Torino vs Hellas Verona Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Torino can finally push themselves well clear and into the middle-of-the-table with a victory here as they take on relegation-bound Hellas Verona in Piedmont.
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Torino preview: Mid-table Torino
Torino begin the weekend's round of fixtures sitting nine points clear of the bottom three and the relegation places but with a real chance to nail down their Serie A status with a victory this weekend.
The hosts come into this one on the back of a return to action after the break with a slender 1-0 victory at Arena Garibaldi against Pisa in Tuscany, courtesy of an 80th minute winner scored by Scotland international striker Che Adams.
Hellas Verona preview: Relegation-bound
Having been circling the drain for a while now, Hellas Verona finally seem as though they may fall through the trapdoor and into Serie B, beginning the match day sitting nine points adrift of safety with seven games to go.
The visitors most recently succumbed to a slender 1-0 loss at home to a struggling Fiorentina side with Nicolo Fagioli scoring the only goal of the game for I Viola at the Marcantonio Bentegodi in a feisty affair.
Torino team news: Duvan Zapata out
Colombia international striker Duvan Zapata is sidelined for Torino this weekend, with attacking midfielder Zakaria Aboukhlal also sidelined due to a knee injury.
Predicted XI (3-4-1-2): Paleari; Saul Coco, Ismajli, Ebosse; Pedersen, Gineitis, Prati, Rafa Obrador; Vlasic, Giovanni Simeone, Kulenovic
Unavailable: Aboukhlal (Injured), Duvan Zapata (Injured)
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Hellas Verona team news: Suslov a doubt
Versatile midfielder Tomas Suslov is a doubt for Verona this weekend, with key absentees including the likes of Armel Bella-Kotchap, Suat Serdar and Sandi Lovric.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Montipo; Nelsson, Edmundsson, Frese; Oyegoke, Akpa-Akpro, Gagliardini, Bernede, Belghali; Bowie, Orban
Unavailable: Bella-Kotchap (Injured), Serdar (Injured), Lovric (Injured)
Questionable: Suslov (Injured)
Torino vs Hellas Verona prediction
Torino have been treading water in Serie A for a while now with their overall goal in recent years seemingly being to play a more attacking style of football at some stage. That has not arrived but they are grinding out their way, rather inconsistently, to safety once again. Verona lack quality and last week may well have been 'last chance saloon' for the visitors with a low-scoring home win the thing to bet for this Saturday afternoon.
Torino vs Hellas Verona tip: Torino to win & under 3.5 goals
