Atalanta vs Udinese Prediction, 4/3/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 3/31/2021

Game: Atalanta vs Udinese

Date: Saturday, April 3, 2021

Location: Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Atalanta (-235) Udinese (+650)

Rodrigo De Paul and Udinese (8-9-11, 12th in Serie A) travel to Gewiss Stadium on Saturday where they'll take on Atalanta (16-7-5, 3rd in Serie A). The men protecting the net will be Pierluigi Gollini for Atalanta and Juan Musso for Udinese. The White and Blacks are at at +650 while the Goddess are at -235. The total is set at 2.75.

Atalanta faced Hellas Verona in their last match and went home with a win by a final score of 2-0. When discussing the passing game, they finished with a 75.2% received passes rate by connecting on 285 of the 379 targeted passes last contest. Atalanta attempted 17 dribbles in this contest and were successful in 7 of the attempts for a percentage of 41.2%. Regarding shot accuracy, Atalanta wrapped this game up at a 31.3% rate by putting 5 shots on target of 16 total shots. Atalanta averages 2.29 goals per 90 min (64 goals in total) and are sitting with 45 assists in all matches this year.

Duvan Zapata is a guy who should be able to impact this game for Atalanta. He has accounted for 31 assists while tallying 20 yellow cards in his career. Zapata has had a starting assignment in 164 outings so far in his career and he accounts for 0.56 G/90. The forward born in Colombia has earned 91 goals in 14,529 mins played. One more player who could decide who wins is Luis Muriel, the forward representing Colombia. He has helped a teammate on a goal 33 times in his career while he has scored 91 total goals. Muriel has totaled 15,764 mins during 170 career starting assignments and has been given a total of 28 yellow cards. He sports an average of 0.52 G/90 so far in his career.

The man who is expected to defend the goal for Atalanta is Pierluigi Gollini. Gollini has defended the goal for a total of 11,426 mins and has accumulated 322 saves in his career. His GA/90 is 1.20 (152 goals allowed) and he holds a save % of 69.6. The keeper born in Italy has faced 464 shots tried at him in 128 starts. Gollini (55-43-31 mark during his career) has accumulated 31 shutouts, which leaves him with a 24.2% clean sheet rate.

For their last outing, Udinese took a loss by a score of 1-0 against Lazio. They finished this game by completing 412 out of their 482 passing tries for a rate of 85.5%. Udinese earned a 73.3% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 11 of the 15 dribbles they attempted. Udinese connected on 3 shots on goal out of the team's 12 shots tried which had them sitting at a 25.0% rate in their last match. Having earned a total of 28 goals and 20 assists for all their matches, Udinese averages 1.00 goal and 0.71 assists per 90 min.

Rodrigo De Paul will be someone to watch for Udinese. He is averaging 0.19 goals per 90 mins and has had a starting assignment in 171 contests during his soccer career. The defender from Italy has been on the field for 14,877 mins and has scored 31 goals. He has tallied 34 yellow cards in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 34 times. Make sure to watch out for Tolgay Arslan, the midfielder hailing from Germany. He has 10 goals during his career while assisting on a goal 16 different times. Arslan has been handed a total of 50 yellow card cautions in 15,111 professional minutes played (172 career starts). His goals per 90 average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.06.

Juan Musso will be looking after the goal for Udinese. Musso has recorded 32 shutouts while seeing 509 shots against him in 10,440 mins throughout his career. He has a save % of 74.9 and his shutout rate is currently at 27.6%. He has given up 1.32 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a record of 40-31-45. During his professional soccer career, Musso has allowed 153 goals and has racked up 379 stops in 116 starting assignments.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Udinese (+650)

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