Torino vs AC Milan preview

January 9, 2015
By: Nemanja Lazarevic

Torino vs MilanTorino may be unbeaten in last four Serie A fixtures, but having slipped to the danger zone, I Granata will want to record the first win in 2015 when they host AC Milan.

The Rossoneri will be out to make amends for the shock defeat to Sassuolo, with their latest recruit Alessio Cerci expected to face his former teammates.

Torino have paid the price for some impressive showings last term as they saw key players Ciro Immobile and Alessio Cerci, leave the club, in addition to few more quality footballers.

The club did not exactly succeed in finding proper replacements, while the European campaign also took the wind out of their sails.

And while Torino qualified for the Europa League knockout stages, they have been pretty disappointing in the league, slipping to 14th in the league standings and scoring mere 12 goals in 17 games.

The club are now actively searching for attacking reinforcements, but they have yet to recruit a quality centre forward.

Torino go into the AC Milan clash on the back of five games without defeat, so bear in mind that draw pays 3.30 (23/10) with Stan James.

Coach Giampiero Ventura will have Jean-Francois Gillet and Omar El Kaddouri back to the side, but Amauri and Paulo Barretto remain on the sidelines.

Probable starting line-up (3-5-2): Gillet – Maksimovic, Gilk, Moretti – Darmian, Gazzi, Vives, El Kaddouri, Molinaro – Quagliarella, Martinez.

Even if they were pretty inconsistent in the first part of the season, AC Milan ended the year just few points behind Champions League positions.

However, the Rossoneri were then beaten at home by Sassuolo in the first match of 2015, meaning it’s now back to the drawing board for Pippo Inzaghi.

The club have done a good piece of business at the start of the winter transfer window, having exchanged Fernando Torres for former Torino attacker Alessio Cerci, who should slot straight into the starting line-up at San Siro.

Few more quality players are expected to arrive in the coming weeks, while the injury situation also appears to be improving.

And with the Rossoneri very motivated to make up for the Sassuolo loss, you should know AC Milan are 2.80 (9/5) to win in Turin.

Nigel de Jong and Ignazio Abate return to the starting line-up, but Keisuke Honda, Marco van Bomel and Daniele Bonera are unavailable.

Probable starting line-up (4-3-3): Lopez – Abate, Rami, Alex, De Sciglio – Montolivo, de Jong, Poli -Bonaventura, Menez, Cerci.

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