Juventus vs Bologna Prediction, 1/24/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 1/20/2021

Game: Juventus vs Bologna

Date: Sunday, January 24, 2021

Location: Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy

TV: ESPN 2

Odds/Point Spread: Juventus (-339) Bologna (+861)

Allianz Stadium is the site where Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus (9-6-2, 5th in Serie A) will play Bologna (5-5-8, 12th in Serie A) on Sunday. The goalkeepers protecting the net will be Wojciech Szczesny for Juventus and Lukasz Skorupski for Bologna. The Zebras are at -339 while Bologna are at +861. The total is set at 3.

Juventus played Inter Milan in their most recent match and took a loss by a score of 2-0. In sharing the ball, they finished this match with a 87.8% passes received percentage by connecting on 491 of the 559 targeted passes last game. Juventus tried 10 dribbles in this match and were successful in 6 of those tries for a percentage of 60.0%. Regarding shot accuracy, Juventus wrapped this game up at a 40.0% rate by landing 4 shots on target of 10 total shots. Juventus sports an average of 2.06 goals per 90 (35 total goals) and have 28 assists in all competitions for this campaign.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a player who should be able to impact this match for Juventus. Ronaldo has started 528 outings thus far in his career and scores 0.88 goals per 90 mins. The forward representing Portugal has racked up 465 goals scored in 47,489 mins. He has totaled 146 assists while tallying 72 yellow cards so far in his career. Another guy who should impact this match is Alvaro Morata, the defender representing Italy. Morata has earned 13,829 minutes in 151 starting assignments and has been handed a total of 54 yellow card warnings. He has helped a teammate on a goal 35 times during his soccer career and he has scored 89 goals. He has an average of 0.58 goals per 90 minutes during his pro soccer career.

The guy defending the goal for Juventus will be Wojciech Szczesny. Szczesny has seen the pitch for a total of 28,634 mins and is sitting with 916 saves during his pro soccer career. His GA/90 is 1.05 (334 goals given up) and he has a save % of .740. The goalkeeper born in Poland has had 1,240 shots sent in his direction in 319 starting assignments. Szczesny (190-74-54 mark in his professional soccer career) has recorded 114 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 35.7% clean sheet percentage.

When they last stepped on the pitch, Bologna walked away with a victory by a final of 1-0 against Hellas Verona. They wrapped up this outing by completing 350 out of their 433 passes they tried earning a rate of 80.8%. Bologna finished the match with a 60.0% successful dribble percentage by converting 15 out of the 25 dribbles they tried. Bologna landed 4 shots on target out of the team's 19 shots tried giving them a 21.1% rate in their last match. Having earned a total of 22 goals and 17 assists in all competitions, Bologna averages 1.22 goals and 0.94 assists per 90 minutes.

Musa Barrow will need to provide a spark for Bologna. The forward hailing from Gambia has been on the pitch for 3,960 professional minutes and has earned 16 goals. He has earned 1 yellow card caution during his career and has helped on a goal 10 times. He scores 0.36 goals per 90 minutes and has had a starting assignment in 42 games so far in his career. Make sure to watch out for Rodrigo Palacio, the forward representing Argentina. Palacio has earned himself a total of 52 yellow cards in 24,723 mins played (277 starting assignments). His goals per 90 average so far in his career is 0.32. He has accounted for 89 goals during his career while assisting on a goal 55 times.

Lukasz Skorupski will be residing in front of the net for Bologna. In his career, Skorupski has conceded 300 goals and has accumulated 666 saves in 214 starts. He has allowed 1.40 goals per 90 mins while earning a record of 69-52-93. He holds a save % of .702 and his shutout rate sits at 24.3%. Skorupski has 52 clean sheets while seeing 954 shots attempted against him in 19,260 minutes throughout his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Juventus (-339)

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