Juventus vs Crotone Prediction, 2/22/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 2/15/2021

Game: Juventus vs Crotone

Date: Monday, February 22, 2021

Location: Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Juventus (-665) Crotone (+1681)

Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus (12-6-3, 4th in Serie A) host Crotone (3-3-16, 20th in Serie A) at Allianz Stadium on Monday. The goaltenders who are expected to start are Wojciech Szczesny for Juventus and Alex Cordaz for Crotone. The moneyline on this game has Juventus priced at -665 and Crotone are priced at +1681. The O/U has been set at 3.25.

Juventus stepped onto the pitch against Napoli in their most recent game and ended up losing by a score of 1-0. In regard to passing, they finished this match with a 89.5% passes received rate by converting 547 of the 611 passing attempts last match. Juventus attempted 14 dribbles in this game and were successful in 11 of those dribbles for a percentage of 78.6%. Concerning shot accuracy, Juventus walked away from the pitch at a 25.0% clip by landing 6 SoT out of 24 total shots. Juventus averages 1.90 goals per 90 min (40 total goals) and have tallied 33 assists in all matches this year.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Juventus. Ronaldo has been a starter in 532 contests in his career and scores 0.88 goals per 90 mins. The forward born in Portugal has 466 goals in 47,849 professional minutes played. He has totaled 147 assists while accumulating 73 yellow card cautions so far in his pro soccer career. Someone else who should impact this match is Alvaro Morata, the defender hailing from Italy. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 37 times during his career while scoring 89 total goals. Morata has earned 14,082 minutes in 154 career starts and has been handed 54 yellow cards. He is averaging 0.57 G/90 during his pro soccer career.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Juventus is Wojciech Szczesny. Szczesny (193-74-55 mark in his career) has accounted for 117 shutouts, which has earned him a 36.2% clean sheet rate. The goalie hailing from Poland has had 1,248 shots attempted at him in 323 starts. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.04 (335 total goals surrendered) and he is the owner of a save percentage of 74.2. Szczesny has been on the pitch for 28,994 minutes and has accumulated 924 stops so far in his career.

For their last match, Crotone took a defeat with a final score of 2-1 against Sassuolo. Crotone finished with a 28.6% successful dribble percentage by completing 4 out of the 14 dribbles they pursued. They finished the match by connecting on 278 of the 352 passes they attempted for a percentage of 79.0%. Crotone converted 4 shots on target out of the team's 6 shots tried which had them sitting at a 66.7% rate when they last took the field. With 22 goals and 15 assists in all their games, Crotone sports an average of 1.00 goal and 0.68 assists per 90 min.

Vladimir Golemic will be counted on for Crotone. He is currently averaging 0.06 G/90 and has had a starting assignment in 172 games during his pro soccer career. The defender from Slovakia has been on the pitch for 15,384 mins and he has scored 10 goals. He has tallied 46 yellow card cautions so far in his career and has assisted on a goal 6 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Simy, the forward hailing from Nigeria. Simy has been given 15 yellow card warnings in 11,014 mins played (114 career starts). His goals per 90 average so far in his career is 0.49. He has tallied 60 goals in his pro soccer career while assisting on a goal 11 times.

Alex Cordaz will look after the goal for Crotone. In his pro soccer career, Cordaz has surrendered 409 goals and has earned 876 saves in 324 starts. He has conceded 1.27 goals per 90 mins while earning a record of 106-85-132. He holds a save percentage of 69.3 and his clean sheet rate is 22.8%. Cordaz has racked up 74 shutouts and defended 1,275 shots tried against him in 29,032 mins throughout his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Crotone (+1681)

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