Torino vs Sassuolo - prediction, team news, lineups

Both vying for a imaginable top-half finish, Torino and Sassuolo volition footwear disconnected Serie A's 36th matchday erstwhile they conscionable successful Turin connected Friday evening.

Having taken conscionable 1 constituent from their past 3 games, Toro are present outsiders, but the Neroverdi beryllium 10th aft stunning AC Milan.

Match preview

Though it has been different disappointing run for fans of Torino, their nine person astatine slightest warded disconnected the menace of relegation and secured information with respective weeks remaining.

Previously sinking down the table, the Granata made a mid-season alteration successful the dugout, and Roberto D'Aversa's accomplishment proved transformational.

Under his watch, they person accrued 14 points from 9 games to gradually emergence up the rankings; that tally includes a stirring fightback to gully 2-2 with Inter Milan, who person since claimed the Scudetto.

However, Toro were tamely beaten 2-0 by Udinese past week, putting a large dent successful hopes of securing a uncommon top-10 finish.

To execute specified a feat aboriginal this month, Torino indispensable commencement their last 3 fixtures by doing the treble implicit Sassuolo - thing they person lone managed erstwhile earlier successful Serie A.

While they suffered a 1-0 decision successful December's reverse fixture, Sassuolo present beryllium 8 points supra Toro successful the array and are overmuch amended placed to station a top-half placing.

Last term's second-tier champions tin besides play with implicit state aft serenely achieving their main nonsubjective - Serie A survival.

A haul of 26 points from their past 14 matches has featured respective awesome results, with the astir caller being a 2-0 location triumph implicit Milan.

Thwarting the Rossoneri erstwhile again, Neroverdi fable Domenico Berardi scored an aboriginal opener against his favourite opponents, earlier Milan were reduced to 10 men; Armand Lauriente past doubled that pb soon aft fractional time.

Having lone tallied 30 points astatine the extremity of the 2023-24 campaign, erstwhile they were demoted to Serie B, Sassuolo present person 49 connected the committee with 3 games remaining and could theoretically decorativeness arsenic precocious arsenic seventh place.

However, the Emilian club's past distant triumph dates backmost to February, and Torino's location signifier has precocious picked up. 

Torino Serie A form:

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Sassuolo Serie A form:

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Team News

Both Che Adams and Duvan Zapata are inactive struggling with thigh injuries, truthful it remains to beryllium seen who partners Giovanni Simeone successful Torino's attack.

Last week, D'Aversa moved skipper Nikola Vlasic guardant to enactment Toro's 10-goal apical scorer - who has netted successful each of his past 4 location games - but Alieu Njie and Sandro Kulenovic are besides contenders.

The hosts whitethorn inactive beryllium missing Marcus Pedersen, Zakaria Aboukhlal and cardinal defender Ardian Ismajli, but Tino Anjorin hopes to instrumentality from a hep problem.

Meanwhile, Sassuolo brag Fabio Grosso is sweating connected the fittingness of Berardi and Jay Idzes, and respective men are acceptable to miss out.

Darryl Bakola, Fali Cande, Daniel Boloca and Edoardo Pieragnolo are each injured, portion Alieu Fadera indispensable service a suspension.

Once again, M'Bala Nzola and Andrea Pinamonti volition vie for enactment up front, but Lauriente is definite to commencement connected the near wing. Following his good onslaught against Milan, the French winger has scored six Serie A goals this season, successful summation to notching 9 assists.

Torino imaginable starting lineup:

Paleari; Coco, Marianucci, Ebosse; Lazaro, Casadei, Ilkhan, Gineitis, Obrador; Vlasic, Simeone

Sassuolo imaginable starting lineup:

Turati; Coulibaly, Walukiewicz, Muharemovic, Garcia; Thorstvedt, Matic, Kone; Berardi, Nzola, Lauriente

We say: Torino 2-2 Sassuolo

Across 11 erstwhile top-flight meetings successful Turin, these clubs person lone drawn erstwhile - but that could beryllium the last result connected Friday.

Neither challenging for Europe nor warring relegation, some tin play without the handbrake and aggregate goals whitethorn beryllium traded.

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