Torino vs Lecce - prediction, team news, lineups

Both beaten again past week, Torino and Lecce volition look to extremity their losing streaks erstwhile they conscionable each different connected Saturday.

While Toro person conscionable suffered back-to-back defeats, their visitors are besides sliding down the Serie A standings.

Match preview

After enduring a dilatory commencement to the season, Torino past posted their champion tally of league wins since 2019, but they person been incapable to marque specified signifier last.

Having antecedently taken maximum points from 3 consecutive games, Toro past mislaid to 2 of Serie A's in-form clubs - Como and Frosinone.

First, Ignazio Abate's broadside conceded 3 precocious goals astatine location to Como, earlier Frosinone struck doubly successful the 2nd fractional past weekend.

Only free-falling Udinese person shipped arsenic galore goals arsenic Torino's 9 during the last half-hour, which volition origin Abate important concern. 

Furthermore, earlier returning to Turin, their past league cleanable expanse astatine Stadio Olimpico Grande dates each the mode backmost to aboriginal March.

That said, the Granata person kept cleanable sheets connected each of Lecce's past 4 visits, including a 1-0 triumph earlier this year.

Either location oregon away, Lecce person mislaid 5 of the past 8 Serie A meetings, failing to adjacent people successful six.

Finding the nett has been a acquainted occupation for respective seasons, but the Salentini kicked disconnected the existent run comparatively well, winning 2 of their archetypal 4 league fixtures.

However, they person since mislaid 4 of the adjacent five, including a 5-1 thrashing by Frosinone and past week's 2-1 location decision to Genoa.

Perhaps not now, but successful August that brace would person been considered Lecce's nonstop relegation rivals, making those losses sting adjacent more. 

In his 2nd twelvemonth astatine the confederate club, caput manager Eusebio Di Francesco surely faces different endurance fight, arsenic his squad person present slipped down to 14th place.

Previously mediocre travellers, Lecce person really won fractional of their past 8 distant games, truthful astatine slightest they tin caput northbound with immoderate hope.

Torino Serie A form:

Lecce Serie A form:

Team News

Torino volition again beryllium without Alessio Cacciamani, who precocious dislocated his shoulder, but chap wing-backs Niccolo Fortini and Ricardo Rodriguez mightiness beryllium progressive this weekend. 

Another wide man, Rafik Belghali should retrieve from a bruised knee, but midfield fulcrum Rolando Mandragora whitethorn beryllium fixed the planetary interruption to afloat flooded his thigh problem.

The matchwinner successful this fixture past season, Che Adams is acceptable to spouse Giovanni Simeone up front; since his accomplishment successful 2024, the Scotland striker is Toro's apical Serie A scorer with 19 goals.

Highlighting their dearth of potent forwards, Lecce's past 8 league goals person been scored by arsenic galore antithetic players - including midfielder Youssef Maleh past week.

Willem Geubbels and Lassana Coulibaly volition some beryllium assessed earlier Saturday's game, but Joel Monteiro injured his near calf against Genoa; Medon Berisha, Santiago Pierotti and Ivan Ilic are inactive sidelined.

Bolstering his options astatine the back, Di Francesco tin callback Kialonda Gaspar, who returns aft serving a two-match suspension.

Torino imaginable starting lineup:

Perri; Coco, Ismajli, Comuzzo; Belghali, Gineitis, Braganca, Patterson; Vlasic; Adams, Simeone

Lecce imaginable starting lineup:

Falcone; Veiga, Siebert, Gabriel, Gallo; Kaba, Ngom, Maleh; N'Dri, Stulic, Fatah

We say: Torino 2-1 Lecce

Although Torino person been leaking excessively galore goals, they person much attacking thrust than their constricted visitors. 

Since April, Lecce person gone 14 league games without a draw, and that streak volition proceed with their 4th consecutive defeat.

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