Torino vs AS Roma prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-09-23 18:45.
Torino recorded their biggest win of the season during the last round of Serie A (SA) fixtures but unfortunately for them, so did upcoming opponents Roma. Ivan Jurić’s men put Salernitana to the sword 3-0 on Monday evening, in the process recording their third SA clean sheet of the campaign, a figure only matched by leaders Inter Milan.
Matches at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino have been extremely closely fought in recent months, with none of the last five league games at the venue featuring more than two goals. Indeed, the last time that Torino netted twice at home in the league against a club still in SA was all the way back in October last year against then-reigning champions AC Milan!
Roma sit three points behind their hosts after an indifferent start to the season (W1, D1, L2), but come into the game on a high after winning at Sheriff Tiraspol in midweek European action, a game that followed a 7-0 trouncing of Empoli last weekend. That match saw Paulo Dybala bag a brace to become just the fourth player to have scored in each of the last ten SA seasons (along with Giacomo Bonaventura, Duván Zapata and Domenico Berardi). Furthermore, the victory was the fifth-biggest in the Giallorossi’s history and their biggest for almost 17 years since they beat Catania by the same scoreline.
The capital club have really enjoyed the majority of their last half-dozen visits to the Maroon half of Turin (W5, L1), with four of those victories accompanied by a clean sheet. Three of the last four of those H2Hs saw the first goal by the 20-minute mark, and considering the last seven SA matches involving José Mourinho’s side stretching back to May also saw the goal breached within the same timeframe, it could be imperative to get to your seat or turn on the TV in good time!
Players to watch: Nemanja Radonjić has scored three goals in his last two appearances for Torino – all of which have come after the 40th minute – with the Serbia international needing 30 club games prior to that to score as many. Andrea Belotti failed to score a stoppage-time penalty against his old employers last term in his first match facing Torino since leaving them in the summer of 2022, but he may feel more confident about making amends on Sunday after registering two assists against Empoli.
Hot stat: No Torino player has recorded two or more goals in a SA home match since April 2022.