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Cagliari vs Venezia Prediction, 10/1/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 9/29/2021

Joao Pedro Cagliari

Game: Cagliari vs Venezia

Date: Friday, October 1, 2021

Location: Sardegna Arena in Cagliari‎, Italy

TV: Paramount+

Odds/Point Spread: Cagliari (-123) Venezia (+351)

Sardegna Arena is the site where Razvan Marin and Cagliari (0-2-4, 19th in Serie A) will play Venezia (1-1-4, 18th in Serie A) on Friday. The starting goaltenders are Alessio Cragno for Cagliari and Niki Maenpaa for Venezia. The line on this game has Cagliari coming in at -123 and Venezia are at +351. The over/under opens at 2.75.

Cagliari took the field against Napoli in their last matchup and went home with a loss by a final score of 2-0. When discussing the passing game, they ended up with a 82.3% received passes rate by connecting on 297 out of their 361 pass attempts last match. Cagliari tried 13 dribbles in this matchup and completed 4 of those attempts for a percentage of 30.8%.

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In terms of shooting accuracy, Cagliari finished the game at a 16.7% clip by hitting 1 shot on target out of 6 total shots. Cagliari averages 1.17 g/90 (7 goals in total) and are sitting with 5 assists in all competitions for the year.

Razvan Marin is a guy who should impact this matchup for Cagliari. He has accounted for 37 assists while tallying 35 yellow cards during his soccer career. Marin has been in the starting lineup in 165 games so far in his career and he scores 0.16 goals per 90 minutes. The midfielder representing Romania has 27 goals in 15,468 professional minutes played.

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Another guy who should impact this match is Joao Pedro, the forward hailing from Brazil. Pedro has been on the pitch for 18,437 minutes in 210 starting assignments and has been given a total of 48 yellow card cautions. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 27 times during his pro soccer career while he has scored 84 goals. He averages 0.41 goals per 90 minutes during his soccer career.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for Cagliari will be Alessio Cragno. Cragno has seen the field for a total of 19,591 mins and has accumulated 703 stops in his career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.43 (311 total goals surrendered) and he holds a save percentage of 71.0. The keeper born in Italy has seen 1,000 shots tried against him in 219 starting assignments. Cragno (59-62-97 mark during his soccer career) has recorded 49 clean sheets, which has earned him a 22.4% clean sheet rate.

In their last outing, Venezia were able to avoid a loss with a score of 1-1 against Torino. Venezia had a 61.5% successful dribble percentage by converting 8 out of the 13 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this outing by connecting on 300 out of their 387 attempted passes for a rate of 77.5%. Venezia landed 1 SoT out of their 6 shots tried earning them a 16.7% rate when they last stepped onto the pitch. With 4 goals and 2 assists in all competitions, Venezia averages 0.67 goals and 0.33 assists per 90 min.

Francesco Forte will need to provide a spark for Venezia. The forward from Italy has been on the field for 9,511 minutes and he has scored 46 goals. He has tallied 19 yellow card cautions thus far in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 6 times. He averages 0.44 goals per 90 minutes and has been in the starting lineup in 107 matches in his career. You should also watch out for Mattia Aramu, the forward born in Italy. He has scored 30 goals so far in his career while helping on a goal 14 different times. Aramu has earned himself 23 yellow card cautions in 9,761 minutes played (114 starts). His goals per 90 minute average thus far in his career is 0.28.

Niki Maenpaa will reside in front of the goal for Venezia. Maenpaa has racked up 51 clean sheets while seeing 890 shots against him in 17,798 career minutes. He has earned a save % of 70.7 and his clean sheet rate sits at 25.6%. He has conceded 1.34 goals per 90 mins while earning a mark of 72-52-75. In his career, Maenpaa has allowed 265 goals while tallying 630 stops in 199 starts.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cagliari (-123)

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