Torino FC will face Atalanta FC at their home stadium on Sunday, Beijing time. Torino went down 0-2 to Bologna in their last Serie A match, with the team having 51% possession, 9 shots on goal and 3 on target. However, two of Bologna's 13 shots were on target, and it was Giovanni Fabian and Joshua Zilkzer who sealed the win for their team in the 56th and 91st minutes of the match, respectively.
Torino have rarely been able to keep a clean sheet in recent matches, with stats showing that Torino have failed to stop their opponents from scoring in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding a total of 9 goals. We'll soon see if this trend continues in this match.
Torino have failed to beat Atalanta in seven previous league confrontations. Atalanta drew 1-1 with Sporting Lisbon in their most recent match in the Europa League. In that match, Atalanta had 43% possession, 6 shots and 3 shots on goal. Atlanta's goal came from Gianluca Scamacca in the 23rd minute. Sporting Lisbon, on the other hand, had two of their 10 shots on goal, with Marcus Edwards equalizing for his team in the 56th minute.
In their last six games, Atlanta has scored a total of nine goals and have scored in each of those games. They have conceded a total of seven goals in that span.
Looking back at their previous head-to-head record, the matchups since September 26, 2020 have been a miserable experience for Torino. They haven't won anything, while Atalanta have looked much better in those games with a 67% winning percentage.
These games also saw a large number of goals - 30 in total, an average of five per game.
The last time these two teams met in Serie A was in the 32nd round on April 29, 2023, when it ended with Torino 1-2 Atalanta. On that occasion, Torino had 62% possession, 4 shots on goal and 4 shots on target. The goal scorer was Antonio Sanabria (75'). Atalanta had 9 shots on goal, 5 on target, and the goals were scored by Davide Zappacosta (34') and Duvan Zapata (88'). The referee for the match was Juan Luca Sacchi.
Torino's head coach Ivan Juric will have to cope with the absence of a number of players, including Saba Sazonov (surgery), Ange Komanan-Angochai (unknown injury), Brandon Sopi (unknown injury), Samuele Ricci (thigh problem), and Per Schurrle (ACL injury). It is expected that Torino may use a 3-5-2 formation with V. Milinkovic-Savic, Adrian Tameze, A. Buonjono, Ricardo Rodriguez, Raúl Vellanova, Carlo Linetti, Nikola Vlasic, Ivan Ilicic, Valentino Lazaro, Duvan Zapata and Antonio Sanabria in the starting lineup.
Atlanta, on the other hand, are likely to start the match in a 3-5-2 formation with a starting lineup that includes Juan Musso, Berat Ginsti, Giorgio Scalvini, Seyad Kolasinac, Davide Sapacosta, Maarten Drouin, Teun Kupmenas, Ederson Jose, Matteo ****ri, Ademola Lukman, and Gianluca Scaramacca.
Prediction: We think that Torino may find themselves struggling to break down Atalanta's defense in a game that we think Atalanta will likely win and have a good chance of keeping a clean sheet.
