The precedents. An often indomitable 'Toro'. In Serie A, Empoli has not won since 2016

In terms of prestige, Torino (7 league titles and 5 Coppa Italia titles) and Empoli are on very different planets, yet in the 12 previous matches at the home of the Granata in Serie A the balance is perfectly equal: 4 wins each and as many draws. The last Azzurri victory dates back to the 2015-'16 season with Giampaolo on the bench, when Maccarone scored the blitz on January 10, 2016. Last year, however, Torino won with the same score, thanks to a goal by Zapata, who however will not be there tomorrow after breaking the anterior cruciate ligament and the medial and lateral meniscus of his left knee last October against Inter. If we consider all the competitions, therefore also the challenges in Serie B and Coppa Italia, Torino is slightly ahead with 9 wins to 7 while there are 5 draws, but in this case the last clash saw the Azzurri smile: it was last September 24 when a goal by Haas at the end allowed D'Aversa's team to conquer the Olimpico Grande Torino 2-1 and qualify for the round of 1 of Coppa Italia, where they then reached the semi-finals scheduled for April. A little less than three months after that confrontation, however, a goal from midfield by Adams froze the Castellani-Computer Gross Arena, in the first leg match that ended 0-XNUMX for the granata.

Extending the balance to the matches played in Tuscany, Empoli even takes the lead with 15 wins and as many draws against 12 defeats. Curiously, all the last four matches between the Piedmontese and Empoli teams have been played in the evening like tomorrow, when the kick-off will be at 20.45:2004, with the two teams winning two each. The Azzurri have instead won only one of the five previous occasions in which they have played under the floodlights: it was October 3 and the then Mario Somma team won 0-3 at home with a brace from Tavano and a goal from Buscé. D'Aversa's previous matches with the Granata in Turin were also balanced, where he got results in 6 of the XNUMX matches played.

Yes. There.