Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Stadio Olimpico di Torino will host Saturday’s football game between Torino and Monza, the two teams who are almost level on points in the Serie A standings. Il Toro desperately needed a win against Udinese and they managed to get one, with the team putting an end to their four-game winless run. All Koffi Djidji, Ivan Ilic, and Adrien Tameze are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
The Biancorossi, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Genoa and Cagliari. As Monza have won four of their last five league matches, we predict that they are going to grab something from Saturday’s game. Warren Bondo is banned for the match, while fellow midfielder Samuele Vignato misses out with a muscle injury. In the first half of the season the two sides played out a 1-1 draw.
Highlighted Player (Duvan Zapata):
Duvan Zapata was born in Cali, Colombia on 1 April, 1991. The 186-cm-tall attacker started his youth career at America de Cali, playing for the club between 2004 and 2008. In 2008 he made his debut for the first team and three years later he scored his first hat-trick for the Colombian outfit, in a 3-2 win over Deportivo Pereira.
In 2011 he signed a loan deal with Estudiantes and he found the net for the Argentine team on his debut against Belgrano. After scoring 11 goals in 37 appearances for Estudiantes, the Colombian striker joined Napoli in 2013, but he failed to establish himself as a first-choice attacker.
On 22 July, 2015 Zapata joined fellow Serie A team Udinese on loan and it has to be noted that he scored eight goals in 24 league appearances for the Zebrette. Duvan Zapata has 5 caps for Colombia U20 team, but he has yet to make his debut for the senior side.
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.