Sassuolo – Torino

Torino have a good chance of scoring against Sassuolo

Torino have suffered two defeats in the last five rounds, both to "top-four" sides. At the end of February, the Bulls lost 4-2 to Juventus in an interesting encounter. Torino then took on Bologna (1-0) and Lecce (0-2) without too many problems. Last weekend, Torino had the misfortune of facing Napoli. "The Azzurri thrashed their opponents 0-4 and once again showed their total superiority in this competition. "The Bulls are sitting 11th after 27 rounds, but have a realistic chance of qualifying to the European competitions. The points density from 7th to 12th place allows for both easy gains and losses after just one game. Unlike their opponents, Sassuolo have won four games in a row. The Neroverdi's opponents, though, are far easier. During this stretch, Dionisi's side have beaten Lecce, Cremonese, Roma and La Spezia. It should be said straight away that the Giallorossi played their game right between the Europa League fixtures against Real Sociedad. It is also worth highlighting some unfairness in the results of the meetings with Lecce and Cremonese. Both the Grigiorossi and the Wolves looked no worse than their opponents. The encounter with Marco Baroni's charges was decided by a single goal, with the teams sitting on 1.19 and 1.08 goals respectively (in favour of the Giallorossi). At the same time, the 3-2 victory over Ballardini's side was made possible by a 90+2 minute goal from Byrami. The xG scoreline was 1.05 to 1.26 (according to understat). "The Neroverdi have won six of their 13 games at the Citta del Tricolore. At the same time, the team has a slight underperformance of 2.71 goals per xGA and an overperformance of 2.46 in expected points. In their first-round encounter, Sassuolo picked up a minimal victory over the Bulls. Prior to that, however, the teams had gone their separate ways on two occasions, with the Turin side winning twice more. Ivan Djuric's side could well take revenge for their September defeat.