The Serie A Round 17 fixture between Torino and Cagliari will take place on 27 December at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino in Turin. Torino vs Cagliari: prediction and betting odds, statistics.
Torino
Marco Baroni's side beat Sassuolo away in the last round (1-0). The result gave Torino back-to-back clean-sheet victories in the league for the first time in the past two seasons. It was also the club's seventh shutout in the current Serie A campaign. Despite that, Torino have conceded 26 goals this season — only Fiorentina and Udinese have let in more (27 each). The Granata sit 13th in the table with 20 points.
- The club has failed to win in 8 of their last 11 home Serie A matches (3 draws, 5 defeats).
- At least three goals were scored in 5 of the team's last 7 home league fixtures.
- Torino have scored more than one goal in only 2 of their last 8 Serie A matches.
Projected Torino line-up (3-5-2)*
Alberto Paleari – Ardian Ismajli, Guillermo Maripán, Perr Schuurs – Valentino Lazaro, Gvidas Gineitis, Nikola Vlašić, Kristjan Asllani, Marcus Pedersen – Duván Zapata, Che Adams.
Defender Perr Schuurs will miss the match due to injury. Defenders Adam Masina and Saïdou Ciss are at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Cagliari
Fabio Pisacane's men drew 2-2 with Pisa at home in the last round. As a result, Cagliari have failed to win in 11 of their last 12 league games (5 draws, 6 defeats). The Sardinians have also kept only 2 clean sheets in their last 13 Serie A fixtures. Cagliari sit 15th in the table with 15 points.
- The club has not won any of their last six away league matches (3 draws, 3 defeats).
- Both teams scored in 5 of the team's last 7 away Serie A fixtures.
- Cagliari have conceded at least two goals in 8 of their last 10 league matches.
Projected Cagliari line-up (3-5-2)*
Elia Caprile – Yerry Mina, Juan Camejo, Marco Palestra – Alessandro Deiola, Gianluca Gaetano, Michael Folorunsho, Michel Adopo, Adam Obert – Semih Kılıçsoy, Sebastiano Esposito.
Midfielders Michael Folorunsho and Mattia Felici, as well as forward Andrea Belotti, are unavailable through injury. In addition, Joseph Lytete and Zito Luvumbu are taking part in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Referee
Daniele Doveri (Italy)
Matches – 8 (Serie A, 2025/26);
Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 32;
Average yellow cards per match – 4;
Red cards shown – 1;
Average fouls per match – 25;
Penalties – 13%.
Torino vs Cagliari: Match Prediction
This season Torino have been vulnerable defensively and possess one of the worst goals-against records — 26 conceded in the current campaign. Even at home the Granata have struggled to keep clean sheets: in their last seven Serie A matches at the Olimpico Grande Torino they managed only two shutouts, conceding 14 goals over that span.
Cagliari do not pick up many positive results on the road, but they tend to play proactively in the opposition half. That approach has seen the Sardinians score regularly away from home: in their last seven away league matches they failed to score only against Lazio and Como, two of the three clubs with the best defensive records in this season's Serie A.
It is also worth noting that Cagliari have scored in 10 of the last 12 league meetings at Torino's ground. Taking into account all pre-match factors, my prediction: Cagliari — individual total over 0.5
* The starting line-up shown for each team is the one they used in their previous match in this competition.
