Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Fiorentina will be aiming to bounce back from a 3-1 loss to Roma when they face Torino at their Stadio Artemio Franchi on Matchday 2. The Viola will be without suspended goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski in Saturday’s clash, while Sofyan Amrabat remains in the recovery room. Atletico Madrid target Dusan Vlahovic is widely expected to lead the line for the hosts. Il Toro, on the other hand, aim to make amends for a 2-1 loss to Atalanta.
Andrea Belotti, who opened his goal-scoring account at the weekend, is widely expected to return to the starting XI, but seeing that Torino are not regarded as good travelers, we are tempted to put our money on Fiorentina. Simone Zaza remains in the recovery room, while Cristian Ansaldi is a major doubt, and he will be assessed ahead of the kick-off.
Highlighted Player (Christian Kouame):
Christian Kouame is an Ivory Coast international who has been playing for Serie A side Genoa since 2018. Kouame started his youth career at Prato and after ending his loan spells with the likes of Sassuolo and Inter, he returned to Stadio Lungobisenzio.
The 185-cm-tall forward made his professional debut with Prato on September 6, 2015 in a 2-1 loss to Pisa. Christian Kouame started the match, but he was replaced by Alberto Aladje after 66 minutes. The Genoa attacker, though, has yet to earn a call-up for the Ivory Coast national team. He has two caps for the Ivory Coast U23 team, but he is still eyeing his senior team debut.
His main position is centre-forward, but he is used as both left and right winger as well. The Genoa footballer was born in Abijan on December 6, 1997 and he has a contract with the Rossoblu until June 30, 2023.
Highlighted Team (Torino):
Torino Football Club is an Italian football club from Turin. The club was founded in 1906 as the result of a fusion between different football clubs. Because of different financial trouble the club is named FC Torino in 2005.
Torino FC is hosting their games in Stadio Grande Torino which holds a capacity of 28 000.
The biggest rival of Torino FC is Juventus which is one of the biggest clubs in the world however Torino FC holds more fans in Turin than their bigger brother Juventus. Torino FC has a big football history as well. During the glory times of the club Torino won the Serie A 7 times and the Coppa Italia 5 times.
Known nicknames for Torino FC are Granata and Toro. The most famous players that have a Torino FC history are: Hakan Sukur, Kieft, Maldini, Falcone and Baron.