Udinese vs Napoli Prediction, 9/20/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Udinese vs Napoli
Date: Monday, September 20, 2021
Location: Dacia Arena in Udine, Italy
TV: Paramount+
Odds/Point Spread: Udinese (+300) Napoli (-110)
Ignacio Pussetto and Udinese (2-1-0, 5th in Serie A) host Napoli (3-0-0, 3rd in Serie A) at Dacia Arena on Monday. The men protecting the net will be Marco Silvestri for Udinese and David Ospina for Napoli. The White and Blacks are at +300 while the Blues are at -110. The over/under has been set at 2.75.
Udinese took the field against Spezia in their most recent game and notched a win by a score of 1-0. Udinese attempted 23 dribbles in this outing and were able to convert 8 of those attempts for a percentage of 34.8%. In regard to passing, they finished this match with a 85.1% rate by connecting on 331 of the 389 targeted passes in their last outing.
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In terms of shooting accuracy, Udinese walked away from the pitch at a 44.4% clip by landing 4 SoT out of 9 total shots. Udinese averages 2.00 goals per 90 (6 total goals) and have accumulated 4 assists in all contests for the year.
Ignacio Pussetto is a player who should be able to impact this match for Udinese. Pussetto has been given a starting assignment in 101 contests during his pro soccer career and he scores 0.24 goals per 90 minutes. The forward from Argentina has recorded 25 goals in 9,224 minutes. He has 15 assists while tallying 25 yellow card warnings so far in his career.
Another guy who should impact this match is Roberto Pereyra, the forward hailing from Argentina. Pereyra has totaled 19,796 minutes in 224 career starts and has been given 33 yellow card cautions. He has assisted on a goal 24 times during his career while scoring 34 goals. He is averaging 0.15 G/90 during his pro soccer career.
The man who will defend the goal for Udinese is Marco Silvestri. Silvestri (69-74-79 record in his career) has accumulated 52 shutouts, which has earned him a 23.4% shutout rate. The goalkeeper hailing from Italy has faced 791 shots tried at him in 222 starts. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.07 (239 goals surrendered) and he holds a save % of 71.4. Silvestri has seen the pitch for a total of 20,036 minutes and has accumulated 561 saves during his pro soccer career.
In their last outing, Napoli took home the win by a final score of 2-1 against Juventus. Napoli earned a 62.5% successful dribble rate by completing 5 out of the 8 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this outing by completing 585 out of their 640 passes they tried for a percentage of 91.4%. Napoli had 6 shots on goal out of their 25 shots attempted giving them a 24.0% clip in their last game. Having a total of 6 goals and 2 assists in all matches, Napoli sports an average of 2.00 goals and 0.67 assists per 90 min.
Lorenzo Insigne will need to provide a spark for Napoli. He scores 0.37 G/90 and has started 290 matches during his pro soccer career. The forward born in Italy has been on the pitch for 25,104 mins and he has scored 104 goals. He has collected 25 yellow card warnings in his career and has assisted on a goal 81 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Matteo Politano, the forward hailing from Italy. He has scored 48 goals so far in his career while assisting on a goal 29 different times. Politano has been handed a total of 25 yellow cards in 16,665 minutes (193 starting assignments). His goals per 90 average thus far in his career is 0.26.
David Ospina will be looking after the net for Napoli. Ospina has totaled 91 clean sheets while defending 1,096 shots attempted against him in 23,701 career minutes. He has earned a save % of 73.4 and his clean sheet rate sits at 34.2%. He has surrendered 1.13 goals per 90 mins and he has a mark of 113-62-89. Thus far in his career, Ospina has conceded 298 goals and has totaled 802 stops in 266 starts.
Who will win tonight's Serie A game against the spread?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Napoli (-110)
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