Evenly matched teams: Torino vs Fiorentina match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Fri 29.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino (27994 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Torino languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Fiorentina will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Torino has the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Serie A
  • Fiorentina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Torino form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Torino, who have the fewest points (5) at home in Serie A, have only managed 0 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino. Torino are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Atalanta match.

The home team returns to Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino after being equal after 90 minutes with Benevento (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 2-2. Before that, Torino drew at home versus Spezia.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Benevento as Simone Zaza's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.

Torino has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Torino are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 9 played). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Fiorentina form and stats

There's been little loot from Fiorentina's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Serie A. Fiorentina only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Fiorentina have lost on their last two travels.

The supporters enjoyed Fiorentina's previous game versus Crotone (placed 20th), a Serie A 2-1 win played at home. A 0-6 defeat away at Napoli before that.

Fiorentina are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Fiorentina have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Fiorentina - Torino 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Torino wins - draws - Fiorentina wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TorinoA. Belotti
A. Belotti
9 goals
FiorentinaD. Vlahović
D. Vlahović
7 goals
FiorentinaG. Castrovilli
G. Castrovilli
4 goals

Torino missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Torino Fiorentina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 2 9 19
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 5
8 5 3 Drew D 2 2 6
9 4 1 Lost L 0 6 8
28 13 7 Scored S 2 9 20
37 18 8 Conceded C 2 21 30
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 89%
84% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 89% 74%
63% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 47%
47% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 21%
32% 44% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 16%
74% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 47%
16% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 26%
21% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.2 12 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.3 10.5
4.2 4.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3.5
35% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 30%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fiorentina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torino has the fewest points (5) at home in Serie A
  • Torino has the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Serie A
  • Torino have yet to win a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 19 13 4 2 39 22 10 5 3 2 20 15 9 8 1 0 19 7 17 43
2 Inter 19 12 5 2 45 23 9 7 1 1 25 13 10 5 4 1 20 10 22 41
3 Roma 19 11 4 4 41 32 10 7 3 0 25 12 9 4 1 4 16 20 9 37
4 Atalanta 19 10 6 3 44 23 9 5 2 2 22 10 10 5 4 1 22 13 21 36
5 Napoli 17 11 1 5 40 16 9 5 1 3 25 10 8 6 0 2 15 6 24 34
6 Juventus 17 9 6 2 35 18 8 5 2 1 16 8 9 4 4 1 19 10 17 33
7 Lazio 18 9 4 5 30 25 9 4 2 3 14 13 9 5 2 2 16 12 5 31
8 Sassuolo 18 8 6 4 31 27 9 3 4 2 13 12 9 5 2 2 18 15 4 30
9 Hellas Verona 18 7 6 5 22 17 9 4 2 3 12 9 9 3 4 2 10 8 5 27
10 Sampdoria 18 7 2 9 28 29 9 4 1 4 17 14 9 3 1 5 11 15 -1 23
11 Benevento 19 6 4 9 23 36 10 2 3 5 11 20 9 4 1 4 12 16 -13 22
12 Fiorentina 19 5 6 8 20 30 10 4 4 2 11 9 9 1 2 6 9 21 -10 21
13 Bologna 18 5 5 8 24 31 9 4 2 3 17 17 9 1 3 5 7 14 -7 20
14 Udinese 19 4 6 9 20 28 10 2 3 5 7 12 9 2 3 4 13 16 -8 18
15 Spezia 19 4 6 9 26 36 9 1 3 5 10 18 10 3 3 4 16 18 -10 18
16 Genoa 18 3 6 9 18 30 9 2 2 5 13 16 9 1 4 4 5 14 -12 15
17 Torino 19 2 8 9 28 37 9 0 5 4 13 18 10 2 3 5 15 19 -9 14
18 Cagliari 18 3 5 10 23 36 9 2 2 5 12 18 9 1 3 5 11 18 -13 14
19 Parma 18 2 7 9 14 34 9 1 4 4 3 13 9 1 3 5 11 21 -20 13
20 Crotone 19 3 3 13 22 43 9 3 1 5 13 17 10 0 2 8 9 26 -21 12

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Read more about Serie A

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.