 13 13 9 3 2 4 14 16 -2 22
10 Torino 17 6 3 8 22 26 9 3 2 4 9 12 8 3 1 4 13 14 -4 21
11 Milan 17 6 3 8 16 24 8 2 3 3 7 10 9 4 0 5 9 14 -8 21
12 Sassuolo 17 5 4 8 29 29 9 3 1 5 19 18 8 2 3 3 10 11 0 19
13 Hellas Verona 16 5 4 7 17 20 9 3 3 3 10 10 7 2 1 4 7 10 -3 19
14 Udinese 17 5 3 9 13 28 9 4 2 3 7 10 8 1 1 6 6 18 -15 18
15 Fiorentina 17 4 5 8 21 28 9 2 3 4 10 14 8 2 2 4 11 14 -7 17
16 Lecce 17 3 6 8 22 35 8 0 4 4 10 16 9 3 2 4 12 19 -13 15
17 Sampdoria 17 4 3 10 14 27 9 2 3 4 6 11 8 2 0 6 8 16 -13 15
18 Brescia 17 4 2 11 15 29 8 1 1 6 8 17 9 3 1 5 7 12 -14 14
19 SPAL 17 3 3 11 12 26 8 2 2 4 8 11 9 1 1 7 4 15 -14 12
20 Genoa 17 2 5 10 17 35 8 2 1 5 8 11 9 0 4 5 9 24 -18 11

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.