Salernitana vs Udinese Prediction, 5/22/2022 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 5/17/2022

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Game: Salernitana vs Udinese

Date: Sunday, May 22, 2022

Location: Estadio Arechi in Salerno, Italy

TV: Paramount+

Odds/Point Spread: Salernitana (+272) Udinese (-101)

Simone Verdi and Salernitana (7-10-20, 17th in Serie A) host Udinese (10-14-13, 12th in Serie A) at Estadio Arechi on Sunday. The goalkeepers who are expected to start are Luigi Sepe for Salernitana and Marco Silvestri for Udinese. Salernitana are at +272 while the White and Blacks are at -101. The O/U is set at 2.5.

Salernitana faced off with Cagliari in their most recent game and walked away with a draw with a final of 1-1. In regard to passing, they ended up with a 86.3% received passes rate by converting 283 of the 328 targeted passes in their last match. Salernitana attempted 10 dribbles in this outing and completed 8 of those attempts for a percentage of 80.0%.

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In regard to shooting accuracy, Salernitana wrapped this game up at a 40.0% clip by landing 4 shots on target of 10 total shots. Salernitana averages 0.86 goals per 90 min (31 total goals) and are sitting with 17 assists in all contests this year.

Simone Verdi is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Salernitana. He has 37 assists while accumulating 30 yellow card cautions thus far in his career. Verdi has been in the starting lineup in 196 outings in his pro soccer career and scores 0.20 G/90. The forward hailing from Brazil has 37 goals in 16,491 minutes played.

Another player who could decide the outcome is Federico Bonazzoli, the forward representing Italy. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 8 times so far in his career and he has scored 28 total goals. Bonazzoli has played 7,956 minutes in 81 career starts and has earned himself a total of 16 yellow card cautions. He is averaging 0.32 goals per 90 mins for his career.

The guy who will defend the goal for Salernitana will be Luigi Sepe. Sepe (63-58-73 record in his career) has accounted for 45 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 23.3% shutout rate. The keeper hailing from Italy has faced 898 shots attempted against him in 193 career starting assignments. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.48 (286 goals conceded) and he is the owner of a save % of 70.3. Sepe has seen the field for a total of 17,381 mins and has accumulated 632 stops in his career.

In their last outing, Udinese took a loss by a final score of 2-1 against Inter Milan. Udinese ended the game with a 40.0% successful dribble percentage by converting 6 of the 15 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this contest by connecting on 385 out of their 421 passing attempts for a rate of 91.4%. Udinese had 5 shots on target out of 8 shots attempted which had them at a 62.5% clip when they last took the field. Having accumulated 52 goals and 32 assists in all their matches, Udinese has an average of 1.44 goals and 0.89 assists per 90 minutes.

Gerard Deulofeu will need to provide a lift for Udinese. The forward hailing from Spain has totaled 17,579 professional minutes and has scored 66 goals. He has totaled 28 yellow cards in his career and has helped on a goal 48 times. He averages 0.34 G/90 and has been given a starting assignment in 203 contests during his soccer career. Make sure to keep an eye out for Ignacio Pussetto, the forward representing Argentina. Pussetto has been given a total of 28 yellow card cautions in 10,157 mins (108 starts). His goals per 90 min average in his career is 0.25. He has earned 28 goals in his pro soccer career while assisting on a goal 19 times.

Marco Silvestri will look after the goal for Udinese. Silvestri has racked up 57 clean sheets while he has seen 906 shots tried against him in 22,826 career minutes. He has earned a save % of 70.6 and his clean sheet rate is 22.5%. He has conceded 1.12 goals per 90 while earning a mark of 77-87-89. In his career, Silvestri has given up 284 goals and has racked up 636 stops in 253 starting assignments.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Udinese (-101)

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