Espanyol-Torino is a friendly scheduled for today, Saturday 10 December, to be played in San Pedro with kick-off at 16:00
Ivan Juric’s Torino are in training camp in Spain – which began yesterday and will end on 17 December – and take to the pitch this afternoon for their first friendly against Espanyol. The other is scheduled for next Friday, 16 December, against Almeria. It will be a first test for the granata, who await the return to Serie A after finishing brilliantly with a draw at Roma. The coach will not have all the men at his disposal, as Lukic, Milinkovic-Savic and Radonjic will only join the squad tomorrow after their experience at the World Cup.
But what will take the field will be an important Torino who would not want to lose the habit, even in friendly matches, of obtaining positive results. There should be no doubts about the formation for Juric. Espanyol, in any case, remain a tough nut to crack. The Catalans are off to a decent start in La Liga and have posted several favourable results in the first half of the season. And they also have victory as their goal.
Ivan Juric, coach of Torino
Espanyol v Torino, odds and predictions
A match with at least one goal per team, a match that could even result in a final draw. Yes, Espanyol and Torino, in the end, could well be content with a result that serves no purpose, it is clear, but one that nonetheless boosts morale ahead of the return to the top flight in January after this long World Cup break draws to a close
- ESPANYOL (4-3-3): Lecomte; Gil, Cabrera, Calero, Olivan; Costa, Darder, Exposito; Braithwaite, Joselu, Puado.
- TORINO (3-4-2-1): Berisha; Zima, Buongiorno, Schuurs; Singo, Linetty, Ricci, Lazaro; Miranchuk, Seck; Sanabria.
POSSIBLE EXACT RESULT: 1-1