Torino – Cagliari

The Torino players will do their utmost to beat Cagliari at home.

Torino wins for the second straight game. "The Bulls", who had been trailing for three rounds, finally managed to find openings at the opponents' goal. In the last round, Marco Baroni's side narrowly beat Sassuolo away. The match could have been quite productive, but ended in a narrow win for the Granata. The match against Cremonese also finished with the same score in favor of the Turin side. Cagliari were close to victory over Pisa in the last round. The "Torri" converted a penalty near the end of the first half, but the "ball to the dressing room" negatively affected the Nerazzurri. The Islanders took the initiative and went ahead thanks to goals from Folorunsho and Kilicsoy by the 71st minute. A hard-fought win for Pizzake's side wasn't meant to happen. Moreo's goal in the 89th minute earned the visitors their first points in three matches. Before that, Cagliari had not had an easy schedule. "Rossoblu" faced Atalanta, Roma, Napoli and Juventus. They managed to avoid defeat only in the meeting with the Wolves, which the Islanders won 1-0. The head-to-head meetings between the sides are quite high-scoring. Thus, in four of the last five matches between the clubs, two or more goals were scored. In the first leg of last season the teams met in Sardinia. There was also a goal-for-goal exchange in the first half. The goal-scoring continued after the break, but the winners were the hosts, 3-2. The meeting in Turin began with a quick goal from the "Bulls". The Granata could have doubled the lead at the start of the second half, but the goal was ruled out after VAR intervention. Nevertheless, the Turin side scored their second goal in the 61st minute. The score did not change further. Marco Baroni's charges have been productive at the Olimpico this season. Notably, in the last five home matches the Bulls have scored in every one. However, in only one of them the Granata kept a clean sheet. Cagliari were finding the net on the road. The Islanders, in their last three away matches, traded goals with their opponents. Moreover, in each of these games the Rossoblu conceded as well. Cagliari have a notable undercount according to the xGA metric. Thus, Pizzake's charges were short by 4.39 goals in their own net, even though 23 were conceded. At the same time, Torino are underperforming in front of goal. According to xG, the Bulls should have scored another 5.43 times. All signs point to this encounter being high-scoring.