AS Roma vs Fiorentina Prediction, 11/1/2020 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 10/28/2020

Game: AS Roma vs Fiorentina

Date: Sunday, November 1, 2020

Location: Stadio Olimpico in Roma, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: AS Roma (-130) Fiorentina (+345)

Jordan Veretout and AS Roma (2-2-1, 8th in Serie A) play Fiorentina (2-1-2, 10th in Serie A) at Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. The goaltenders protecting the net are Antonio Mirante for AS Roma and Bartlomiej Dragowski for Fiorentina. AS Roma are at -130 while Fiorentina are at +345. The total is set at 2.5.

AS Roma as a team have 11 goals for the campaign, which ranks them 6th in the league. They have tried 75 shots at the opposition with 23 being on target, which is a 30.7% shots on target percentage. AS Roma maintains possession for 48.5% of matches while they have success at dribbling 57.9% of the time (14th in Serie A). Their players have been on the receiving end of 2,076 passes on 2,347 targets this year, earning them a receiving percentage of 88.5%.

Jordan Veretout is a player who should be able to impact this match for AS Roma. He has totaled 35 assists while earning 56 yellow cards so far in his pro soccer career. Veretout has been a starter in 275 matchups so far in his career and he tallies 0.15 goals per 90 mins. The midfielder from France has totaled 40 goals in 24,159 professional minutes played. Someone else who should impact this match is Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the forward who is from Armenia. Mkhitaryan has been on the pitch for 22,621 minutes during 252 starting assignments and has been given 38 yellow card cautions. He has helped a teammate on a goal 68 times during his pro soccer career while he has scored 95 goals. He is averaging 0.38 goals per 90 mins during his soccer career.

The man protecting the net for Roma is Antonio Mirante. Mirante has defended the goal for a total of 36,191 minutes and has 1,293 stops thus far in his career. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.35 (543 goals given up) and he has earned a save percentage of .707. The goalkeeper from Italy has had 1,834 shots sent his way in 405 career starts. Mirante (124-111-166 record in his career) has totaled 120 clean sheets, which gives him a 29.6% clean sheet percentage.

Fiorentina has 2,108 pass targets this year (12th in the league) and they have 1,896 successful received passes. They have earned a receiving percentage of 89.9% while controlling possession of the ball 48.2% of the time. The Purples have dribbled successfully 62% of the time this season while accumulating 10 goals. They have been able to hit on 33.3% of their SOT out of 63 shots.

Gaetano Castrovilli should provide a spark for Fiorentina. The defender born in Poland has accumulated 6,923 mins while scoring 12 goals. He has accumulated 19 yellow card cautions thus far in his career and has helped on a goal 8 times. He scores 0.16 goals per 90 mins and has started 76 contests in his pro soccer career. Make sure to keep an eye out for Christian Kouame, the forward representing Côte d'Ivoire. He has collected 24 goals so far in his career while assisting on a goal 17 different times. Kouame has been given 12 yellow cards in 7,663 mins (83 starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average in his career is 0.28.

Bartlomiej Dragowski is expected to look after the goal for the Purples. Dragowski has racked up 21 shutouts while seeing 439 shots tried against him in 8,182 minutes throughout his career. He holds a save percentage of .686 and his clean sheet rate is 23.6%. He has given up 1.63 goals per 90 while he holds a record of 27-23-40. During his professional soccer career, Dragowski has conceded 148 goals while he has tallied 302 stops in 89 starts.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take AS Roma (-130)

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