In this week 18 match on Dec 19th, Torino will play host to Hellas Verona in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Torino sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Bologna. Antonio Sanabria struck first for Torino in the 24th minute on a feed from Saša Lukić, then Adama Soumaoro added another on an own goal in the 69th minute. Torino is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Hellas Verona is fresh off their 3-4 loss against Empoli. Andrea La Mantia scored the first goal for Empoli in the 15th minute, but Matteo Cancellieri got the equalizer for Hellas Verona in the 18th minute , but Empoli kept scoring and walked away with the win. Hellas Verona is looking for direction having earned 15 points 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 2 draws apiece.
Hellas Verona’s top weapon lately has been Giovanni Simeone, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Torino hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Gleison Bremer and Josip Brekalo, and they each have 1 goal.