Serie A

Roma vs. Torino sunday at 12:30 CEST

First lunchtime kick-off of the season: Roma host Torino at the Olimpico

An intense midday clash awaits at the Olimpico, where Roma hope to beat Torino and stay top of the table with a perfect record. The Giallorossi are chasing a third consecutive win after narrow victories over Bologna and Pisa, while Torino are looking for their first three points of the season. After a 5-0 defeat to Inter in their opening fixture, Baroni’s men showed signs of improvement in their draw against Fiorentina and are now seeking a prestigious away victory.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 93 official meetings between the two clubs in Rome: 57 wins for the. Giallorossi, 19 draws, and 17 victories for the Granata. Roma–Torino 1–7 on 5 October 1947 still stands as Roma’s heaviest home defeat in the single round-robin era of Serie A.

DID YOU KNOW?

For the second consecutive season, Serie A’s first lunchtime kick-off features Roma: last year it was on matchday four at Marassi against Genoa, a 1–1 draw. Torino have gone 463 minutes without scoring in Serie A; their most recent goal was Vlašić’s 77th-minute penalty in Torino–Venezia 1–1 on 2 May. Roma had not kept two clean sheets and collected six points from the first two Serie A matchdays since the 2022/23 season.

COACHES and PLAYERS

There have been eight managerial head-to-heads between Gian Piero Gasperini and Marco Baroni, with three wins apiece and two draws. Matías Soulé has scored six goals for Roma, all of them away from home. Giovanni Simeone has scored five goals against Roma in his career; it is the fourth-most he has netted against any Serie A side (level with Bologna). He has done better only against Juventus and Torino (six each) and Lazio (nine, his most frequent victims). Marco Baroni is a former Roma player: 19 appearances and two goals in the 1986/87 season.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: none

REFEREE

AYROLDI (DI GIACINTO – CORTESE) IV: PERENZONI, VAR: DI BELLO, AVAR: AURELIANO

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Lazio-Roma (Sunday 21 September, 12.30 CEST) Torino-Atalanta (Sunday 21 September, 15.00 CEST) (Photo Getty Images)