Sassuolo vs Torino prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-12-20 14:00.
[p]Sassuolo continue their unlikely pursuit of the Serie A European places when they host a Torino side who got back to winning ways last time out.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Sassuolo are enjoying an incredible return to Serie A, only twice previously posting more than their current 21-point haul at this stage of a top-flight season. With the Neroverdi just four points adrift of the top six ahead of this round, cautious optimism may be starting to grow that they can gatecrash the already-congested European race. Fabio Grosso’s side underlined their credentials again with a 2-2 draw against title-chasing AC Milan last time out, with that result stretching their impressive recent run to just one defeat in five games (W2, D2). They are more vulnerable at home where under half of their points have been earned (W3, D1, L3), albeit two of those defeats came against sides in the pre-round top-four.[/p]
[p]Torino ended a six-match winless streak (D3, L3) with a dogged 1-0 victory over Cremonese last week, a result that pulled them five points clear of the relegation zone. Marco Baroni’s side have found consistency hard to come by this term, best illustrated by the fact they possess the division’s joint-worst defensive pre-round, yet only three sides have managed more than their six clean sheets. Half of those shutouts have come on the road, yet Torino have picked up just six away points this season (W1, D3, L3), going winless going winless on the road since beating Roma in mid-September (D3, L2).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Sassuolo have emerged victorious from just four of the 22 prior Serie A H2Hs (D9, L9), with seven of those draws ending 1-1. Torino have lost just one of their 11 top-flight trips to Sassuolo (W2, D8).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Sassuolo have lost all six games they trailed at half-time in Serie A this season.[/p]
[p]Six of Sassuolo’s last seven matches featured over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Torino have conceded a league-high 15 first-half goals this season.[/p]
[p]Just three of Torino’s last ten away fixtures saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]IsmaĂ«l KonĂ© has netted three times in his last five games for club and country, including in back-to-back Sassuolo matches – his last four club scoring appearances have come in games that produced over 3.5 goals. ChĂ© Adams has scored ten of his 13 goals for Torino after half-time, with two of his three strikes this term coming on the road.[/p]
[p]Sassuolo’s Kristian Thorstvedt is suspended, while Woyo Coulibaly has departed for the Africa Cup of Nations, as has Torino’s Saúl Coco.[/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With Sassuolo in the goals and Torino conceding at an alarming rate, backing there to be over 2.5 goals seems a likely outcome.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Matt Jones[/i][/p]