Sampdoria vs Bologna Prediction, 11/22/2020 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 11/18/2020

Game: Sampdoria vs Bologna

Date: Sunday, November 22, 2020

Location: Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genova, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Sampdoria (+125) Bologna (+200)

Musa Barrow and Bologna (2-0-5, 14th in Serie A) are headed to Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Sunday where they'll take on Sampdoria (3-1-3, 11th in Serie A). The starting goaltenders are Emil Audero for Sampdoria and Lukasz Skorupski for Bologna. The line on this game has Sampdoria priced at +125 and Bologna are at +200. The O/U is set at 2.5.

Sampdoria faced off with Cagliari in their last match and went home with a loss by a final score of 2 - 0. Sampdoria tried 12 dribbles in this match and were successful in 9 of the tries for a percentage of 75.0%. When discussing the passing game, they finished this match with a 80.5% received passes rate by connecting on 371 of the 461 targeted passes last match. In relation to shooting accuracy, Sampdoria ended this match at a 20.0% rate by landing 1 SoT out of 5 total shots. Sampdoria averages 1.57 g/90 (11 goals in total) and have 9 assists in all competitions for the season.

Gaston Ramirez is a guy who should impact this matchup for Sampdoria. Ramirez has started 184 contests in his pro soccer career and scores 0.24 goals per 90 minutes. The forward from Uruguay has 42 goals in 15,457 minutes played. He has totaled 29 assists while tallying 52 yellow cards so far in his career. One more player who should impact this match is Fabio Quagliarella, the forward hailing from Italy. He has assisted on a goal 50 times during his career while he has scored 175 total goals. Quagliarella has played 35,806 mins in 413 starting assignments and has been handed 47 yellow card warnings. He currently averages 0.44 goals per 90 mins thus far in his career.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Sampdoria will be Emil Audero. Audero (44-27-44 record during his soccer career) has recorded 34 clean sheets, which gives him a 29.6% clean sheet percentage. The goalkeeper born in Indonesia has seen 483 shots attempted against him in 115 career starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.39 (160 goals allowed) and he has a save percentage of .706. Audero has seen the field for 10,350 minutes and has earned 342 stops so far in his career.

In their last outing, Bologna took a defeat with a final score of 1 - 0 against Napoli. Bologna finished with a 54.5% successful dribble rate by converting 6 out of the 11 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this contest by connecting on 385 out of their 431 passing tries earning a percentage of 89.3%. Bologna converted 3 shots on target out of their 9 shots attempted giving them a 33.3% rate when they last took the field. Having accumulated 11 goals and 8 assists in all competitions, Bologna sports an average of 1.57 goals and 1.14 assists per 90.

Musa Barrow should provide a spark for Bologna. The forward hailing from Gambia has been on the pitch for 3,111 minutes while earning 15 goals. He has collected 1 yellow cards so far in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 7 times. He scores 0.43 goals per 90 mins and has been given a starting assignment in 32 matches in his career. Be sure to keep an eye out for Rodrigo Palacio, the forward who represents Argentina. He has 89 goals in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 54 times. Palacio has been given 49 yellow card warnings in 23,858 minutes (267 starts). His goals per 90 average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.34.

Lukasz Skorupski will reside in front of the net for Bologna. Skorupski has racked up 50 clean sheets and has defended 941 shots attempted against him in 18,900 career mins. He has a save % of .702 and his clean sheet rate is currently 23.8%. He has conceded 1.41 goals per 90 and he has earned a record of 66-52-92. So far in his career, Skorupski has allowed 296 goals and has earned 657 saves in 210 starts.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Bologna (+200)

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