Fiorentina vs Torino prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-01-20 19:45.
Coach Vincenzo Italiano thought a “hasty decision” by the referee influenced their last Serie A (SA) contest against Roma, where Fiorentina lost 2-0 last weekend after playing with ten men for more than an hour. The home fans will hope their team can bounce back here given Fiorentina still boast an admirable record of seven wins from their last ten competitive outings (D1, L2). They’re also boosted by a growing belief that star players Nico Gonzalez and Sofyan Amrabat are going to remain at the club despite transfer interest from elsewhere.
Fiorentina will play host to Torino twice in the next two weeks as both teams are also scheduled to meet in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals, and with three consecutive home H2H victories in hand, the omens look good for the hosts, especially as they’ve not tasted defeat on home soil since way back in October against Inter Milan (W4, D1).
Torino‘s manager Ivan Jurić blamed their surprising 1-0 home defeat to Spezia last Sunday on the heroic midweek Coppa Italia victory over AC Milan where Jurić’s men secured the win despite going down to ten men. The defeat ended a run of three straight 1-1 SA draws and means Torino have now won just one of their last six league matches (D3, L2).
The visitors travel level on points with their hosts (23) and have two less than they had at this stage of last term when they finished tenth in their first season under Jurić. Improving on the road could be key to kick-starting the campaign again as Torino have won just once in their last seven away league matches (D2, L4), despite scoring first in the last four.
Players to watch: After scoring twice in the opening 30 minutes across his last four appearances, Fiorentina will look up to Antonín Barák who has already registered a goal, an assist and a yellow card in his six H2Hs against Torino (W1, D3, L2). Antonio Sanabria rounded off the scoring in Torino‘s last H2H win (4-0), but four of his five SA goals since have arrived before the break.
Hot stat: There’s been at least one goal before the break in 13 of Fiorentina‘s last 14 competitive matches.