Crotone vs Genoa Prediction, 1/31/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 1/27/2021

Game: Crotone vs Genoa

Date: Sunday, January 31, 2021

Location: Stadio Ezio Scida in Crotone, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Crotone (+170) Genoa (+150)

Simy and Crotone (3-3-13, 20th in Serie A) host Genoa (4-6-9, 15th in Serie A) at Stadio Ezio Scida on Sunday. The goaltenders protecting the net will be Alex Cordaz for Crotone and Mattia Perin for Genoa. The odds on this matchup have Crotone priced at +170 and Genoa are at +150. The O/U is set at 2.5.

Crotone stepped onto the pitch against Fiorentina in their last game and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 2-1. In sharing the ball, they ended with a 87.7% passes received rate by connecting on 406 of the 463 passing targets in their last game. Crotone attempted 22 dribbles in this contest and completed 8 of the tries for a percentage of 36.4%. In relation to shooting accuracy, Crotone finished the game at a 30.0% rate by hitting 3 SoT out of 10 total shots. Crotone is averaging 1.11 goals per 90 (21 total goals) and have 14 assists in all contests this year.

Simy is a guy who should impact this matchup for Crotone. Simy has been a starter in 113 matches so far in his pro soccer career and he scores 0.50 goals per 90 mins. The forward from Nigeria has totaled 60 goals in 10,893 minutes played. He has 11 assists while accumulating 15 yellow cards so far in his career. Another guy who should impact this match is Junior Messias, the forward who is from Brazil. He has assisted on a goal 6 times during his career while scoring 12 goals. Messias has accumulated 4,410 minutes in 51 starting assignments and has been handed a total of 11 yellow card cautions. He is averaging 0.24 goals per 90 minutes for his career.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Crotone is Alex Cordaz. Cordaz (106-85-129 mark in his professional soccer career) has accumulated 74 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 23.1% clean sheet percentage. The keeper born in Italy has had 1,257 shots sent in his direction in 321 career starting assignments. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.25 (400 total goals allowed) and he has earned a save % of .695. Cordaz has been on the field for a total of 28,762 mins and is sitting with 866 stops in his career.

For their last game, Genoa took home the win by a final score of 1-0 against Cagliari. Genoa earned a 50.0% successful dribble percentage by completing 4 of the 8 dribbles they pursued. They finished this game by converting 341 out of their 443 pass attempts earning a percentage of 77.0%. Genoa landed 5 shots on target out of their 11 shots attempted which had them at a 45.5% rate in their last game. Having earned a total of 19 goals and 15 assists for all their games, Genoa has an average of 1.00 goal and 0.79 assists per 90 minutes.

Gianluca Scamacca should be able to be counted on for Genoa. He currently averages 0.28 goals per 90 mins and has had a starting assignment in 39 matches during his soccer career. The forward who is from Italy has earned 3,876 minutes and he has scored 12 goals. He has accumulated 4 yellow card warnings in his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 2 times. Be sure to keep an eye out for Marko Pjaca, the forward born in Croatia. Pjaca has earned himself a total of 6 yellow cards in 10,050 professional minutes (112 starts). His goals per 90 min average in his pro soccer career is 0.31. He has accumulated 35 goals so far in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 13 times.

Mattia Perin is expected to look after the goal for Genoa. Perin has earned 68 clean sheets while defending 1,189 shots tried against him in 22,001 mins throughout his career. He has earned a save percentage of .713 and his shutout rate is currently at 27.6%. He has conceded 1.44 goals per 90 mins and he has a mark of 82-57-106. In his pro soccer career, Perin has conceded 353 goals and has accounted for 848 stops in 246 starting assignments.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Genoa (+150)

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