They’re masters of the little tactical foul that avoids a booking—they’re 1 of 3 Serie A teams yet to be red-carded—and they look to press fairly high up, trusting that back line to catch anything that gets through. They aren’t great in the air, so set pieces can leave them vulnerable, but Fiorentina aren’t likely to challenge them aerially. Instead, the plan will be, as ever, to get the wingers 1-v-1 against a slower opponent and hope they can cook, especially since the Granata will have a numerical advantage in the middle. After a couple years fighting relegation due to owner Urbano Cairo’s incompetence, Torino has stabilized back into a solidly mid-table team.
Fiorentina has been as uneven as ever since the restart, producing a draw, a win, and a loss in the league to go with a victory in the Coppa Italia. That’s good enough to just barely put them on the left half of the table—which we’ve been told is the season objective—with 23 points, good for 10th place. With a full week between matches, the Viola simply have to stack up some wins before the Coppa Italia and the Conference League return, cluttering the schedule to a frantic degree.
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Manager Vincenzo Italiano won’t have CB Lucas Martínez Quarta, RB Dodô, CM Gaetano Castrovilli, or CF Arthur Cabral, although DM Rolando Mandragora should be fit for the bench. With so many injuries, the team basically picks itself, although there’ve been rumors that the mister might try Nicolás González at striker, given how disappointing Luka Jović has been. However, with the Argentina still not at full fitness, it might be an experiment for the final half hour more than a gambit from the opening kickoff. Torino are a tough nut to crack, boasting a defense that combines discipline with talent.
Fiorentina vs Torino: PreviewAfter a typically irritating loss against AS Roma, Fiorentina return home for a very different sort of clash against Torino, whom they’ll face again in the Coppa Italia 11 days after this one. In 160 previous meetings, the Viola hold a W54 D54 L52 edge, including W5 D3 L2 over their past 10 meetings in Serie A, although their most recent clash ended in a shameful 4-0 loss.
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