Torino players celebrate their draw with Roma. (Photo : Getty Images)
Contending squads Sassuolo Calcio (7-3-5, 26 points) and Torino FC (6-5-4, 22 points) is set to square off for a 2015-2016 Serie A battle at the Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore on Saturday, December 12th.
Sassuolo is coming off a 3-1 demolition of Sampdoria at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris last Sunday, as per SkySports.
Defender Francesco Acerbi, striker Sergio Floccari, and midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini each scored a goal in the first 38 minutes of the match for Eusebio Di Francesco's side to blast off to a 3-0 lead at the half.
Sampdoria's substitute defender Ervin Zukanovic netted a consolation goal right at full-time to put I Blucerchiati on the board.
It was I Neroverdi's fifth unbeaten performance in their last six matches to put them up to sixth place in the overall standings.
Meanwhile, Torino managed to force a 1-1 draw with last season's runner-up Roma at the Stadio Olimpico di Torino last Saturday, via Goal.
The game was scoreless until the final seven minutes of the match when Roma midfielder Miralem Pjanic netted one to the top right corner of the goal coming from a free kick.
However, Il Toro striker Maxi Lopez converted a penalty kick four minutes into injury time off a foul by Roma defender Kostas Manolas to equalize the count and salvage the point for Giampiero Ventura's boys.
The prediction is a close 2-1 win for Torino. The Maroons snap the Black and Greens' two-game unbeaten streak in a hard-fought match.
Sassuolo starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Consigli; Vrsaljko, Cannavaro, Acerbi, Peluso; Laribi, Missiroli, Pellegrini; Politano, Floccari, Sansone
Torino starting lineup (3-5-2 formation): Padelli; Bovo, Glik, Moretti; Peres, Acquah, Vives, Baselli, Molinaro; Quagliarella, Belotti
