Torino hosts Genoa in the Coppa Italia 1/8 finals. The match will be played on Thursday, January 9th at Stadio Olimpico di Torino (Turin)
Last season, Torino barely managed to take seventh place in the national championship and qualified for the Europa League. The team managed to get through only three qualifying rounds, and Wolverhampton eliminated it in the third one. Last season, Torino has a very high-quality defense. Now the team cannot boast of such reliability. Currently, the club takes tenth place in the standings of Serie A. It has six wins, three draws, and eight defeats. The team has a bad performance in the attack. It scores very little, but there was such a problem in the last season. One experienced player in the attacking line gives the main result. This is Andrea Belotti; it is around him that the head coach is trying to build a game in attack now. As I said earlier, there is nothing to boast of in the defense. The club concedes more than scores. Now there is a great competition in the middle of the tournament standings, and if Torino makes at least one awkward movement, it may fall a couple of lines below. The club played its last match against SPAL and lost with a 1–2 score. The team has not yet participated in the Italian Cup this season, and this will be its first match.
Last season, Genoa was one step away from relegation to the lower league. The team took 17th place, and a real miracle saved it. Apparently, the team did not work on errors and did not draw any conclusions in the current season. Today, Genoa is the main outsider of the Italian championship. This club takes the last place in the standings. It managed to gain only two victories. The Griffins have huge problems with the defense line - they conceded the most goals among all the participants of the championship. It is not strange that Genoa managed to beat the same weak teams as it is. First, it managed to beat Fiorentina (2-1). And after that, it dealt with Brescia (3:1). By the way, not everything is bad with the attack. The Griffins have a young forward Christian Kuame, who brought good results to his team. Unfortunately, this football player is injured for quite a long time, and it is still unknown when he will be able to return to the field. Genoa has already played two matches in the Italian Cup. It defeated Imolese and coped with Ascoli (3:2).
Bookmakers believe that Torino will win this game and confirm this with a lower coefficient. It is clear that Torino has every chance of winning in this match. These teams have different levels of the game now. Genoa is an outsider in the Italian Championship, and that’s it.
Prediction for the match: Torino to win
