AC Milan vs Sassuolo Prediction, 4/21/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 4/19/2021

Game: AC Milan vs Sassuolo

Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Location: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: AC Milan (-162) Sassuolo (+460)

Rafael Leao and AC Milan (20-6-5, 2nd in Serie A) host Sassuolo (12-10-9, 8th in Serie A) at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Wednesday. The goalies expected to start will be Gianluigi Donnarumma for AC Milan and Andrea Consigli for Sassuolo. Sassuolo are at at +460 while AC Milan are priced at -162. The over/under is set at 3.

AC Milan played Genoa in their most recent game and went home with a win by a final score of 2-1. In sharing the ball, they ended with a 85.3% received passes rate by connecting on 466 of the 546 pass targets in their last match. AC Milan attempted 12 dribbles in this matchup and were successful in 10 of those tries for a rate of 83.3%. In regard to shooting accuracy, AC Milan finished at a 23.5% rate by putting 4 SoT out of 17 total shots. AC Milan averages 1.84 g/90 (57 goals in total) and have accounted for 37 assists in all contests this season.

Rafael Leao is one guy you are going to want to keep your eye on for AC Milan. Leao has been in the starting lineup in 47 games so far in his career while scoring 0.43 goals per 90 mins. The midfielder who is from Croatia has earned 21 goals in 4,381 minutes. He has totaled 10 assists while tallying 8 yellow card cautions so far in his pro soccer career. Another player who could decide the outcome is Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the forward hailing from Sweden. Ibrahimovic has played 45,527 mins in 516 career starting assignments and has been given a total of 94 yellow cards. He has assisted on a goal 134 times so far in his career while scoring 383 goals. He averages 0.76 goals per 90 minutes during his pro soccer career.

The man who will defend the goal for AC Milan is Gianluigi Donnarumma. Donnarumma (104-53-49 mark in his professional soccer career) has totaled 66 shutouts, which leaves him with a 31.7% clean sheet percentage. The goalie from Italy has seen 790 shots sent in his direction in 208 career starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.09 (223 goals conceded) and he is the owner of a save percentage of 73.8. Donnarumma has seen the pitch for 18,461 minutes and has tallied 583 saves during his career.

When they last stepped on the pitch, Sassuolo walked away with a victory by a final of 3-1 against Fiorentina. Sassuolo had a 56.3% successful dribble rate by completing 9 out of the 16 dribbles they attempted. They finished the match by connecting on 640 of the 703 passes they attempted for a rate of 91.0%. Sassuolo had 3 shots on goal out of their 9 shots attempted which had them sitting at a 33.3% rate in their last match. Having a total of 49 goals and 29 assists in all competitions, Sassuolo has an average of 1.58 goals and 0.94 assists per 90 minutes.

Mehdi Bourabia will be counted on for Sassuolo. He scores 0.08 goals per 90 minutes and has been a starter in 125 games during his career. The defender from Serbia has earned 11,675 mins and he has scored 11 goals. He has earned 47 yellow cards thus far in his career and has assisted on a goal 10 times. Be sure to watch out for Filip Duricic, the forward hailing from Serbia. Duricic has been given 35 yellow cards in 15,868 professional minutes (187 starting assignments). His G/90 average so far in his career is 0.19. He has scored 33 goals in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 33 times.

Andrea Consigli will look after the goal for Sassuolo. Consigli has totaled 129 shutouts and defended 2,043 shots against him in 42,036 minutes throughout his career. He is the owner of a save percentage of 70.4 and his shutout rate sits at 27.4%. He has given up 1.34 goals per 90 while earning a record of 170-123-172. In his pro soccer career, Consigli has surrendered 627 goals and has 1,437 stops in 471 starting assignments.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sassuolo (+460)

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