Torino vs Udinese - prediction, team news, lineups

Wrapping up Serie A's sixth round, Torino volition play big to Udinese connected Monday evening.

With conscionable 4 points apiece, Toro are inactive seeking their archetypal location win, portion their visitors suffered 3 consecutive defeats earlier planetary shot intervened.

Match preview

Torino person endured a hard commencement to the season, taking immoderate uncertain steps nether caller manager Ignazio Abate, who was handed his archetypal Serie A coaching relation this summer.

Following defeats to AC Milan and Sassuolo - positive a meek Coppa Italia exit to Monza - a 2-1 triumph astatine Fiorentina concisely lifted the mood, but Toro were past beaten 2-0 by Roma.

Just earlier the break, different nonaccomplishment loomed astatine Stadio Dall'Ara, but Sandro Kulenovic produced a fortunate 77th-minute leveller and Abate's men near Bologna with 1 point.

Now returning to location turf, the Granata person taken thing from their archetypal 2 league games successful Turin, aft ending past word unbeaten successful six consecutive games astatine Stadio Olimpico Grande.

Highlighting the alteration successful fortunes since Abate succeeded interim brag Roberto D'Aversa, Torino volition beryllium keen to extremity that inclination astatine the adjacent imaginable opportunity. 

Having mislaid conscionable 2 of their past 10 location games against Udinese - portion keeping a cleanable expanse successful fractional - astatine slightest past suggests they tin get up and moving connected Monday.

After going six without a triumph successful this fixture, Udinese did the league treble implicit Torino past season, starting with January's 2-1 triumph successful Turin.

Aside from the unusual relegation scrap, these clubs person mostly ended up successful the mediate of the pack, and they are presently level connected a humble 4 points from 5 matches.

Due to the planetary break, Udinese person had 3 weeks to dwell connected suffering 3 consecutive defeats, astir precocious losing to astonishment bundle Cagliari. 

It had each started truthful positively for the Friulani, who came done 2 Coppa Italia ties and were unbeaten successful their archetypal 2 Serie A fixtures, but Kosta Runjaic present needs to crook things around.

His squad thin to slice aft fractional time, arsenic nary broadside has scored less goals during the 2nd fractional - conscionable 2 truthful acold - and that has outgo them respective precious points.

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Team News

Torino could beryllium missing Italy Under-21s full-back Niccolo Fortini, who had to retreat from planetary work with a thigh strain, though helium has trained individually and has not been ruled out.

In amended quality for Abate, Che Adams has recovered from injury, truthful the Scotland striker tin vie with Kulenovic and Giovanni Simeone - the second of whom has failed to people successful 7 Serie A games dating backmost to past season.

Pietro Pellegri is yet backmost successful afloat grooming aft different agelong layoff, but the injury-prone guardant is improbable to play connected Monday.

Fresh from an Italy recall, cardinal midfielder Rolando Mandragora made 71 league appearances for Udinese betwixt 2018 and 2021, and helium scored against his erstwhile nine past twelvemonth for Fiorentina. 

Meanwhile, Keinan Davis is acceptable to pb the visitors' attack, seeing disconnected contention from Vakoun Bayo; chap guardant Idrissa Gueye has conscionable undergone ankle surgery.

From an precocious midfield role, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp has been progressive successful six goals crossed his past 5 Serie A distant games, and helium scored successful this equivalent fixture past term.

Though respective players returned from wounded during the break, Nicolo Zaniolo and Jakub Piotrowski volition articulation Gueye connected the sidelines, portion wing-back Juan Arizala remains a doubt.

Torino imaginable starting lineup:

Perri; Comert, Coco, Rodriguez; Belghali, Mandragora, Fitz-Jim, Casadei, Cacciamani; Vlasic; Simeone

Udinese imaginable starting lineup:

Okoye; Abankwah, Kabasele, Solet; Vojvoda, Karlstrom, Miller, Kamara; Gomez, Ekkelenkamp; Davis

We say: Torino 1-2 Udinese

On the backmost of 2 coagulated seasons nether Runjaic, Udinese person developed a stronger squad and are amended placed than Torino to get retired of their slump.

So, the hosts are acceptable for different location defeat, heaping much unit connected young manager Abate.

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