Torino and Genoa will raise the curtain on the Matchday No 9 in Serie A on Friday evening at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.

The hosts will have a nice opportunity to end a two-game losing run. They offered a great resistance against both Juventus and Napoli in the last two rounds, but ended up conceding late goals and losing a precious point in both affairs.

We have to praise the work Ivan Juric has done to improve Torino’s back line this season. Although they lost the last two matches, the way they defended against such high-quality sides like Juve and Napoli was quite impressive.

After all, Il Toro kept Napoli at just three shots on target (10 in total) last weekend away at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

The hosts are now looking ahead of a winnable fixture. They’ve shown strength against weaker teams so far in the season already. We should remember a 4-0 drubbing of Salernitana in mid-September.

Genoa will travel to Turin off the back of five consecutive outings without a victory. They barely avoided a defeat on Sunday, scoring the 90th-minute equalizer in a home draw to Sassuolo (2-2).



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都灵和热那亚将于周五晚上在都灵奥林匹克球场举行意甲第九比赛日的揭幕战。

东道主将有一个很好的机会结束两连败的局面。他们在上两轮对尤文图斯和那不勒斯的比赛中都表现出色，但最后都在最后阶段失球并丢掉了宝贵的一分。

我们必须赞扬尤里奇这个赛季为改善都灵的后防线所做的工作。虽然他们输掉了上两场比赛，但他们在对阵尤文和那不勒斯这样的高质量球队时的防守方式令人印象深刻。

毕竟，在上周末客场对阵马拉多纳的比赛中，意大利托罗队只让那不勒斯队射正了3次(总共10次)。

东道主现在正着眼于一场有望获胜的比赛。本赛季到目前为止，他们已经在弱队面前表现出了实力。我们应该记住9月中旬4-0大胜萨勒尼塔纳的那场比赛。

热那亚将在连续五场比赛未取得胜利后前往都灵。周日，他们在主场与萨索洛(2-2)战平，90分钟时攻入扳平比分的一球，险些败北。