Torino’s home defence faces Monza’s away scoring threat
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Torino’s home defensive record and Monza’s away results frame the key pre-match question, with Gustavo Varela and C. Adams carrying the clearest scoring numbers.
Before kickoff
Torino’s home record meets Monza’s away weakness
Friday’s Serie A meeting at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino brings a clear defensive question. Torino have won 1, drawn 0 and lost 2 of their 3 home games this season, scoring 3 goals and conceding 5 without a clean sheet. Monza have won 0, drawn 1 and lost 3 of their 4 away games, scoring 5 goals and conceding 11, also without a clean sheet.
What the provisional table adds
The provisional Serie A standings place Torino at #10 with 10 points from 7 games, while Monza are #14 with 7 points from 7 games. Torino are 3 points ahead of Monza. Inter lead the league with 19 points, leaving Torino 9 points behind and Monza 12 points behind. The result can therefore alter the immediate gap between these two sides, but the supplied standings do not establish any wider consequence.
Goal threats and team news
Gustavo Varela carries Monza’s main scoring output, with 6 goals and 1 assist in 6 appearances. Torino’s leading listed scorer is C. Adams, who has 3 goals in 5 appearances. Both teams have won their latest match in the supplied seven-match form sequences, though each sequence also contains four defeats.
Torino list E. Ilkhan and F. Israel as missing through muscle and shoulder injuries respectively, while N. Fortini is questionable with a thigh injury. Monza list Y. Maye, M. Pessina, I. Toure, E. Zeballos and J. Ziolkowski as missing with the supplied injuries.
At kickoff, can Torino limit Monza’s away goal threat while finally keeping a home clean sheet?
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Inter | WWDWW | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 19 | |
| 2 | Lazio | WWWDW | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 19 | |
| 3 | AS Roma | WDDWW | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 17 | |
| 4 | AC Milan | WDWDD | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 15 | |
| 5 | Como | WDLWW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 14 | |
| 6 | Frosinone | WLWDW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | |
| 7 | Cagliari | LDWWW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| 8 | Juventus | LDWLD | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | |
| 9 | Napoli | LWDWL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |
| 10 | Torino | WWDLW | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | |
| 11 | Atalanta | LWLLL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | |
| 12 | Lecce | WLLWL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | |
| 13 | Sassuolo | LDLWD | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | |
| 14 | Monza | WLWLD | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | |
| 15 | Bologna | LWDLD | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | |
| 16 | Udinese | LLLLL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | |
| 17 | Genoa | LWLDL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | |
| 18 | Fiorentina | LLDWL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | |
| 19 | Parma | LLWLD | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | |
| 20 | Venezia | WLLLL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 |