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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino (27994 seats)

It's a fresh beginning in Serie A - the first fixture of the season. Read the full article and see how Torino and Atalanta did in their pre-season friendlies!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Torino form and stats

In the previous season, Torino's league results were 7 wins, 16 draws and 15 losses, results that produced 17th position in the Serie A. From these 38 matches they scored 50 goals and let in 69. Performing as the home team in the former season Torino generated 3-9-7 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 36 conceded.

Torino have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Torino scored 1 goal and let in 3 goals during these three games.

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Atalanta form and stats

Let's have a look at how Atalanta performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 9 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 90 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 6 and lost 2 with 41/23 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, Atalanta have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Atalanta wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Torino wins - draws - Atalanta wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Torino missing players

Atalanta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Torino Atalanta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Torino Last season Atalanta
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
7 3   Won W   11 23
16 9   Drew D   6 9
15 7   Lost L   2 6
50 25   Scored S   41 90
69 36   Conceded C   23 47
89% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
76% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 87%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 61%
42% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 50%
29% 32%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   37% 39%
66% 68%   BTTS BTTS   68% 63%
21% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
24% 26%   Failed to Score F T   11% 13%
 
4.5 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.3
4.8 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.2 3.2
2.1 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
4 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.8 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   16.1 16.5
4 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.4 6
33% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Empoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Genoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Inter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Salernitana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sampdoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Torino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Udinese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Venezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 38 28 7 3 89 35 19 17 1 1 53 18 19 11 6 2 36 17 54 91
2 Milan 38 24 7 7 74 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 19 16 1 2 43 17 33 79
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 90 47 19 12 3 4 49 24 19 11 6 2 41 23 43 78
4 Juventus 38 23 9 6 77 38 19 14 2 3 40 18 19 9 7 3 37 20 39 78
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 19 12 4 3 50 20 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 77
6 Lazio 38 21 5 12 61 55 19 13 3 3 36 23 19 8 2 9 25 32 6 68
7 Roma 38 18 8 12 68 58 19 13 4 2 42 18 19 5 4 10 26 40 10 62
8 Sassuolo 38 17 11 10 64 56 19 7 8 4 31 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 8 62
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 19 9 3 7 32 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 19 6 6 7 23 23 19 5 6 8 23 25 -2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 19 5 5 9 18 28 -11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 19 7 5 7 33 33 19 3 6 10 18 32 -14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 19 3 7 9 22 34 -12 40
14 Udinese 38 10 10 18 42 58 19 5 4 10 14 19 19 5 6 8 28 39 -16 40
15 Spezia 38 9 12 17 52 72 19 5 7 7 28 33 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 39
16 Cagliari 38 9 10 19 43 59 19 5 4 10 22 32 19 4 6 9 21 27 -16 37
17 Torino 38 7 16 15 50 69 19 3 9 7 25 36 19 4 7 8 25 33 -19 37
18 Benevento 38 7 12 19 40 75 19 2 7 10 19 39 19 5 5 9 21 36 -35 33
19 Crotone 38 6 5 27 45 92 19 5 2 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 23
20 Parma 38 3 11 24 39 83 19 2 5 12 16 39 19 1 6 12 23 44 -44 20

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Empoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Genoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Inter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Salernitana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sampdoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Torino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Udinese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Venezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.