AS Roma is set to visit Torino’s home ground to secure a win in the Serie A league’s 2022-2023 season. The game is scheduled to commence at Stadion Torino on Saturday, April 8, 2023, at 11:30 pm local time. Currently, Torino is in the 10th position of the league’s standings with 38 points. This includes ten wins, an equal number of losses, and eight draws so far from 28 games. On the other hand, the visiting team Roma is comfortably placed fifth, with 15 wins, five draws, and eight losses, having a 12-point lead over the home team.
During their last match, i Giallorossi secured a crucial 3-0 win against Sampdoria, even though the latter team played with ten players. Both Torino and AS Roma have shown competitive gameplay in all competitions. This weekend, Il Toro will aim to recover from their previous defeat against the visiting team. It is believed that Valentino Lazaro will take the right-wing back position, while Jose Mourinho may prepare his available central defenders for the away match.
Based on their head-to-head record, Torino has only secured one win and a draw, while AS Roma has won four out of their six games in all competitions. The following are the records of the last six matches between the two teams:
– 13th November 2022: Roma 1-1 Torino
– 20th May 2022: Torino 0-3 Roma
– 28th November 2021: Roma 1-0 Torino
– 18th April 2021: Torino 3-1 Roma
– 17th December 2020: Roma 3-1 Torino
– 29th July 2020: Torino 2-3 Roma
In terms of the starting lineup, Torino is expected to deploy a 3-4-2-1 formation with Vanja Milinkovic-Savic as the goalkeeper. Meanwhile, AS Roma is expected to use a 3-4-1-2 formation with Rui Patricio in goal. Here are the predicted starting lineups of the two teams:
Torino (3-4-2-1): Vanja Milinkovic-Savic; Alessandro Buongiorno, Perr Schuurs, Andrew Gravillon; Ricardo Rodriguez, Karol Linetty, Samuele Ricci, Valentino Lazaro; Nikola Vlasic, Nemanja Radnjic; Antonio Sanabria.
AS Roma (3-4-1-2): Rui Patricio; Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smalling, Ibanez; Nicola Zalewski, Georginio Wijnaldum, Nemanja Matic, Leonardo Spinazzola; Lorenzo Pellegrini; Andrea Belotti, Paulo Dybala.
As for the match predictions, it is believed that i Giallorossi will secure a 1-0 win against Torino.
