Sassuolo – Torino. Mark O’Haire’s prediction

Sassuolo have the opportunity to move back into the top-six of Serie A with a victory on Wednesday night. Operating on a budget roughly one quarter the size of their divisional rivals, the Neroverdi are enjoying a remarkable campaign under the tutelage Eusebio Di Francesco.

The head coach has built a side whose tempo and furious pressing game can make them a match for just about anybody on their day and although the plucky minnows were seen off 3-1 by pacesetters Napoli on Saturday, can welcome back star striker Domenico Berardi and defensive lynchpin Paolo Cannavaro from suspension here.

Di Francesco’s troops are unbeaten in 11-games (W6-D5-L0) at their adopted Mapei Stadium home. Juventus, Lazio, Napoli and Milan have all left pointless during that sample with Fiorentina also failing to secure maximum points. So they’ll fancy their chances against a Torino side that’s suffered defeats in five of their last six away days.

After an excellent start (W4-D1-L1), the Granata dropped off the pace and their weekend victory over struggling Frosinone was their first in Serie A since November. Head coach Giampiero Ventura gave returning hero Ciro Immobile his debut and the 2013/14 top Serie A goalscorer marked the occasion with a goal.

The result will have given the Bulls a lift as they look to break into the top-half of the table. But their worrying road record needs to be addressed – Torino have W2-D1-L5 on their travels this term – leaking at least twice in five matches – and lost 27/65 (42%) of away outings during Ventura’s tenure. Across those 65 matches, the Granata kept only 12 clean sheets.

In contrast, Sassuolo have W13-D13-L7 when welcoming top tier opposition to the Mapei during Di Francesco’s reign – that’s a loss rate of just 21%. Throw in their 61% shots-on-target ratio figure at home (only bettered by four clubs) and a home victory begins to look a little quite attractive.

But instead, I’m going to take Both Teams To Score at 2.00 with William Hill. A huge 23 of those aforementioned 33 home Sassuolo outings have delivered winning BTTS bet – that’s 70% including six of their eight this season.

Torino have only fired blanks twice on their travels in 2015/16, notching at both Napoli and bitter rivals Juventus. A juicy 40/65 (62%) of their away encounters under Ventura have rewarded Both Teams To Score backers with nine of their most 11 away from Turin featuring, at least, three goals.