Bologna carry a six-match unbeaten league run against Torino into Sunday’s meeting, a sequence that gives Raffaele Palladino’s side a recent edge in a fixture which has often been tight.
The Rossoblù have won four and drawn two of their last six Serie A encounters with Torino. The Granata’s most recent victory in the fixture came on 6 March 2023, when they beat Bologna 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.
For Bologna, the current run is close to a club benchmark. Only once have they gone longer without losing to Torino in the top flight: an eight-game stretch between 1956 and 1960.
Likely teams
Torino coach Ignazio Abate is expected to set his team up in a 3-5-1-1 formation, with Giovanni Simeone leading the line and Nikola Vlasic operating behind him.
Torino are expected to start: Perri; Ismajli, Coco, Comert; Fortini, Braganca, Mandragora, Fitz-Jim, Cacciamani; Vlasic; Simeone.
Palladino’s Bologna are set to use a 3-4-2-1 system. Federico Bernardeschi and Nicolò Cambiaghi are expected to support Roberto Piccoli, while Lewis Ferguson and Tommaso Pobega form the central midfield pairing.
Bologna are expected to start: Skorupski; Helland, Heggem, Theate; Zortea, Pobega, Ferguson, Miranda; Bernardeschi, Cambiaghi; Piccoli.
Match officials and coverage
Marco Guida of the Torre Annunziata section will referee the match. Giovanni Baccini and Glauco Zanellati have been appointed as assistants, Claudio Allegretta will serve as fourth official, and Alberto Santoro will oversee VAR with Giacomo Camplone as assistant VAR.
The match will be shown live on DAZN, with coverage beginning at 14:30.
