Serie A

Torino vs. Monza kick off Matchday 8

The action gets underway with a clash between two teams on the rise: Torino and Monza.

Torino and Monza return to action after positive results last time out, looking to build on their performances and maintain their momentum. Monza have won two of their last three matches, most recently beating Cagliari 4-0, and will be aiming to close the gap in the table. Torino, meanwhile, scored three against Parma and will be looking to make it two wins in a row as they seek to join the race for a European place.

HEAD TO HEAD

There have been 15 previous competitive meetings between the two sides in Piedmont: 8 wins for Torino (most recently 1-0 in Serie A 2023/24), 6 draws (most recently 1-1 in Serie A 2024/25) and 1 win for Monza (1-0 in the 2026/27 Coppa Italia).

DID YOU KNOW?

Torino and Monza are 2 of the 4 teams with no player having featured for all 630 minutes plus stoppage time across the opening 7 Matchdays, alongside Roma and Como. Saul Coco is Torino’s most-used player (580 minutes), while Birindelli leads Monza (624).

Torino are one of 3 teams to have received the fewest yellow cards (6, level with Napoli and Atalanta).

Torino have collected 10 points from their last 5 Matchdays. Their only defeat in that run came on 14 September, in Roma-Torino 2-0.

Monza had never scored this many goals after 7 Serie A Matchdays: they have 13 goals so far. Their previous best was 5, recorded in both the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons.

Monza have conceded more goals than any other team in the opening 15 minutes of matches (4), and are also among the teams with the most goals conceded in the opening 15 minutes of the second half (3, level with Udinese, Venezia, Napoli, Sassuolo and Fiorentina).

COACHES and PLAYERS

This will be the 2nd official meeting between Ignazio Abate and Ivan Jurić: in their only previous encounter, the Monza coach recorded a win on 1 September in the Coppa Italia (Torino-Monza 0-1).

Ivan Jurić faces one of his former clubs: he took charge of Torino for 122 competitive matches between 2021/22 and 2023/24, finishing 10th in both 2021/22 and 2022/23, and 9th in 2023/24.

Giovanni Simeone scored against Parma: it was the Argentine forward’s first brace for Torino. It was his 7th Serie A brace, to go with a hat-trick for Fiorentina against Napoli on 29 April 2018, plus a hat-trick and a four-goal haul for Verona, against Venezia on 27 February 2022 and Lazio on 24 October 2021 respectively.

Gustavo Varela scored against Cagliari: it was his 2nd Serie A brace, after the one against Sassuolo on Matchday 5. With 6 goals so far, he is 2 short of the record for the most goals scored by a Monza player in a single Serie A season, set by Andrea Colpani with 8 in 2023/24.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none

Cautioned: none

REFEREE

ZANOTTI (LO CICERO – LAGHEZZA) IV: MASSA, VAR: MASSIMI, AVAR: CAMPLONE

UPCOMING MATCHES

Torino-Como (27/10, 20.45)

Monza-Napoli (28/10, 20.45)

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