Torino vs. Monza: aiming to return to winning ways
Serie A

Torino vs. Monza: aiming to return to winning ways

Both Torino and Monza have lost their last three matches and want to turn things around

Torino and Monza will meet at 15:00 CET at the Olimpico Grande Torino. The Granata are hoping to put defeats to Juventus, Fiorentina and Roma behind them to stay clear of the lower reaches of the table. Meanwhile, Monza, whose only victory to date arrived against Verona more than a month ago, are hoping to escape the relegation zone by picking up their second win of the campaign.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Torino are unbeaten in four matches against Monza in Serie A (W2, D2), including a 1-0 success in the most recent in March, courtesy of a penalty goal by Antonio Sanabria at the Olimpico Grande Torino. The first match in Monza's history in Serie A was played against Torino in August 2022, a 2-1 victory for the Granata at the U-Power Stadium, with goals from Miranchuk and Sanabria for the Piedmontese team and a goal from Dany Mota for the Lombards.

DID YOU KNOW?

have nine fewer points after 12 Serie A games this season (8) than they had after 12 last term (17), the biggest negative difference by any ever-present side in the division at this stage of each campaign. Monza and Torino are the bottom two teams for high turnovers (44 for the Brianza side and 50 for the Granata) and for direct attacks (5 for the Lombards and 7 for the Piedmontese team) in Serie A this season. Torino and Monza are two of the three teams to have conceded the most headed goals in Serie A in 2024/25, both shipping five such goals (equal to Lecce).

PLAYERS

Torino’s Antonio Sanabria has scored three goals against Monza in Serie A; only against Atalanta, Hellas Verona and Sassuolo (all 4) has he do netted more in the competition. Furthermore, only Lautaro Martínez has scored more goals (5) against the Brianza side in Serie A. Since Monza’s first campaign in Serie A (2022/23), Dany Mota has scored the highest number of goals in the competition for the club (13), including their first goal in the tournament (against Torino in August 2022). Indeed, Mota (4 goals in 10 matches in 2024/25) is just one goal away from equaling his seasonal scoring record in Serie A, set in 2022/23 (five in 29 appearances).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Izzo e Maldini (Monza)

REFEREE

ABISSO (CECCONI-ZINGARELLI)IV: PRONTERA, VAR: DIONISI, AVAR: MAZZOLENI

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Torino-Napoli (Sunday 1 December, 15.00 CET) Como-Monza (Saturday 30 November, 15:00 CET) (Photo Getty Images)