Another Turin derby between Serie A clubs Torino FC (8-12-9, 33 points) and Juventus FC (21-4-4, 67 points) is scheduled to take place at the Olimpico di Torino on March 20th, Saturday as the Italian domestic top flight slowly heads to its conclusion.
The two teams have met twice this season and both games had been won by the reigning Serie A champions Juventus. The first derby was their first Serie A meeting in October of last year when La Vecchia Signora narrowly won, 2-1, while their second clash was a Coppa Italia Round-of-16 contest on Dec. 16th with Juve demolishing Torino, 4-0.
Both games were held at the Juventus Stadium and so the game marks the first time that Il Toro will host the champs in their home field this season.
The Maroons are coming off a sorry 2-3 defeat in the hands of Genoa CFC on the road at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris last Sunday, as per Football Italia.
Torino started strong with two quick goals from striker Ciro Immobile, on loan from Sevilla, at the fourth and 15th minute marks as head coach Giampiero Ventura's boys looked set for a dominating win against Il Grifone.
However, things turned around quickly after Genoa midfielder Alessio Cerci scored on a penalty kick at the 20th as he followed it up with a second goal at the stroke of halftime via another penalty to equalize the count.
It was a struggle in the second half, but I Rossoblu Luca Rigoni managed to score the winner for the hosts at the 66th to overtake Torino at 12th place in the overall standings.
Meanwhile, Juventus extended its unbeaten streak in the domestic top flight to 18 games after their 1-0 win over Sassuolo last Friday at the Juventus Stadium, via SkySports.
No less than striker Paulo Dybala scored the lone goal of the match for Massimiliano Allegri's side to give them their third win in a row after they were held to a goalless draw by Bologna four matchdays ago.
The predicted result is another derby victory for Juventus, 2-0, this time on the road.
Torino starting lineup (3-5-2 formation): Padelli; Maksimovic, Glik, Moretti; Bruno, Acquah, Vives, Benassi, Molinaro; Belotti, Immobile
Juventus starting lineup (3-5-2 formation): Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Rugani; Cuadrado, Khedira, Marchisio, Asamoah, Pogba; Dybala, Mandzukic