Atalanta vs Udinese Prediction, 10/24/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 10/19/2021

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Game: Atalanta vs Udinese

Date: Sunday, October 24, 2021

Location: Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy

TV: Paramount+

Odds/Point Spread: Atalanta (-227) Udinese (+420)

Duvan Zapata and Atalanta (4-2-2, 6th in Serie A) host Udinese (2-3-3, 10th in Serie A) at Gewiss Stadium on Sunday. The goaltenders who are expected to start will be Juan Musso for Atalanta and Marco Silvestri for Udinese. The Goddess are at -227 while the White and Blacks are at +420. The O/U opens at 3.5.

Atalanta faced Empoli in their last matchup and took home the win by a score of 4-1. In the passing game, they finished this match with a 90.5% rate by completing 402 out of their 444 pass targets last match. Atalanta tried 13 dribbles in this game and converted 7 of the attempts for a percentage of 53.8%.

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Regarding shot accuracy, Atalanta walked away from the pitch at a 33.3% clip by putting 7 shots on target out of 21 total shots. Atalanta has an average of 1.62 goals per 90 min (13 total goals) and have accounted for 8 assists in all matches this year.

Duvan Zapata is a player who should be able to impact this match for Atalanta. He has 35 assists while earning 21 yellow cards so far in his pro soccer career. Zapata has been in the starting lineup in 179 matchups thus far in his career and tallies 0.57 goals per 90 minutes. The forward who is from Colombia has totaled 100 goals scored in 15,716 minutes.

Another guy who could decide the outcome is Luis Muriel, the forward hailing from Colombia. He has helped on a goal 35 times in his career while scoring 98 total goals. Muriel has totaled 16,426 minutes in 178 career starting assignments and has been handed 28 yellow card warnings. He scores 0.54 goals per 90 minutes so far in his career.

The man who will defend the goal for Atalanta will be Juan Musso. Musso has been on the pitch for a total of 11,877 mins and has 430 stops during his soccer career. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.36 (180 total goals conceded) and he holds a save percentage of 74.5. The goalkeeper hailing from Argentina has seen 581 shots attempted against him in 132 career starts. Musso (46-34-52 mark in his career) has recorded 34 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 25.8% shutout percentage.

The last time they took the pitch, Udinese weren't able to secure a win with a final of 1-1 against Bologna. They wrapped up this match by converting 295 out of their 352 attempted passes for a rate of 83.8%. Udinese ended the game with a 50.0% successful dribble rate by completing 10 out of the 20 dribbles they tried. Udinese landed 2 shots on goal out of the team's 10 shots tried which had them sitting at a 20.0% rate in their last match. With a total of 10 goals and 6 assists in all matches, Udinese averages 1.25 goals and 0.75 assists per 90 minutes.

Ignacio Pussetto should provide a lift for Udinese. He currently averages 0.24 goals per 90 mins and has had a starting assignment in 103 contests during his career. The forward from Argentina has been on the pitch for 9,442 mins while earning 25 goals. He has collected 25 yellow cards so far in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 16 times. Be sure to keep an eye out for Gerard Deulofeu, the forward who represents Spain. Deulofeu has been given a total of 20 yellow card cautions in 15,619 minutes (180 starts). His goals per 90 min average so far in his career is 0.32. He has totaled 56 goals during his soccer career while assisting on a goal 45 times.

Marco Silvestri will reside in front of the net for Udinese. In his career, Silvestri has allowed 249 goals and has totaled 578 saves in 227 starts. He has given up 1.09 goals per 90 mins while earning a mark of 69-76-82. He sports a save percentage of 71.3 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 22.9%. Silvestri has racked up 52 clean sheets and has defended 815 shots against him in 20,486 minutes throughout his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Udinese (+420)

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