AC Milan being their season against Torino
Ruben Amorim’s Rossoneri adventure begins in Turin against Torino. After winning four consecutive opening-day matches, the Rossoneri have now gone two years without a victory on the opening day of the Serie A season and will be looking to reverse that trend. The Piedmontese side, however, will also be aiming for the three points they have failed to claim on the opening day since the 2022/23 season, when they won 2–1 away at Monza. Since then, they have drawn twice, against Cagliari and Milan themselves, and lost to Inter last season.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
There have been 93 official meetings between the two sides in Turin: 34 Torino wins (the latest a 2-1 victory in Serie A 2024/25), 39 draws (the latest a 0-0 draw in Serie A 2021/22) and 20 Milan wins (the latest a 2-3 victory in Serie A 2025/26).
Torino and Milan will meet on Matchday 1 of Serie A for the fourth time: 1 Torino win (a 2-1 home victory in 1939/40) and 2 Milan wins (3-2 at San Siro in 2016/17 and 2-2, again in Milan, in 2024/25).
DID YOU KNOW?
Torino have reached the Coppa Italia Round of 32: a 1-0 home win over Carrarese, with Giovanni Simeone scoring the decisive goal.
Torino are unbeaten in their last 7 official home matches: across the end of last season and the start of the new one, they have recorded 5 wins and 2 draws. Their last defeat came on 15 February (Torino-Bologna 1-2, Serie A).
Torino have been without European football since the 2019/20 season: in 2018/19, the Granata finished 7th with 63 points and entered the Europa League qualifying rounds the following season.
COACHES and PLAYERS
Ignazio Abate, who made 27 appearances and scored 1 goal in 2008/09, is one of 6 coaches to manage a club they previously played for, alongside Aquilani (Sassuolo), Pisacane (Cagliari), Fabregas (Como) and Allegri (Napoli).
Ignazio Abate is the former player in focus: he made 306 official appearances for Milan, scoring 3 goals across 2003/04 and from 2008/09 to 2018/19, winning 2 Serie A titles and 2 Supercoppa Italiana trophies.
Ruben Amorim is the fifth Portuguese-born coach in Serie A: before him came José Mourinho (Inter and Roma), Paulo Sousa (Fiorentina and Salernitana), Paulo Fonseca (born in Mozambique, formerly of Roma) and Sérgio Conceição (Milan).
Ignazio Abate and Ruben Amorim will meet for the first time in an official match: they are two of the four coaches making their Serie A debuts in 2026/27, alongside Tedesco (Bologna) and Aquilani (Sassuolo).
Cesare Casadei has scored 6 Serie A goals since January: he is the most prolific Italian player in the league in the calendar year, level with Pio Esposito.
Only Kenan Yildiz (102) completed more dribbles than Alexis Saelemaekers (85) in the 2025/26 season.
DISCIPLINE
Suspended: none
Cautioned: none
REFEREE
ZUFFERLI (BERCIGLI – ZINGARELLI) IV: MASSA VAR: MAZZOLENI AVAR: SANTORO
UPCOMING MATCHES
Sassuolo-Torino (29/8, 18.30)
Milan-Venezia (28/8, 20.45)
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