Juventus vs Udinese Prediction, 1/3/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 12/30/2020

Game: Juventus vs Udinese

Date: Sunday, January 3, 2021

Location: Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Juventus (-357) Udinese (+660)

Allianz Stadium is the venue where Paulo Dybala and Juventus (6-6-1, 6th in Serie A) will take on Udinese (4-3-6, 12th in Serie A) on Sunday. The starting goaltenders are Wojciech Szczesny for Juventus and Juan Musso for Udinese. The Zebras are at -357 while the White and Blacks are at +660. The over/under has been set at 2.5.

Juventus played Fiorentina in their last matchup and went home with a loss by a final score of 3-0. Juventus attempted 27 dribbles in this match and successfully completed 19 of those attempts for a percentage of 70.4%. In sharing the ball, they finished this match with a 90.6% rate by connecting on 444 out of their 490 passing attempts last match. In terms of shooting accuracy, Juventus wrapped this game up at a 25.0% rate by landing 3 shots on target out of 12 shots. Juventus sports an average of 1.92 goals per 90 (25 total goals) and are sitting with 19 assists in all matches this season.

Paulo Dybala is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Juventus. Dybala has started 206 matches during his career and has 0.45 goals per 90 minutes. The forward who is from Argentina has totaled 90 goals in 17,813 minutes played. He has 44 assists while accumulating 19 yellow cards during his soccer career. One more player who could decide who wins is Cristiano Ronaldo, the forward hailing from Portugal. He has assisted on a goal 145 times during his pro soccer career and he has scored 462 total goals. Ronaldo has been on the field for 47,129 mins during 524 career starts and has been handed 72 yellow cards. He scores 0.88 goals per 90 thus far in his career.

The man who will defend the goal for Juventus is Wojciech Szczesny. Szczesny (187-74-53 mark in his professional soccer career) has accounted for 114 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 36.2% shutout percentage. The goalie hailing from Poland has had 1,222 shots sent in his direction in 315 starts. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.05 (329 goals given up) and he holds a save % of .741. Szczesny has seen the pitch for 28,274 minutes and has earned 903 stops in his career.

The last time they took the pitch, Udinese took a loss by a score of 2-0 against Benevento. They wrapped up this contest by converting 486 of the 559 attempted passes for a percentage of 86.9%. Udinese earned a 66.7% successful dribble rate by completing 16 of the 24 dribbles they attempted. Udinese converted 3 shots attempted out of 15 shots attempted which had them at a 20.0% rate in their last match. Having earned a total of 13 goals and 10 assists in all their contests, Udinese sports an average of 1.00 goal and 0.77 assists per 90 min.

Ignacio Pussetto should provide solid play for Udinese. He scores 0.24 G/90 and has been a starter in 97 contests so far in his career. The forward representing Argentina has totaled 8,959 professional minutes while scoring 24 goals. He has accounted for 24 yellow cards in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 15 times. Be sure to watch out for Rodrigo De Paul, the defender who represents Italy. He has scored 28 goals in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 30 different times. Paul has been given 30 yellow card cautions in 13,633 mins played (157 career starts). His goals per 90 min average in his career is 0.18.

Juan Musso will be looking after the goal for Udinese. Musso has tallied 27 shutouts while defending 444 shots against him in 9,090 minutes in his career. He sports a save % of .741 and his clean sheet rate is 26.7%. He has surrendered 1.34 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a mark of 36-25-40. So far in his pro soccer career, Musso has conceded 135 goals while earning 328 saves in 101 starting assignments.

Who will win tonight's Serie A game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Udinese (+660)

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