Italian Serie A
2025-12-21 - Sassuolo vs Torino
A Sports Betting Pick by Cafa
Italy Serie A - Round 16
Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (21,525)
Sunday, 21 December 2025, 15:00 CET
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Sassuolo Team News
Even without the injured talisman Domenico Berardi, Sassuolo keeps playing offensively and keeps punishing any defensive error the other team makes. AC Milan was guilty of some soft man marking last week and Sassuolo took the opportunity and played 2-2 on San Siro.
This continues a long streak of almost all positive results and, not less importantly, very good performances. Sassuolo is 9th on the table and they're probably quietly hoping of European football but that's not the focus here. Sassuolo is, simply, a football side that plays good football and seems to enjoy it.
Torino Team News
Torino is still a perfectly mediocre team, just like every season, and it's almost impossible to predict how they'll perform in one specific game, just like every season.
Coach Marco Baroni has created a more fluent-passing version of Torino than the one we're accustomed to, but this side can still turle up and play a 0-0 if it benefits them, like they did against Juventus. They did the same against Roma on the road and ended up winning that one 0-1 with one counter attack.
Torino seems to be more likely to play a high-scoring game the lesser their opponent is.
Probable Lineups
Sassuolo (4-3-3): Muric - Walukiewicz, Idzes, Muharemovic, Doig - Thorstvedt, Matic, Kone - Volpato, Cheddira, Lauriente. Coach Grosso.
Torino (3-5-2): Israel - Ismajli, Maripan, Coco - Pedersen, Casadei, Asslani, Vlasic, Lazaro - Adams, Simeone. Coach Baroni.
Pinamonti is doubtful for Sassuolo so Cheddira could deputise. Berardi is out for another two months.
The Betting Market
Some strange odds here. First of all, Sassuolo, a recent Serie B side, is favoured at 2.41 against a very steady Serie A side Torino, as if it would be the most normal thing for the home side to win here, and then we get a price on Under 2.5 Goals of 1.66. It should be the other way around, Over should have that price.
The opposite bets have value. Torino is a quality football team that will dominate the proceedings here, especially as two out of three Sassuolo's offensive trio members are missing, and this game is definitely going Over.
The Both Teams To Score market is split at 1.90 a piece, and of course, the Yes option is the better one.
The Betting Verdict
Torino, and Marco Baroni regardless of the team he's managing, tend to get involved in high-scoring matches when the opponent is right. Sassuolo is definitely the right opponent for a fun game of football, so all the value is on Over 2.5 Goals for a whopping 2.20.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
Sassuolo 1-2 Torino
