Torino vs Parma Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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These two sides should be safe in the battle against relegation but both Torino and Parma could do with rubber stamping that as they clash in Turin on Friday night.
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Torino preview: Drifting Torino
Torino come into this one on the back of a 2-1 loss to underperforming and lacklustre defending champions Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona down in Naples last weekend.
That defeat means that the struggling home team, only six points clear of the bottom three ahead of this weekend's round of fixtures, have now won just one of their last six matches across all competitions.
Parma preview: Solid Parma
Parma have been steady throughout the campaign and results in the last couple of months have begun to justify the appointment of Mikel Arteta's former assistant coach at Arsenal, Carlos Cuesta.
The visitors themselves are ten points ahead of the danger zone, but will still be a bit wary with ten games to go. Their goalless draw with Fiorentina last weekend has extended their current unbeaten run of form to five matches in Serie A.
Torino team news: Aboukhlal a doubt
Versatile attacking midfielder Zakaria Aboukhlal is a doubt for Torino this weekend as he deals with a knee injury but there are no other issues for the hosts to deal with.
Predicted XI (3-4-1-2): Paleari; Saul Coco, Ismajli, Ebosse; Lazaro, Gineitis, Prati, Rafa Obador; Vlasic; Giovanni Simeone, Duvan Zapata
Unavailable:
Questionable: Aboukhlal (Injured)
Parma team news: A few injuries
Parma are dealing with a few injury issues for this one as attacking duo Pontus Almqvist and Matija Frigan are sidelined, while Adrian Bernade and Sascha Britschgi are doubts.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Corvi; Del Prato, Troilo, Circati; Cremaschi, Caviglia, Keita, Sorensen, Valeri; Mateo Pellegrino, Strefezza
Unavailable: Almqvist (Injured), Frigan (Injured)
Questionable: Adrian Bernade (Injured), Britschgi (Injured)
Torino vs Parma prediction
With just 20 goals scored in their 28 games this season, Parma are one of the more tedious teams to watch - but they are effective and reliable with what they want to do. Torino, on the other hand, are often dull and simply shoddy. Even with their home advantage at Stadio Grande Torino, siding with Parma in a likely low-scoring clash would be the way to go for this one in Piedmont.
Torino vs Parma tip: Parma to win & under 3.5 goals
