Fiorentina vs Inter Milan Prediction, 2/5/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 2/3/2021

Game: Fiorentina vs Inter Milan

Date: Friday, February 5, 2021

Location: Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Fiorentina (+300) Inter Milan (-147)

Christian Kouame and Fiorentina (5-7-8, 12th in Serie A) play Inter Milan (13-5-2, 2nd in Serie A) at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Friday. The expected starting goalies will be Bartlomiej Dragowski for Fiorentina and Samir Handanovic for Inter Milan. Inter Milan are at at -147 while Fiorentina are at +300. The over/under opens at 2.5.

Fiorentina took the field against Torino in their last game and walked away with a draw with a final of 1-1. In sharing the ball, they finished this match with a 88.7% passes received rate by converting 336 out of their 379 pass attempts in their last outing. Fiorentina attempted 20 dribbles in this matchup and were successful in 12 of the dribbles for a rate of 60.0%. In regard to shooting accuracy, Fiorentina finished at a 12.5% rate by hitting 1 shot on target out of 8 total shots. Fiorentina averages 1.00 goal per 90 (20 goals in total) and are sitting with 15 assists in all matches for the season.

Christian Kouame is a player who should be able to impact this game for Fiorentina. Kouame has been in the starting lineup in 85 contests in his career and scores 0.27 G/90. The forward representing Cote d'Ivoire has racked up 24 goals scored in 7,997 minutes. He has 17 assists while accumulating 14 yellow card cautions in his career. Another guy who should impact this match is Dusan Vlahovic, the forward born in Serbia. Vlahovic has accumulated 3,419 mins in 31 starts and has been handed a total of 6 yellow cards. He has helped a teammate on a goal 1 time thus far in his career while scoring 14 total goals. He currently averages 0.37 G/90 during his career.

The guy who will defend the goal for Fiorentina will be Bartlomiej Dragowski. Dragowski has seen the field for 9,532 mins and has tallied 335 stops so far in his career. His GA/90 is 1.60 (169 goals surrendered) and his save % is .682. The keeper born in Poland has faced 490 shots tried against him in 104 starting assignments. Dragowski (30-29-46 record in his career) has accumulated 25 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 24.0% clean sheet rate.

When they last played, Inter Milan earned three points by winning 4-0 against Benevento. They wrapped up this contest by completing 587 out of their 651 attempted passes earning a rate of 90.2%. Inter Milan ended the game with a 54.5% successful dribble rate by converting 6 out of the 11 dribbles they tried. Inter Milan converted 6 shots on target out of 12 shots attempted which had them sitting at a 50.0% rate in their last match. With 45 goals and 36 assists for all their matches, Inter Milan averages 2.25 goals and 1.80 assists per 90 minutes.

Lautaro Martinez will need to provide a lift for Inter Milan. The forward born in Argentina has totaled 8,283 mins while scoring 52 goals. He has totaled 24 yellow card warnings so far in his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 13 times. He is averaging 0.57 goals per 90 and has been given a starting assignment in 94 matches so far in his pro soccer career. You should also keep an eye on Romelu Lukaku, the forward born in Belgium. He has collected 182 goals during his soccer career while helping a teammate on a goal 53 times. Lukaku has been given a total of 28 yellow card warnings in 28,471 minutes played (314 starting assignments). His G/90 average thus far in his career is 0.58.

Samir Handanovic will be residing in front of the net for Inter Milan. In his career, Handanović has given up 598 goals and has tallied 1,626 saves in 536 starts. He has surrendered 1.12 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a mark of 251-141-143. He sports a save % of .736 and his clean sheet rate is 34.9%. Handanović has totaled 187 clean sheets while he has seen 2,205 shots attempted against him in 48,083 career minutes.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Fiorentina (+300)

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