Football Italia
·24 Januari 2025
Football Italia
·24 Januari 2025
The line-ups are in for the first Serie A fixture of the weekend, as Paolo Vanoli’s Torino host Davide Nicola and Cagliari in Turin on Friday evening.
Torino are looking to make it five consecutive matches unbeaten, having drawn with Fiorentina, Juventus, Parma and Udinese over their last four league fixtures.
They were reduced to 10 men against Fiorentina after Ali Dembele’s sending off, which means there is just one change to Vanoli’s line-up, as Marcus Holmgren Pedersen comes in to replace him.
epa11836267 Torino’s midfielder Gvidas Gineitis (C) celebrates after scoring the 1-1 goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match ACF Fiorentina vs Torino FC at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, 19 January 2025. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI
Cagliari, meanwhile, are unbeaten in three and picked up a dominant 4-1 win over 10-man Lecce last time out in Serie A.
Nicola has also stuck with a similar line-up, but has made a handful of changes by bringing back Razvan Marin, Gianluca Gaetano and Alessandro Deiola in midfield and attack.
epa11836665 Cagliari’s Gianluca Gaetano jubilates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer match Cagliari calcio vs US Lecce the Unipol domus in Cagliari, Italy, 19 January 2025. EPA-EFE/FABIO MURRU
Kick-off this evening is due at 19.45 GMT.
Torino (4-2-3-1): Milinkovic Savic; Pedersen, Maripan, Coco, Sosa; Ricci, Tameze; Lazaro, Vlasic, Karamoh; Adams.
Cagliari (4-2-3-1): Caprile; Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Obert; Marin, Deiola; Zortea, Gaetano, Felici; Piccoli.