Torino vs Como - prediction, team news, lineups

With some teams connected a tally of 3 consecutive wins, thing indispensable springiness erstwhile Torino big Como connected Tuesday night.

Fresh from triumph implicit Manchester United, the Lariani won again astatine the weekend, portion Toro are connected their champion Serie A streak for 7 years.

Match preview

After an historical midweek triumph successful the Champions League, Como swiftly followed up by posting back-to-back league victories connected Saturday afternoon, when Sassuolo paid a sojourn to Stadio Sinigaglia.

Having thumped United 4-1 a fewer days earlier, the Lariani made respective changes to their starting XI but inactive came retired connected top, with prima striker Tasos Douvikas bagging a brace.

In their 3rd twelvemonth backmost astatine Italy’s apical level, Como are often breaking caller ground, and a club-record tally of 17 points from 8 games has kept them successful interaction with the apical three.

Already contending to scope the Champions League’s knockout phase, Cesc Fabregas and his young squad whitethorn adjacent beryllium eyeing a spot successful the rubric race.

If they are to enactment successful the premix with Lazio, Roma and reigning champions Inter Milan, past picking up much points connected the roadworthy is simply a must.

Away to Torino past term, they were each quadrate astatine fractional clip earlier scoring 4 goals aft the interruption and enjoying a 5-1 stroll successful Turin.

Two months later, it got adjacent worse for Toro successful the reverse fixture, arsenic Douvikas struck doubly successful a ruthless 6-0 Como win.

At that time, the Granata were languishing dangerously adjacent to the driblet zone, but caller brag Ignazio Abate is aiming overmuch higher this season.

After a pugnacious commencement to his reign, Torino person begun to crook things around, collecting 13 points from their past six matches.

Having returned from the planetary interruption with a location triumph implicit Udinese, Abate’s broadside enactment 3 goals past Parma without reply, earlier celebrating a precise uncommon hat-trick against Monza. 

The past clip Torino had posted 3 consecutive league wins successful 1 run was successful 2019, but they yet achieved an elusive treble by beating their visitors 3-2 connected Friday night.

Kian Fitz-Jim's archetypal Serie A extremity acceptable the code astatine Stadio Olimpico Grande, wherever Toro volition present look a overmuch tougher trial against Como. 

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Team News

Fabregas rotated his squad connected Saturday - astir notably resting Nico Paz portion handing archetypal Samuele Ricci and Willy Kambwala their archetypal starts - and much changes are expected connected Tuesday.

Como are presently missing Trevoh Chalobah, Jesus Rodriguez and Assane Diao through injury, portion Mattia Liberali has been struggling with a shin problem.

Unless Moise Kean is acceptable to instrumentality from a layoff, Douvikas whitethorn person to proceed up front; including his treble against Sassuolo, the second has scored successful his past 4 games crossed each competitions.

Torino whitethorn not boast rather the aforesaid firepower, but each 3 of their strikers - Che Adams, Giovanni Simeone and Sandro Kulenovic - person recovered the nett astatine slightest doubly truthful far.

Furthermore, wing-back Rafik Belghali present has 4 extremity involvements successful Serie A this term, portion skipper Nikola Vlasic has conscionable ended an 11-match drought.

The hosts could invited backmost Emirhan Ilkhan (adductor) and Niccolo Fortini (thigh) from injury, but seasoned defender Ricardo Rodriguez (thigh) is not owed backmost until adjacent week.

Torino imaginable starting lineup:

Perri; Comert, Ismajli, Coco; Belghali, Fitz-Jim, Mandragora, Vlasic, Cacciamani; Adams, Simeone

Como imaginable starting lineup:

Butez; Smolcic, Ramon, Kempf, Valle; Perrone, Milla; Addai, Paz, Baturina; Douvikas

We say: Torino 1-2 Como

This volition beryllium a tougher trial for Como than antecedently expected, arsenic Torino person started to find immoderate bushed nether their caller manager and look much of a menace successful the last third.

Yet, having invested heavy for 3 years, the visitors tin crook to a heavy seat - and that could beryllium the difference.

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