TORINO. Torino demolishes Fiorentina 4-0 with goals of W. Singo (19′), J. Brekalo (23′), J. Brekalo (31′) and A. Sanabria (58′).

The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino stadium in Torino on Monday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Livio Marinelli with the help of Michele Lombardi and Christian Rossi. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1 degrees Celsius or 33.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Torino was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Fiorentina that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Torino was more pushing with 31 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Torino won the match​.

Torino shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Fiorentina shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Torino received 2 yellow cards (K. Djidji and M. Vojvoda). On the opposite side, Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards (L. Martinez Quarta and Igor).

Standings

After this match, Torino will have 28 points like Sassuolo and Empoli to remain in the 9th place. On the other side, Fiorentina will stay with 32 points like Roma and Lazio to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Torino will play away with Sampdoria on the 15th of January with a 10-9 head to head stats in favor of Sampdoria (9 draws).

Fiorentina will host Genoa on the 17th of January with a 11-4 head to head record in favor of Fiorentina (15 draws).

Torino – Formation

Torino started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Ivan Juric decided to play with the following team: Luca Gemello (7.5), Koffi Djidji (7.4), Bremer (7.6), Ricardo Rodríguez (6.6), Wilfried Singo (8.0), Saša Lukić (6.8), Rolando Mandragora (7.1), Mergim Vojvoda (7.1), Dennis Praet (6.8), Josip Brekalo (8.6) and Antonio Sanabria (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Simone Zaza, Karol Linetty, Ben Lhassine Kone, Marko Pjaca (6.4), Simone Verdi, David Zima, Magnus Warming, Etrit Berisha, Armando Izzo, Daniele Baselli, Tommaso Pobega (6.9) and Alessandro Buongiorno.

Torino could not rely on the presence of T. Pobega (injured).

Substitutions

Torino made 4 changes: J. Brekalo for M. Pjaca (79′), D. Praet for T. Pobega (79′), W. Singo for D. Zima (88′) and A. Sanabria for M. Warming (88′).

Best player: Josip Brekalo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Torino was Josip Brekalo.

His rating is (8.6) with 2 goals, 43 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Vincenzo Italiano played with: Pietro Terracciano (5.7), Álvaro Odriozola (6.1), Nikola Milenković (6.6), Lucas Martínez Quarta (6.6), Cristiano Biraghi (6.4), Giacomo Bonaventura (6.8), Lucas Torreira (6.4), Gaetano Castrovilli (5.9), José Callejón (6.0), Dušan Vlahović (7.0) and Nicolás González (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Youssef Maleh (6.4), Lorenzo Venuti, Antonio Rosati, Matija Nastasić, Bartłomiej Drągowski, Aleksandr Kokorin (6.4), Aleksa Terzić, Jonathan Ikoné (6.6), Erick Pulgar, Igor Júlio (5.5), Riccardo Saponara (6.5) and Alfred Duncan.

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: L. Martinez Quarta for Igor (46′), J. Callejon for R. Saponara (46′), D. Vlahovic for A. Kokorin (73′), G. Castrovilli for Y. Maleh (74′) and N. Gonzalez for J. Ikone (78′).

Best player: Nicolás González​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Nicolás González.

His rating is (7.1) with 18 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Torino – Fiorentina – 4-0