Serie A – Torino – Napoli on Match-day 36
Saturday Serie A action from Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, as Torino take on Napoli.
Napoli, remain in contention for Champion’s League qualification, sitting in third place and seven places above tenth placed Torino, going into the clash.
Torino’s Serie A season, has so far seen them gain 47 points, going into this game
Ivan Juric will know at the end of this next match, whether Torino’s season is back on track, having lost their last fixture and drawn against Atalanta before that.
Also, a draw statistic of six in 11 meetings is not all bad, but unfortunately will not bring the success Ivan Juric’s men wishes for ultimately. With a tenth position in the league and 12 wins, 12 losses and 11 draws, they currently have 47 points in the League having won 12 matches, drawn 11 meetings, and lost 12 fixtures.
When Torino host Napoli, they will do so on the back of eight wins, five darts, and four defeats on their own ground.
A victory for Torino would put them on 50 points.
Ivan Juric could be missing up to five of their players through injury or illness for the game on Saturday.
Napoli have so far accrued 70 points in this season of the Serie A
Can Napoli make it three out of three, having turned over Sassuolo 6-1 and Empoli 3-2 in their last two games?
Also, Napoli keep finding ways to win, having secured nine victories in their last 15 fixtures is astonishing this season, which is responsible for their Champion’s League qualification position. Now they have 21 matches won, 7 games lost and 7 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in third place, with a total of 70 points having won 21 games, drawn seven matches, and lost seven games.
Napoli have won 11 meetings, drawn four fixtures, and lost two matches of their 17 League matches away from home this season.
Winning this fixture will see Napoli on 73 points.
Good atacking and defensive team
Napoli’s defence has been rock solid so far, only conceding 31 goals in their previous fixtures. This has been a good season so far for Napoli, in terms of goals scored (67). Their stand out attacking players have been Victor Osimhen (8), Lorenzo Insigne (6), and Dries Mertens (5).
Torino v Napoli – Head-to-Heads.
Regarding their historical duels the balance of wins from previous 33 games between these two is in favour of Napoli, with 15 wins and 13 draws. Additionally, the two sides have drawn the last five fixtures they have had. The last time they played each other in this competition was October 2021, when The Bull walked away as 1-0 winners.
Performance Report
For Torino, Andrea Belotti, one of their best scorers, has nettedsix goals in 35 League fixtures this Serie A Season, while Victor Osimhen contributed witheight goals in 35 League matches so far for Napoli.
Other players of note for Torino are Sasa Lukic and Antonio Sanabria with four goals and two goals respectively and for Napoli are Lorenzo Insigne and Dries Mertens with six goals and five goals respectively.
