Crotone vs Udinese Prediction, 4/17/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 4/13/2021

Game: Crotone vs Udinese

Date: Saturday, April 17, 2021

Location: Stadio Ezio Scida in Crotone, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Crotone (+230) Udinese (+130)

Rodrigo De Paul and Udinese (8-9-13, 12th in Serie A) travel to Stadio Ezio Scida on Saturday where they'll take on Crotone (4-3-23, 20th in Serie A). The starting goalkeepers will be Alex Cordaz for Crotone and Juan Musso for Udinese. The odds on this matchup have Crotone priced at +230 and the White and Blacks are at +130. The over/under has been set at 2.25.

Crotone faced off with Spezia in their most recent game and went home with a loss by a final score of 3-2. In sharing the ball, they finished this match with a 82.5% received passes percentage by connecting on 321 out of their 389 pass attempts last match. Crotone attempted 16 dribbles in this contest and successfully completed 10 of the tries for a rate of 62.5%. In relation to shooting accuracy, Crotone finished the game at a 55.6% clip by hitting 5 shots on target out of 9 total shots. Crotone has an average of 1.20 g/90 (36 goals in total) and have tallied 22 assists in all contests this season.

Vladimir Golemic is a guy who should impact this matchup for Crotone. Golemic has been a starter in 180 matchups in his career and accounts for 0.06 goals per 90 minutes. The defender from Slovakia has totaled 10 goals in 16,104 minutes played. He has 6 assists while earning 47 yellow cards during his career. Another player who could decide the outcome is Simy, the forward born in Nigeria. Simy has been on the field for 11,583 minutes in 120 starts and has been handed a total of 15 yellow card cautions. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 11 times in his career and he has scored 69 goals. He has an average of 0.54 goals per 90 minutes so far in his career.

The guy protecting the net for Crotone will be Alex Cordaz. Cordaz (107-85-139 record during his soccer career) has accounted for 74 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 22.3% clean sheet percentage. The goalkeeper from Italy has had 1,328 shots tried at him in 332 starts. His GA/90 is 1.31 (434 goals allowed) and he is the owner of a save percentage of 68.8. Cordaz has played for 29,752 mins and has 903 saves so far in his career.

For their last game, Udinese took a loss by a score of 1-0 against Torino. They finished this game by completing 523 out of their 584 passes they tried earning a percentage of 89.6%. Udinese finished the match with a 62.5% successful dribble rate by completing 10 of the 16 dribbles they tried. Udinese connected on 4 shots on goal out of 16 shots tried giving them a 25.0% clip in their last outing. Having earned a total of 30 goals and 22 assists in all their matches, Udinese averages 1.00 goal and 0.73 assists per 90 minutes.

Rodrigo De Paul should provide a spark for Udinese. He is averaging 0.19 G/90 and has been a starter in 173 games in his career. The defender from Italy has accumulated 15,057 mins while he has scored 31 goals. He has accumulated 34 yellow cards so far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 34 times. You should also watch out for Tolgay Arslan, the midfielder representing Germany. He has earned 10 goals so far in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 16 times. Arslan has been handed a total of 50 yellow cards in 15,184 minutes played (173 starts). His goals per 90 average during his pro soccer career is 0.06.

Juan Musso will look after the net for Udinese. Thus far in his career, Musso has given up 156 goals and has accumulated 386 saves in 118 starts. He has given up 1.32 goals per 90 while he holds a mark of 40-31-47. He sports a save percentage of 75.0 and his clean sheet rate sits at 27.1%. Musso has tallied 32 shutouts and has seen 519 shots against him in 10,620 mins in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Crotone (+230)

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