Sassuolo vs Udinese Prediction, 11/6/2020 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 11/5/2020

Game: Sassuolo vs Udinese

Date: Friday, November 6, 2020

Location: Mapei Stadium in Sassuolo, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Sassuolo (-138) Udinese (+350)

Kevin Lasagna and Udinese (1-0-5, 19th in Serie A) travel to Mapei Stadium on Friday where they'll take on Sassuolo (4-2-0, 2nd in Serie A). The starting goalies are Andrea Consigli for Sassuolo and Juan Musso for Udinese. Sassuolo are at -138 while the White and Blacks are at +350. The O/U opens at 3.5.

Sassuolo as a team have 17 goals for the campaign, which is currently 2nd in the league. They have tried 102 shots at the opposition with 39 of them being on target, which calculates to a 38.2% shots on target percentage. Sassuolo has been able to control possession for 61.8% of games while successfully dribbling 62.2% of the time (11th in Serie A). Their players have been on the receiving end of 3,272 passes on 3,572 tries this year, which makes their receiving percentage 91.6%.

Domenico Berardi is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Sassuolo. He has 55 assists while tallying 64 yellow cards in his career. Berardi has been a starter in 225 matches so far in his career while he scores 0.39 goals per 90 mins. The forward hailing from Italy has totaled 83 goals in 19,171 professional minutes played. Another player who could decide the outcome is Francesco Caputo, the forward born in Italy. He has assisted on a goal 45 times thus far in his career while scoring 160 goals. Caputo has been on the pitch for 30,262 minutes in 334 starting assignments and has been given a total of 44 yellow cards. He has an average of 0.48 goals per 90 minutes so far in his career.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Sassuolo will be Andrea Consigli. Consigli (162-116-163 record during his soccer career) has tallied 125 shutouts, which has earned him a 28.0% clean sheet rate. The keeper from Italy has faced 1,933 shots tried against him in 447 starting assignments. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.32 (587 goals surrendered) and he is the owner of a save percentage of .706. Consigli has defended the goal for a total of 39,876 mins and has tallied 1,365 saves thus far in his career.

The White and Blacks have dribbled successfully 67.9% of the time for the campaign while tallying 5 goals. They have a receiving percentage of 85.1% while they control possession of the ball 47.2% of the time. Udinese has totaled 2,550 pass targets on the year (14th in the league) and they have 2,169 completed passes. They have completed 27.4% of their SOT on 84 shots.

Kevin Lasagna will need to provide a lift for Udinese. The defender from Italy has been on the field for 13,392 mins while scoring 52 goals. He has 6 yellow card warnings so far in his pro soccer career and has assisted on a goal 13 times. He is averaging 0.35 goals per 90 minutes and has had a starting assignment in 134 contests so far in his career. Make sure to watch out for Stefano Okaka, the forward hailing from Italy. Okaka has been handed a total of 56 yellow card cautions in 18,305 minutes played (188 starts). His goals per 90 average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.34. He has totaled 70 goals thus far in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 24 different times.

Juan Musso will be looking after the net for the White and Blacks. Thus far in his career, Musso has allowed 128 goals while he has 314 stops in 94 starts. He has allowed 1.36 goals per 90 mins while holding a mark of 33-22-39. He is the owner of a save % of .744 and his clean sheet rate is 25.5%. Musso has totaled 24 shutouts while he has seen 425 shots attempted against him in 8,460 minutes in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Sassuolo (-138)

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