Serie A Preview: Torino vs Inter – Team News, Lineups & Prediction

After scoring a brace to level the score, Hakan Calhanoglu set up Petar Sucic for a last-gasp winner, earning a flattering ‘Man of the Match’ award in the process. Though Napoli’s thumping 4-0 win over Cremonese on Friday means Inter cannot win the Scudetto this weekend, they could set themselves up for a home celebration with a win in Turin. It would take a brave man to bet against Cristian Chivu’s high-flying side here, as they head into proceedings on the back of four consecutive wins in all competitions.

While the odds remain firmly stacked against Torino here, the hosts can draw confidence from going unbeaten in their last three league outings (W2, D1). Roberto D’Aversa’s men cannot afford to rest on their laurels if they are to avoid their worst Serie A finish since the 2020/21 season, when they had to settle for a disappointing 17th place. Indeed, they currently trail 10th-placed Sassuolo by five points.

With only five games left to play, the Granata are running out of time to return in contention for a top-half finish. Match Preview Torino D’Aversa has turned Torino’s fortunes around since replacing Marco Baroni in the dugout in late February. Despite overseeing his first goalless draw in seven games in charge of the club, the 50-year-old manager has steered the Granata back on track (W4, D1, L2).

Furthermore, he has helped Torino piece together their second-longest unbeaten streak this season (W2, D1) ahead of this mouth-watering showdown. Three of D’Aversa’s four wins at the helm have come at this venue, where the Granata could win four consecutive league games in one season for the first time since 2018/19. However, the task ahead is nothing short of Herculean, with Torino losing 13 of their last 14 meetings with Inter across all competitions (D1), including a humiliating 5-0 defeat in August’s reverse fixture.