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Salernitana vs Empoli Prediction, 10/23/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 10/19/2021

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Game: Salernitana vs Empoli

Date: Saturday, October 23, 2021

Location: Estadio Arechi in Salerno, Italy

TV: Paramount+

Odds/Point Spread: Salernitana (+147) Empoli (+145)

Estadio Arechi is the venue where Milan Djuric and Salernitana (1-1-6, 20th in Serie A) will play Empoli (3-0-5, 11th in Serie A) on Saturday. The goalkeepers protecting the net will be Vid Belec for Salernitana and Guglielmo Vicario for Empoli. Salernitana are at +147 while the Blues are at +145. The total is set at 2.5.

Salernitana played Spezia in their last game and went home with a loss by a final score of 2-1. Salernitana tried 14 dribbles in this match and converted 10 of those attempts for a percentage of 71.4%. In the passing game, they finished with a 79.2% passes received percentage by connecting on 243 out of their 307 pass attempts in their last outing.

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In terms of shooting accuracy, Salernitana wrapped this game up at a 26.7% rate by putting 4 SoT out of 15 total shots. Salernitana has an average of 0.75 goals per 90 minutes (6 total goals) and have 3 assists in all competitions for the year.

Milan Djuric is a guy who should be able to impact this game for Salernitana. He has 21 assists while earning 61 yellow card warnings in his career. Djuric has been given a starting assignment in 239 games in his career and has 0.26 goals per 90 minutes. The forward representing Bosnia has 65 goals in 22,864 professional minutes.

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One more guy who should impact this match is Simy, the forward representing Nigeria. Simy has totaled 12,671 mins in 132 career starting assignments and has earned himself 15 yellow card cautions. He has assisted on a goal 12 times during his pro soccer career and he has scored 74 total goals. He is averaging 0.53 G/90 for his pro soccer career.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for Salernitana will be Vid Belec. Belec (62-49-86 record in his career) has accumulated 48 shutouts, which gives him a 24.4% clean sheet percentage. The goalie from Slovenia has seen 846 shots tried against him in 197 starts. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.45 (285 goals surrendered) and he is the owner of a save % of 67.0. Belec has seen the field for a total of 17,728 mins and is sitting with 572 stops so far in his career.

In their last outing, Empoli went home defeated by a final of 4-1 against Atalanta. Empoli had a 58.3% successful dribble rate by completing 7 out of the 12 dribbles they tried. They finished this game by connecting on 353 out of their 421 pass attempts earning a percentage of 83.8%. Empoli connected on 4 shots on goal out of their 13 shots attempted which gave them a 30.8% clip in their last match. Having a total of 9 goals and 5 assists for all their games, Empoli has an average of 1.13 goals and 0.62 assists per 90 min.

Leonardo Mancuso should provide a spark for Empoli. He averages 0.49 goals per 90 and has had a starting assignment in 131 games during his pro soccer career. The forward from Italy has been on the field for 11,445 professional minutes while scoring 62 goals. He has tallied 17 yellow cards in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 16 times. You should also keep an eye on Andrea La Mantia, the forward representing Italy. He has scored 53 goals in his career while helping on a goal 11 times. La Mantia has been handed 21 yellow card cautions in 9,877 minutes played (109 starts). His G/90 average thus far in his career is 0.48.

Guglielmo Vicario will be looking after the goal for Empoli. Vicario has accumulated 19 shutouts while seeing 232 shots tried against him in 7,667 minutes throughout his career. He has earned a save % of 72.4 and his shutout rate is 22.4%. He has given up 0.85 goals per 90 minutes while holding a record of 28-23-34. During his pro soccer career, Vicario has surrendered 72 goals while totaling 169 saves in 85 starting assignments.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Salernitana (+147)

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