AC Milan vs Hellas Verona Prediction, 11/8/2020 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 11/6/2020

Game: AC Milan vs Hellas Verona

Date: Sunday, November 8, 2020

Location: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: AC Milan (-161) Hellas Verona (+330)

Nikola Kalinic and Hellas Verona (3-2-1, 5th in Serie A) travel to Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Sunday where they'll take on AC Milan (5-1-0, 1st in Serie A). The starting goalkeepers will be Gianluigi Donnarumma for AC Milan and Marco Silvestri for Hellas Verona. Hellas Verona are at at +330 while AC Milan are priced at -161. The O/U is set at 2.5.

AC Milan has controlled possession of the ball for 55.3% of contests while they have success at dribbling 63.4% of the time (8th in Serie A). They have tried 80 shots at the goal with 28 being on target, which calculates to a 35.0% shots on target percentage. AC Milan as a team have accumulated 14 goals for the season, which ranks them 4th in Serie A. They have received 2,744 passes on 3,088 attempts this year, making their receiving percentage 88.9%.

Franck Kessie is a guy who should be able to impact this game for AC Milan. Kessie has been in the starting lineup in 165 games during his pro soccer career and has 0.18 goals per 90 mins. The defender born in Serbia has totaled 29 goals in 14,511 professional minutes. He has accounted for 10 assists while tallying 32 yellow cards during his career. Another player who should impact this match is Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the forward born in Sweden. Ibrahimovic has played 44,549 mins in 504 starting assignments and has been given a total of 94 yellow card cautions. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 133 times in his career while he has scored 375 goals. He is averaging 0.76 goals per 90 mins during his pro soccer career.

The man who will defend the goal for AC Milan is Gianluigi Donnarumma. Gianluigi Donnarumma has defended the goal for 16,211 minutes and is sitting with 516 stops in his career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.07 (192 goals allowed) and his save percentage is .745. The goalie from Italy has had 694 shots tried against him in 183 starting assignments. Donnarumma (89-48-44 mark during his career) has tallied 60 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 32.8% clean sheet percentage.

Hellas Verona has 2,443 targets for the year (16th in the league) to go along with 2,080 completed passes. They have a receiving percentage of 85.1% and they maintain possession of the ball 49.6% of the time. The Yellow and Blues have successfully dribbled 57.8% of the time on the season while totaling 5 goals. They have been able to hit on 38.5% of their shots on target out of 65 total shots.

Nikola Kalinic should provide a lift for Hellas Verona. The forward born in Croatia has 19,983 mins while scoring 116 goals. He has tallied 45 yellow card warnings in his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 31 times. He scores 0.52 G/90 and has started 216 matches so far in his career. You should also watch out for Antonin Barak, the forward born in Spain. He has scored 22 goals so far in his pro soccer career while assisting a teammate on a goal 10 different times. Barak has earned himself a total of 15 yellow card cautions in 7,835 professional minutes played (86 starts). His goals per 90 average so far in his career is 0.25.

Marco Silvestri will be residing in front of the net for the Yellow and Blues. Silvestri has earned 46 clean sheets while he has seen 680 shots attempted against him in 17,246 career mins. He is the owner of a save % of .719 and his clean sheet rate sits at 24.1%. He has allowed 1.03 goals per 90 minutes while earning a mark of 59-66-66. So far in his career, Silvestri has conceded 198 goals while he has earned 484 stops in 191 starts.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hellas Verona (+330)

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