Crotone vs Sampdoria Prediction, 4/21/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Parlay's Pundit - 4/19/2021

Game: Crotone vs Sampdoria

Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Location: Stadio Ezio Scida in Crotone, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Crotone (+259) Sampdoria (+104)

Fabio Quagliarella and Sampdoria (11-6-14, 10th in Serie A) go to Stadio Ezio Scida on Wednesday where they'll take on Crotone (4-3-24, 20th in Serie A). The goalkeepers protecting the net will be Alex Cordaz for Crotone and Emil Audero for Sampdoria. Sampdoria are at at +104 while Crotone are priced at +259. The O/U is set at 2.75.

Crotone faced off with Udinese in their last game and ended up losing by a score of 2-1. Crotone attempted 27 dribbles in this match and converted 13 of the dribbles for a percentage of 48.1%. In regard to passing, they finished this match with a 90.0% received passes percentage by connecting on 439 of the 488 passing targets in their last game. In regard to shooting accuracy, Crotone wrapped this game up at a 33.3% clip by landing 2 shots on target out of 6 total shots. Crotone has an average of 1.19 goals per 90 (37 total goals) and are sitting with 22 assists in all matches this season.

Simy is a player who should be able to impact this game for Crotone. He has totaled 11 assists while tallying 15 yellow card warnings during his career. Simy has started 121 outings during his soccer career and he accounts for 0.54 goals per 90 mins. The forward from Nigeria has totaled 70 goals scored in 11,673 professional minutes played. One more player who should impact this match is Vladimir Golemic, the defender born in Slovakia. He has helped on a goal 6 times so far in his career while scoring 10 total goals. Golemic has been on the pitch for 16,194 minutes in 181 career starting assignments and has been handed 47 yellow card cautions. He currently averages 0.06 goals per 90 mins during his pro soccer career.

The man who is expected to defend the goal for Crotone will be Alex Cordaz. Cordaz has seen the pitch for a total of 29,842 minutes and has 906 stops so far in his career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.31 (436 goals given up) and he has earned a save % of 68.7. The goalkeeper hailing from Italy has seen 1,333 shots tried at him in 333 career starts. Cordaz (107-85-140 record during his soccer career) has accumulated 74 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 22.2% shutout percentage.

When they last stepped on the pitch, Sampdoria earned three points by winning 3-1 against Hellas Verona. They wrapped up this outing by converting 302 out of their 379 passing tries for a rate of 79.7%. Sampdoria finished the match with a 37.5% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 3 out of the 8 dribbles they pursued. Sampdoria connected on 4 shots on target out of their 11 shots attempted earning them a 36.4% clip in their last game. With 42 goals and 31 assists in all competitions, Sampdoria averages 1.35 goals and 1.00 assist per 90 min.

Fabio Quagliarella will need to provide a spark for Sampdoria. The forward hailing from Italy has totaled 37,217 professional minutes and has scored 181 goals. He has accumulated 47 yellow cards during his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 51 times. He is currently averaging 0.44 goals per 90 minutes and has been in the starting lineup in 429 outings thus far in his career. Be sure to watch out for Gaston Ramirez, the forward representing Uruguay. He has 42 goals during his career while helping a teammate on a goal 32 times. Ramirez has been handed 55 yellow cards in 15,994 minutes played (188 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 minute average thus far in his career is 0.24.

Emil Audero will look after the goal for Sampdoria. So far in his career, Audero has allowed 195 goals while totaling 418 saves in 139 starts. He has given up 1.40 goals per 90 while earning a record of 52-32-55. He sports a save percentage of 70.7 and his clean sheet rate sits at 25.9%. Audero has racked up 36 clean sheets and has defended 591 shots attempted against him in 12,510 career mins.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Sampdoria (+104) and over 2.75 goals

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