Torino v Fiorentina Match Preview, 21/05/2023

Match Facts

1. Torino have won their last two Serie A matches against Fiorentina, the same number of victories they had in the previous 12 encounters against them (D4 L6); the last time Torino recorded more consecutive wins against Fiorentina in the competition was between 1975 and 1978 (five wins).
2. After a streak of 16 consecutive league matches in which Fiorentina always found the net against Torino, they’ve failed to score in the two most recent matches against them and haven't scored in three in a row since 2002.
3. Torino are unbeaten in nine of their last 10 home games against Fiorentina in Serie A (W4 D5); Fiorentina's only win in that period was 2-1 in March 2018 (goals by Jordan Veretout and Cyril Théréau, with Andrea Belotti scoring for Torino).
4. Fiorentina haven't drawn any of their last nine Serie A matches played against opponents with the same number of points at the start of the matchday (currently 49, the same as Torino), recording five wins and four losses in those games.
5. Torino haven’t won any of their last 15 Serie A matches in which they conceded a goal (D8 L7); in their last eight league victories, they've kept a clean sheet (the last time they didn't was in October against Milan).
6. No team have scored fewer goals from corner kicks than Torino in this Serie A season, scoring only two goals (the same as Cremonese), six fewer than Fiorentina, who have scored eight goals from corners (second only to Napoli with 17 and Juventus with 11).
7. Fiorentina have had the second-highest number of direct attacks in Serie A this season, with 69 (behind Milan with 82). However, Torino are one of the two teams that haven't scored from a direct attack this season, along with Sampdoria.
8. The next point Torino win will be Ivan Juric's 100th point in Serie A with Torino. He has been on the Torino bench for 73 games in the competition, and he could become the second-fastest coach to reach this milestone in the three-points-per-win era, following Walter Mazzarri, who achieved it in just 62 matches.
9. Nikola Vlasic has been involved in nine goals this campaign (five goals and four assists) and could become the second Torino player in double figures for goal involvements (after Antonio Sanabria); the last time the Granata had two players with 10 or more involvements was 2018/19 (Iago Falque and Andrea Belotti).
10. Riccardo Saponara has been involved in five goals in 13 matches against Torino in Serie A (two goals, including his first with Fiorentina in the competition in February 2017, and three assists). Only against Milan (six) and Sassuolo (six) has he got more goals and assists in the top-flight.