AC Milan vs Lazio Prediction, 12/23/2020 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Parlay's Pundit - 12/22/2020

Game: AC Milan vs Lazio

Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Location: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: AC Milan (+106) Lazio (+185)

Jens Petter Hauge and AC Milan (9-4-0, 1st in Serie A) host Lazio (6-3-4, 8th in Serie A) at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Wednesday. The starting goalkeepers are Gianluigi Donnarumma for AC Milan and Thomas Strakosha for Lazio. Lazio are at at +185 while AC Milan are priced at +106. The over/under is set at 3.

AC Milan faced off with Sassuolo in their most recent game and went home with a win by a final score of 2-1. When talking about passing the ball, they earned a 76.9% received passes rate by converting 233 of the 303 pass targets last match. AC Milan tried 13 dribbles in this contest and completed 8 of the attempts for a rate of 61.5%. In terms of shooting accuracy, AC Milan finished at a 45.5% rate by putting 5 shots on target of 11 total shots. AC Milan averages 2.15 g/90 (28 total goals) and have accounted for 18 assists in all matches for the year.

Jens Petter Hauge is a guy who should impact this matchup for AC Milan. He has totaled 12 assists while accumulating 6 yellow card warnings so far in his career. Hauge has started 30 contests during his pro soccer career and he has earned 0.57 goals per 90 mins. The forward who is from Norway has recorded 23 goals in 3,615 professional minutes played. Someone else who should impact this match is Franck Kessie, the defender born in Serbia. Kessie has played 15,141 minutes during 172 starts and has been given 36 yellow cards. He has assisted on a goal 11 times during his pro soccer career while scoring 31 total goals. He averages 0.18 goals per 90 minutes during his soccer career.

The man who is expected to protect the net for AC Milan is Gianluigi Donnarumma. Donnarumma (93-51-44 mark in his professional soccer career) has earned 61 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 32.1% clean sheet percentage. The goalie hailing from Italy has had 719 shots sent his way in 190 career starts. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.07 (201 total goals surrendered) and he has a save percentage of .741. Donnarumma has seen the field for a total of 16,841 minutes and has 533 stops during his pro soccer career.

In their last game, Lazio went home victorious with a score of 2-0 against Napoli. They wrapped up this match by connecting on 336 of the 408 passing attempts for a rate of 82.4%. Lazio finished the match with a 53.3% successful dribble rate by completing 8 of the 15 dribbles they tried. Lazio connected on 2 shots tried out of their 10 shots tried which had them at a 20.0% rate in their last game. Having a total of 20 goals and 13 assists in all matches, Lazio has an average of 1.54 goals and 1.00 assist per 90 min.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic will need to be on top of his game for Lazio. He is averaging 0.23 goals per 90 and has started 182 outings so far in his pro soccer career. The midfielder born in Spain has totaled 15,985 professional minutes and has scored 40 goals. He has 45 yellow cards thus far in his career and has helped on a goal 23 times. Make sure to watch out for Ciro Immobile, the forward representing Italy. He has 178 goals in his career while helping on a goal 40 different times. Immobile has earned himself 50 yellow cards in 23,534 mins played (266 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 minute average during his career is 0.68.

Thomas Strakosha will be residing in front of the net for Lazio. In his career, Strakosha has surrendered 183 goals and has earned 415 saves in 147 starting assignments. He has conceded 1.24 goals per 90 mins while holding a record of 75-33-39. He has earned a save % of .726 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 27.9%. Strakosha has totaled 41 clean sheets while defending 576 shots against him in 13,275 career minutes.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Lazio (+185) and under 3 goals

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