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Parma vs Udinese Prediction, 2/21/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 2/15/2021

Rodrigo De Paul Udinese

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Game: Parma vs Udinese

Date: Sunday, February 21, 2021

Location: Stadio Ennio Tardini in Parma, Italy

TV: ESPN News

Odds/Point Spread: Parma (+205) Udinese (+128)

Gervinho and Parma (2-7-12, 19th in Serie A) play Udinese (6-6-10, 14th in Serie A) at Stadio Ennio Tardini on Sunday. The goalies who are expected to start are Luigi Sepe for Parma and Juan Musso for Udinese. The White and Blacks are at at +128 while the Crusaders are at +205. The O/U has been set at 2.5.

Parma faced Bologna in their last game and took a loss by a score of 3-0. In regard to passing, they finished this match with a 84.4% received passes rate by converting 492 of the 583 passing attempts in their last match. Parma attempted 10 dribbles in this game and were successful in 9 of the dribbles for a percentage of 90.0%. Regarding shot accuracy, Parma ended this match at a 33.3% rate by landing 5 shots on target of 15 total shots. Parma averages 0.67 g/90 (14 goals in total) and have earned 11 assists in all matches for the season.

Gervinho is a guy who should impact this matchup for Parma. He has accounted for 63 assists while earning 33 yellow cards in his pro soccer career. Gervinho has had a starting assignment in 347 contests in his career and he accounts for 0.30 G/90. The forward representing Cote d'Ivoire has 102 goals in 30,652 professional minutes played. One more guy who could decide who wins is Juraj Kucka, the midfielder born in Slovakia. He has assisted on a goal 23 times so far in his career and he has scored 37 goals. Kucka has been on the pitch for 22,539 minutes during 253 starting assignments and has been handed a total of 76 yellow card warnings. He scores 0.15 goals per 90 mins thus far in his career.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for Parma is Luigi Sepe. Sepe has been on the field for a total of 14,729 mins and is sitting with 546 saves during his career. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.40 (229 total goals conceded) and he has earned a save percentage of 71.8. The goalie hailing from Italy has seen 758 shots tried against him in 163 starts. Sepe (58-47-59 record in his career) has accumulated 43 shutouts, which has earned him a 26.4% shutout percentage.

For their last match, Udinese took a loss by a score of 3-0 against AS Roma. They wrapped up this match by connecting on 434 out of their 509 passing attempts for a percentage of 85.3%. Udinese had a 54.8% successful dribble rate by completing 17 out of the 31 dribbles they pursued. Udinese connected on 1 shot on target out of their 6 shots tried which had them sitting at a 16.7% rate in their last match. Having accumulated 21 goals and 14 assists in all matches, Udinese is averaging 0.95 goals and 0.64 assists per 90 min.

Rodrigo De Paul should provide a lift for Udinese. The defender from Italy has accumulated 14,337 professional minutes and has scored 30 goals. He has accumulated 32 yellow card warnings so far in his career and has assisted on a goal 30 times. He currently averages 0.19 goals per 90 and has had a starting assignment in 165 games thus far in his career. Be sure to keep an eye out for Tolgay Arslan, the midfielder who is from Germany. He has scored 10 goals in his pro soccer career while helping a teammate on a goal 16 different times. Arslan has earned himself a total of 50 yellow card cautions in 14,798 minutes played (168 career starting assignments). His G/90 average so far in his career is 0.06.

Juan Musso will reside in front of the net for Udinese. In his career, Musso has conceded 148 goals while totaling 360 saves in 110 starts. He has surrendered 1.35 goals per 90 mins while he holds a mark of 38-28-44. He holds a save percentage of 74.3 and his clean sheet rate sits at 27.3%. Musso has accumulated 30 clean sheets and has defended 487 shots tried against him in 9,900 minutes throughout his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Udinese (+128)

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