Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Juventus
Match Time & Date:
18/02/2022
20:45
Prediction: 2-0
Torino
After sharing the spoils with Atalanta in Bergamo, Juventus will look to start a new winning run in the Serie A when they take on Torino in the Turin derby. The Bianconeri are determined to book their place in the Champions League for yet another term, and, no doubt, big-money signing Dusan Vlahovic is capable of helping “The Old Lady” meet the goal.
Danilo, who scored a late equalizer against the Orobici, misses out through suspension, while both Chiellini and Chiesa remain in the recovery room. Torino, on the other hand, suffered yet another dip in form, and seeing that they failed to impress in back-to-back losses to Udinese and Venezia, we are tempted to put our money on Juve. Both Fares and Praet are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the away team ahead of the local derby.
Highlighted Player (Matthijs de Ligt):
Matthijs de Ligt is yet another product of famous Ajax football academy. After making 17 appearances for Jong Ajax, Matthijs de Ligt started playing for the senior team in 2016. The talented centre-back, who was born on August 12, 1999 in Leiderdorp (Netherlands) made his debut for the Amsterdammers on September 21, 2016 in a cup game against Willem II. Thanks to this goal Matthijs de Ligt became the second youngest goalscorer ever, behind legendary midfielder Clarence Seedorf.
In March, 2017, the Ajax defender made his debut for the Netherlands national team in a 2-0 loss to Bulgaria in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. In 2018 he received AFC Ajax Talent of the Year award (Marco Van Basten Award). Mathiijs de Ligt’s main position is centre-back and his preferred foot is right. His contract with the Amsterdammers should expire on June 30, 2021.
In the 2016/2017 season Matthijs de Ligt and his teammates made it to the Europa League final, but Ajax were beaten by Manchester United in the title game.
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.
