Fiorentina vs Juventus Prediction, 5/22/2022 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 5/17/2022

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Game: Fiorentina vs Juventus

Date: Sunday, May 22, 2022

Location: Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, Italy

TV: Paramount+

Odds/Point Spread: Fiorentina (+183) Juventus (+160)

Cristiano Biraghi and Fiorentina (18-5-13, 7th in Serie A) host Juventus (20-9-7, 4th in Serie A) at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Sunday. The goalies protecting the net will be Pietro Terracciano for Fiorentina and Wojciech Szczesny for Juventus. Fiorentina are at +183 while the Zebras are at +160. The O/U has been set at 2.5.

Fiorentina faced off with AC Milan in their last game and went home with a loss by a final score of 1-0. In the passing game, they had a 86.2% received passes rate by connecting on 369 out of their 428 passing attempts last match. Fiorentina tried 13 dribbles in this outing and were able to convert 4 of those dribbles for a percentage of 30.8%.

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In terms of shooting accuracy, Fiorentina wrapped this game up at a 25.0% rate by putting 2 shots on target of 8 total shots. Fiorentina sports an average of 1.54 goals per 90 (54 total goals) and have accounted for 28 assists in all games this year.

Cristiano Biraghi is a player who should impact this matchup for Fiorentina. He has totaled 26 assists while earning 71 yellow card warnings during his pro soccer career. Biraghi has started 285 games during his pro soccer career and he has earned 0.04 G/90. The defender representing Italy has 10 goals in 25,430 professional minutes played.

Someone else who should impact this match is Riccardo Saponara, the forward representing Italy. Saponara has been on the field for 16,206 mins during 189 starting assignments and has been handed a total of 37 yellow card warnings. He has helped on a goal 48 times in his career while scoring 37 total goals. He scores 0.21 goals per 90 mins during his career.

The guy who will defend the goal for Fiorentina will be Pietro Terracciano. Terracciano (44-40-44 record during his soccer career) has recorded 33 clean sheets, which gives him a 25.8% shutout rate. The keeper hailing from Italy has had 538 shots tried at him in 128 career starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.27 (165 total goals given up) and he holds a save % of 70.3. Terracciano has seen the field for a total of 11,678 minutes and has earned 380 stops so far in his pro soccer career.

For their last match, Juventus went home defeated by a final of 2-1 against Genoa. They wrapped up this match by converting 442 of the 456 passes they attempted earning a percentage of 96.9%. Juventus earned a 44.4% successful dribble rate by completing 8 of the 18 dribbles they pursued. Juventus had 4 shots on target out of their 13 shots attempted which had them at a 30.8% clip in their last game. With 54 goals and 31 assists in all their matches, Juventus averages 1.50 goals and 0.86 assists per 90 minutes.

Paulo Dybala should provide solid play for Juventus. He is averaging 0.45 goals per 90 minutes and has been a starter in 239 matches during his soccer career. The forward born in Argentina has been on the field for 20,390 minutes while he has scored 103 goals. He has 22 yellow card cautions in his career and has assisted on a goal 52 times. You should also watch out for Dusan Vlahovic, the forward representing Serbia. He has scored 51 goals during his pro soccer career while assisting a teammate on a goal 7 times. Vlahovic has been given a total of 11 yellow card cautions in 7,864 mins (81 starts). His G/90 average so far in his career is 0.58.

Wojciech Szczesny is expected to look after the goal for Juventus. Szczesny has totaled 130 shutouts while defending 1,390 shots against him in 33,111 mins in his career. He has earned a save % of 74.0 and his shutout rate is 35.2%. He has allowed 1.03 goals per 90 minutes and he has a mark of 218-86-64. In his career, Szczesny has given up 379 goals and has accumulated 1,026 saves in 369 starting assignments.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Juventus (+160)

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