Juventus vs Lazio Prediction, 3/6/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 3/4/2021

Game: Juventus vs Lazio

Date: Saturday, March 6, 2021

Location: Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Juventus (-142) Lazio (+372)

Allianz Stadium is the site where Alvaro Morata and Juventus (14-7-3, 4th in Serie A) will take on Lazio (13-4-7, 7th in Serie A) on Saturday. The starting goaltenders will be Wojciech Szczesny for Juventus and Pepe Reina for Lazio. The Zebras are at -142 while Lazio are at +372. The total is set at 2.75.

Juventus faced off with Spezia in their most recent match and walked away with a win by a score of 3-0. In regard to passing, they earned a 85.0% passes received percentage by connecting on 392 out of their 461 passing attempts in their last match. Juventus attempted 16 dribbles in this game and completed 6 of the tries for a rate of 37.5%. In terms of shooting accuracy, Juventus ended this match at a 33.3% rate by landing 6 shots on target of 18 total shots. Juventus is averaging 1.96 goals per 90 (47 total goals) and have accumulated 38 assists in all contests for the season.

Alvaro Morata is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Juventus. He has 37 assists while earning 54 yellow card cautions in his career. Morata has had a starting assignment in 154 contests so far in his career and has 0.57 goals per 90 mins. The defender from Italy has totaled 90 goals in 14,127 mins. One more player who should impact this match is Cristiano Ronaldo, the forward born in Portugal. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 147 times so far in his career while scoring 470 goals. Ronaldo has played 48,119 mins in 535 career starting assignments and has earned himself a total of 73 yellow cards. He has an average of 0.88 goals per 90 mins so far in his career.

The man who will protect the net for Juventus will be Wojciech Szczesny. Szczesny (194-75-55 mark in his professional soccer career) has totaled 118 shutouts, which gives him a 36.3% clean sheet percentage. The keeper hailing from Poland has seen 1,254 shots tried against him in 325 career starting assignments. His GA/90 is 1.04 (336 total goals conceded) and he is the owner of a save percentage of 74.2. Szczesny has seen the pitch for a total of 29,174 mins and has accumulated 927 stops in his career.

When they last stepped on the pitch, Lazio walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 2-0 against Bologna. They finished the contest by connecting on 462 of the 544 passes they tried for a percentage of 84.9%. Lazio finished with a 28.6% successful dribble rate by completing 2 of the 7 dribbles they pursued. Lazio landed 6 shots on target out of the team's 20 shots attempted which gave them a 30.0% rate in their last match. Having accumulated 38 goals and 26 assists for all their games, Lazio has an average of 1.58 goals and 1.08 assists per 90.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic should be someone to watch for Lazio. He currently averages 0.22 G/90 and has been a starter in 193 contests during his soccer career. The midfielder hailing from Spain has played 16,947 minutes and has earned 42 goals. He has totaled 47 yellow card cautions during his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 27 times. Make sure to watch out for Ciro Immobile, the forward born in Italy. He has 184 goals so far in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 41 different times. Immobile has been handed 50 yellow cards in 24,429 minutes played (277 starts). His goals per 90 min average in his career is 0.68.

Pepe Reina will be residing in front of the net for Lazio. Reina has 240 clean sheets while defending 2,317 shots attempted against him in 53,952 career minutes. He has earned a save percentage of 75.1 and his shutout rate is currently at 39.9%. He has allowed 0.98 goals per 90 while he holds a mark of 318-150-132. Thus far in his career, Reina has conceded 589 goals and has 1,735 stops in 601 starts.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Juventus (-142)

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