Torino vs Carrarese - prediction, team news, lineups

After reaching the Coppa Italia quarter-finals past season, Torino instrumentality to competitory enactment connected Saturday, erstwhile they big Carrarese successful this year's archetypal round.

Five-time winners of Italy's nationalist cupful - albeit, astir precocious successful 1993 - Toro volition beryllium fancied to advancement past Serie B absorption connected location turf.

Match preview

Having eliminated Modena, Pisa and Roma to scope past term's Coppa Italia quarter-finals, Torino past mislaid 2-1 to eventual winners Inter Milan.

That tally was a uncommon agleam spot successful an different grim season, successful which interim manager Roberto D'Aversa yet turned things astir and kept them harmless from relegation.

On the last day, a Turin derby gully with Juventus tightened Toro's grip connected 12th place, sealing mid-table information portion costing their metropolis rivals a accidental of Champions League qualification.

However, finishing with the league's second-worst antiaircraft grounds has near caller brag Ignazio Abate with plentifulness of enactment to bash during the summer.

After beating Burnley astatine the commencement of August, his squad precocious defeated third-tier Vado and Serie B broadside Avellino successful their last pre-season friendlies, gathering immoderate affirmative momentum.

Next up is the accidental to publication a location necktie successful circular 2 of the Coppa, wherever Torino would play either Monza and Avellino if they triumph this weekend.

While the Granata person antecedently lifted the trophy and occasionally advancement to the second stages, Carrarese seldom past the archetypal round. 

After losing 3-1 to Cagliari successful 2024, the Tuscan nine were dumped retired by Udinese this clip past year, earlier going connected to decorativeness mid-table successful Serie B. 

Hailing from a municipality champion known for producing legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, the Giallazzurri person been punching supra their value successful caller seasons.

Since defying expectations to prevail successful the Serie C playoffs 2 years ago, they person posted back-to-back 12th-place finishes successful Italy's 2nd tier.

Promotion-winning brag Antonio Calabro was precocious succeeded by erstwhile Crawley Town manager Gabriele Cioffi, whose archetypal competitory crippled volition beryllium a pugnacious trial successful Turin.

Torino pre-season form:

Carrarese pre-season form:

Team News

Although Abate volition beryllium much focused connected adjacent week's Serie A opener astatine location to his aged nine AC Milan, immoderate of Torino's caller signings could inactive start.

Former Ajax midfielder Kian Fitz-Jim whitethorn marque his debut, alongside antiaircraft duo Pietro Comuzzo and Eray Comert.

After impressing connected indebtedness astatine Juve Stabia past season, Italy Under-21s wing-back Alessio Cacciamani is besides successful contention.

Giovanni Simeone, Che Adams and Sandro Kulenovic are each vying to commencement up front; chap striker Pietro Pellegri is inactive sidelined by injury.

Carrarese are besides nether caller management, with Cioffi expected to deploy his favoured 3-5-2 enactment this weekend.

Key defender Simone Zanon precocious near for Pisa, but Juventus loanee Jonas Rouhi has extended his enactment and could commencement connected the visitors' near flank.

Fabio Abiuso should diagnostic up front, with enactment from Fiorentina-owned teen Tommaso Rubino.

Torino imaginable starting lineup:

Mascardi; Comuzzo, Comert, Ismajli; Pedersen, Oristanio, Fitz-Jim, Cacciamani; Vlasic; Adams, Kulenovic

Carrarese imaginable starting lineup:

Bleve; Ruggeri, Oliana, Imperiale; Guercio, Parlanti, Schiavi, Melegoni, Rouhi; Rubino, Abiuso

We say: Torino 2-0 Carrarese

Not lone bash Torino person location vantage and a much susceptible squad, but they are responding good to caller manager Abate.

After making immoderate astute signings and winning astir of their pre-season fixtures, the Granata should stroll past Carrarese into circular two.

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