Udinese vs Atalanta Prediction, 12/6/2020 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 12/4/2020

Game: Udinese vs Atalanta

Date: Sunday, December 6, 2020

Location: Dacia Arena in Udine, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Udinese (+350) Atalanta (-167)

Dacia Arena is the venue where Rodrigo De Paul and Udinese (3-1-5, 15th in Serie A) will take on Atalanta (4-2-3, 8th in Serie A) on Sunday. The starting goalies are Juan Musso for Udinese and Marco Sportiello for Atalanta. The White and Blacks are at +350 while the Goddess are at -167. The O/U is set at 3.5.

Udinese faced Lazio in their most recent game and took home the win by a score of 3-1. Udinese tried 21 dribbles in this contest and completed 12 of the tries for a rate of 57.1%. In sharing the ball, they earned a 85.8% passes received percentage by completing 398 out of their 464 pass attempts in their last game. Concerning shot accuracy, Udinese wrapped this game up at a 44.4% clip by putting 4 shots on target of 9 total shots. Udinese is averaging 1.00 goal per 90 (9 total goals) and have accounted for 6 assists in all contests this season.

Rodrigo De Paul is a player who should impact this matchup for Udinese. He has accounted for 30 assists while accumulating 30 yellow card warnings thus far in his career. Paul has been given a starting assignment in 153 contests during his career and he scores 0.18 goals per 90 minutes. The defender hailing from Italy has accumulated 27 goals in 13,273 mins. One more player who could decide who wins is Ignacio Pussetto, the forward representing Argentina. Pussetto has been on the field for 8,621 minutes in 93 career starting assignments and has been handed a total of 24 yellow cards. He has assisted on a goal 14 times so far in his pro soccer career and he has scored 23 goals. He scores 0.24 G/90 thus far in his career.

The man who will protect the net for Udinese is Juan Musso. Musso has defended the goal for 8,730 mins and has earned 321 saves so far in his career. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.34 (130 total goals conceded) and he has earned a save % of .745. The keeper from Argentina has seen 432 shots attempted against him in 97 career starts. Musso (35-23-39 mark in his professional soccer career) has recorded 26 shutouts, which gives him a 26.8% shutout percentage.

In their last game, Atalanta walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 2-0 against Hellas Verona. Atalanta ended the game with a 75.0% successful dribble rate by connecting on 12 of the 16 dribbles they attempted. They finished this game by converting 498 out of their 616 passes they attempted earning a percentage of 80.8%. Atalanta landed 5 SoT out of the team's 19 shots attempted which had them sitting at a 26.3% rate in their last match. Having earned a total of 18 goals and 15 assists in all competitions, Atalanta is averaging 2.00 goals and 1.67 assists per 90 minutes.

Duvan Zapata should provide a spark for Atalanta. He currently averages 0.56 goals per 90 minutes and has been a starter in 152 contests so far in his career. The forward from Colombia has totaled 13,451 mins while earning 83 goals. He has 20 yellow cards so far in his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 26 times. You should also keep an eye on Alejandro Gomez, the forward representing Argentina. Gomez has earned himself a total of 33 yellow cards in 26,534 professional minutes (313 starts). His goals per 90 average during his career is 0.23. He has accounted for 69 goals so far in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 74 times.

Marco Sportiello will look after the net for Atalanta. Sportiello has recorded 46 clean sheets while he has seen 735 shots against him in 15,272 minutes in his career. He has earned a save percentage of .684 and his shutout rate is 27.1%. He has conceded 1.42 goals per 90 and he has a record of 52-43-74. During his career, Sportiello has given up 241 goals and has accumulated 499 saves in 170 starts.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Udinese (+350)

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