In a weekend match on Saturday Jan 21st, in week 19, Fiorentina and Torino will play a match in Firenze in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Fiorentina is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Roma. Paulo Dybala struck first for Roma in the 40th minute on a feed from Tammy Abraham, then Paulo Dybala added another in the 82nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Fiorentina couldn’t manage to score, and Roma took the shutout win. Fiorentina is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while torino sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Spezia. M’Bala Nzola scored the first goal for Spezia in the 28th minute on a penalty, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Torino was frustrated by Spezia’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Spezia ended the match with the shutout victory. Torino is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Torino is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Aleksey Miranchuk and Antonio Sanabria each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Antonín Barák has been the most effective weapon for Fiorentina lately. The Czech midfielder has netted three goals in his last five matches.