Venezia travel to the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino for an Italian Serie A fixture with Torino. The Turin club are solid at home and should have the edge over the visitors, who are struggling at the moment.
Torino head into this encounter following a 2-0 Serie A defeat at Napoli in their previous fixture. That defeat means Paolo Vanoli's men have only lost once in the last five matches and currently sit 10th in the table.
The positive for Torino is that they are back at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino having gone unbeaten in their last eight home matches. They often maintain their discipline in front of their fans and have kept clean sheets in two of their last three home matches.
Venezia come into this clash battling relegation as they sit third from bottom, two points from safety. Their form has been so poor lately, with one win from their last 17 Serie A away matches, suffering a 2-0 home defeat to AC Milan in their previous fixture.
A poor record on their travels has been one of the issues troubling Venezia this season having failed to secure a single away win so far. However, Eusebio Di Francesco's men will have some confidence heading into Friday’s clash having drawn their last four matches on the road.
How the bookies view it: Torino with the advantage
The bookies have installed Torino as favourites, with BoyleSports offering 11/10 for a home win. A victory for Venezia is priced at 13/5 while a draw has been set at 19/10 with BoyleSports.
Head to head: Venezia on top
Venezia have a 6-3 advantage with six draws from 15 previous matches against Torino. However, the Turin club claimed a 1-0 away victory in the reverse fixture in August.
Players to watch: Dependable Adams
Che Adams is Torino’s top scorer this season with nine Serie goals and will be the one to watch on Friday. He was also on target in the last home clash and is priced at 2/1 by BoyleSports to find the net.
Torino are often solid at the back whenever they play at home, keeping clean sheets in two of their last three matches in Turin. Saul Coco has been a mainstay at the back and can lead the hosts to another clean sheet at 7/5 with BoyleSports.
Probable line-ups
Torino will be without Duvan Zapata, Borna Sosa and Alieu Njie due to several knocks while Valentino Lazaro is suspended for this fixture. However, Coco, Cesare Casadei and Adams are expected to retain their spots in the line-up.
Michael Svoboda, Richie Sagrado and Mikael Ellertsson are unavailable for Venezia due to injuries. However, John Yeboah, Daniel Fila and Cheick Conde are expected to remain in the line-up.
Torino: Milinkovic-Savic, Coco, Maripan, Masina, Pedersen, Linetty, Tameze, Casadei, Biraghi, Elmas, Adams
Venezia: Radu, Cande, Idzes, Marcandalli, Haps, Conde, Caviglia, Busio, Zerbin, Yeboah, Fila
Anything else catch the eye?
Torino have scored first in five of their last six home matches and that trend can be backed to continue at 4/5 with BoyleSports. They have also won to nil in two of their last three home matches and having produced a similar outcome in the reverse fixture, a repeat is expected here at 23/10 with BoyleSports.
There have been more goals after the break in Torino’s last four home matches and a similar outcome is valued at 11/10 with BoyleSports.
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