Sampdoria vs Juventus Prediction, 1/30/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 1/27/2021

Game: Sampdoria vs Juventus

Date: Saturday, January 30, 2021

Location: Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genova, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Sampdoria (+400) Juventus (-175)

Alvaro Morata and Juventus (10-6-2, 5th in Serie A) go to Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Saturday where they'll take on Sampdoria (8-2-9, 10th in Serie A). The goalies protecting the net will be Emil Audero for Sampdoria and Wojciech Szczesny for Juventus. The Zebras are at at -175 while Sampdoria are priced at +400. The total opens at 2.5.

Sampdoria faced off with Parma in their last matchup and notched a win by a score of 2-0. When talking about passing the ball, they ended up with a 85.2% received passes rate by converting 403 of the 473 targeted passes in their last match. Sampdoria tried 14 dribbles in this game and were able to convert 7 of the attempts for a percentage of 50.0%. Regarding shot accuracy, Sampdoria wrapped this game up at a 27.3% clip by hitting 3 shots on target of 11 total shots. Sampdoria has an average of 1.58 goals per 90 (30 total goals) and are sitting with 22 assists in all matches this season.

Fabio Quagliarella is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Sampdoria. Quagliarella has been a starter in 421 matchups during his pro soccer career and he tallies 0.44 goals per 90 minutes. The forward born in Italy has accumulated 178 goals in 36,500 professional minutes played. He has 50 assists while earning 47 yellow cards during his soccer career. Another guy who could decide the outcome is Gaston Ramirez, the forward representing Uruguay. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 30 times so far in his pro soccer career while scoring 42 goals. Ramirez has earned 15,732 minutes in 186 starting assignments and has earned himself a total of 54 yellow card warnings. He is averaging 0.24 goals per 90 minutes so far in his pro soccer career.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for Sampdoria will be Emil Audero. Audero (49-28-50 record in his career) has recorded 35 shutouts, which gives him a 27.6% clean sheet rate. The keeper hailing from Indonesia has faced 538 shots attempted at him in 127 starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.40 (178 total goals surrendered) and his save percentage is .710. Audero has been on the pitch for a total of 11,430 minutes and is sitting with 384 saves so far in his career.

When they last played, Juventus earned three points by winning 2-0 against Bologna. They wrapped up this match by connecting on 447 out of their 500 passes they tried earning a percentage of 89.4%. Juventus earned a 80.0% successful dribble rate by connecting on 12 out of the 15 dribbles they tried. Juventus converted 11 shots on target out of 23 shots attempted which gave them a 47.8% rate in their last game. Having tallied 37 goals and 30 assists in all their matches, Juventus averages 2.06 goals and 1.67 assists per 90.

Alvaro Morata will need to provide a spark for Juventus. The defender from Italy has accumulated 13,851 minutes and has scored 89 goals. He has accounted for 54 yellow card warnings thus far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 35 times. He scores 0.58 G/90 and has been in the starting lineup in 151 contests in his pro soccer career. Make sure to watch out for Cristiano Ronaldo, the forward hailing from Portugal. Ronaldo has been handed 72 yellow card warnings in 47,579 professional minutes played (529 career starts). His goals per 90 min average thus far in his career is 0.88. He has earned 465 goals in his pro soccer career while helping on a goal 147 times.

Wojciech Szczesny will be looking after the goal for Juventus. So far in his career, Szczesny has allowed 334 goals and has accounted for 918 saves in 320 starts. He has surrendered 1.05 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a record of 191-74-54. He is the owner of a save % of .741 and his clean sheet rate sits at 35.9%. Szczesny has totaled 115 clean sheets while seeing 1,242 shots against him in 28,724 mins throughout his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sampdoria (+400)

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