In this week 18 match, on Sun Jan 15th, Torino plays host to Spezia in a Serie A match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Torino sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Milan. Michel Ndary Adopo struck first for Torino in the 114th minute on a feed from Brian Bayeye, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Milan couldn’t manage to score, and Torino took the shutout win. Torino is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Spezia recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Lecce. Neither Spezia nor Lecce could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Spezia looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
M’Bala Nzola has been the most prolific scorer on Spezia in his last five matches with three goals. Torino is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Perr Schuurs and Aleksey Miranchuk each only have 1 goal in their last five.