Parma vs Juventus Prediction, 12/19/2020 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 12/18/2020

Game: Parma vs Juventus

Date: Saturday, December 19, 2020

Location: Stadio Ennio Tardini in Parma, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Parma (+450) Juventus (-213)

Stadio Ennio Tardini is the site where Gervinho and Parma (2-6-4, 14th in Serie A) will play Juventus (6-6-0, 3rd in Serie A) on Saturday. The goalkeepers protecting the net will be Luigi Sepe for Parma and Wojciech Szczesny for Juventus. The Zebras are at at -213 while the Crusaders are at +450. The over/under opens at 2.75.

Parma faced off with Cagliari in their last game and walked away with a draw with a final of 0-0. In sharing the ball, they finished this match with a 88.0% received passes percentage by converting 471 of the 535 pass attempts in their last game. Parma attempted 15 dribbles in this match and completed 8 of those dribbles for a percentage of 53.3%. In terms of shooting accuracy, Parma walked away from the pitch at a 15.4% clip by putting 2 shots on target out of 13 total shots. Parma has an average of 1.00 goal per 90 (12 total goals) and have accounted for 9 assists in all matches this season.

Gervinho is a guy who should impact this matchup for Parma. He has accounted for 63 assists while earning 33 yellow cards so far in his career. Gervinho has been a starter in 341 games so far in his career and he scores 0.30 goals per 90 minutes. The forward from Cote d'Ivoire has tallied 102 goals in 30,157 professional minutes played. One more guy who should impact this match is Hernani, the midfielder born in Brazil. He has helped on a goal 8 times in his career while scoring 17 total goals. Hernani has been on the pitch for 10,196 minutes in 112 career starting assignments and has earned himself 38 yellow card warnings. He has an average of 0.15 G/90 during his soccer career.

The man who will protect the net for Parma will be Luigi Sepe. Sepe has been on the field for 13,919 mins and has tallied 524 saves during his soccer career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.34 (207 goals allowed) and he is the owner of a save percentage of .730. The goalkeeper from Italy has faced 715 shots sent in his direction in 154 starts. Sepe (58-46-51 record in his career) has recorded 43 clean sheets, which gives him a 27.9% shutout percentage.

The last time they took the field, Juventus finished locked up with a final of 1-1 against Atalanta. They wrapped up this outing by connecting on 470 of the 547 passes they attempted for a rate of 85.9%. Juventus finished the match with a 45.5% successful dribble rate by completing 5 of the 11 dribbles they tried. Juventus landed 6 shots tried out of 11 shots tried which had them sitting at a 54.5% rate when they last stepped onto the pitch. Having earned a total of 21 goals and 15 assists for all their games, Juventus is averaging 1.91 goals and 1.36 assists per 90 min.

Cristiano Ronaldo will need to provide a lift for Juventus. He scores 0.88 G/90 and has been a starter in 522 matches in his career. The forward hailing from Portugal has been on the pitch for 46,958 minutes while he has scored 460 goals. He has totaled 72 yellow cards so far in his pro soccer career and has assisted on a goal 145 times. Be sure to watch out for Paulo Dybala, the forward representing Argentina. He has accounted for 90 goals thus far in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 44 different times. Dybala has been given 19 yellow card warnings in 17,813 professional minutes (206 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 minute average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.45.

Wojciech Szczesny will be residing in front of the goal for Juventus. Szczesny has recorded 114 shutouts while seeing 1,217 shots against him in 28,184 minutes throughout his career. He holds a save % of .742 and his clean sheet rate is 36.3%. He has surrendered 1.04 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a record of 187-74-52. In his career, Szczesny has allowed 326 goals and has racked up 900 stops in 314 starts.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Parma (+450)

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