Salernitana vs Napoli Prediction, 10/31/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 10/29/2021

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Game: Salernitana vs Napoli

Date: Sunday, October 31, 2021

Location: Estadio Arechi in Salerno, Italy

TV: Paramount+

Odds/Point Spread: Salernitana (+704) Napoli (-231)

Estadio Arechi is the venue where Simy and Salernitana (2-1-7, 18th in Serie A) will play Napoli (9-1-0, 1st in Serie A) on Sunday. The expected starting goalies will be Vid Belec for Salernitana and David Ospina for Napoli. Salernitana are at +704 while the Blues are at -231. The O/U has been set at 3.

Salernitana faced off with Venezia in their most recent game and went home with a win by a final score of 2-1. Salernitana tried 9 dribbles in this contest and converted 4 of those dribbles for a percentage of 44.4%. In the passing game, they earned a 87.8% rate by connecting on 440 out of their 501 passing targets last match.

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In regard to shooting accuracy, Salernitana ended this match at a 33.3% rate by hitting 7 SoT of 21 total shots. Salernitana averages 0.90 goals per 90 (9 total goals) and have accounted for 6 assists in all matches this year.

Simy is a guy who can be a difference maker for Salernitana. Simy has started 133 contests during his soccer career while he scores 0.52 goals per 90 minutes. The forward who is from Nigeria has recorded 74 goals in 12,752 minutes played. He has accounted for 13 assists while tallying 15 yellow card cautions in his pro soccer career.

Another guy who should impact this match is Franck Ribery, the forward representing France. Ribery has earned 30,557 mins in 347 starts and has earned himself a total of 56 yellow cards. He has helped on a goal 127 times during his soccer career and he has scored 103 goals. He sports an average of 0.30 goals per 90 mins so far in his pro soccer career.

The man defending the goal for Salernitana is Vid Belec. Belec (63-49-87 record during his career) has 48 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 24.1% clean sheet percentage. The goalkeeper hailing from Slovenia has faced 854 shots sent his way in 199 career starts. His GA/90 is 1.46 (290 goals surrendered) and he has a save % of 66.9. Belec has defended the goal for a total of 17,908 minutes and has accumulated 577 stops in his career.

In their last outing, Napoli went home victorious with a score of 3-0 against Bologna. They finished this game by completing 665 out of their 717 passes they attempted earning a rate of 92.7%. Napoli had a 60.0% successful dribble rate by connecting on 6 out of the 10 dribbles they tried. Napoli landed 4 shots on target out of 16 shots attempted which gave them a 25.0% rate when they last stepped onto the pitch. With a total of 22 goals and 12 assists for all their matches, Napoli is averaging 2.20 goals and 1.20 assists per 90 minutes.

Matteo Politano should provide a lift for Napoli. He averages 0.25 goals per 90 mins and has been in the starting lineup in 197 games in his career. The forward who is from Italy has been on the pitch for 17,012 professional minutes while he has scored 48 goals. He has accumulated 25 yellow card warnings thus far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 29 times. Make sure to watch out for Lorenzo Insigne, the forward representing Italy. He has 107 goals so far in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 83 different times. Insigne has been given a total of 25 yellow cards in 25,601 mins played (297 starts). His goals per 90 average in his career is 0.38.

David Ospina will reside in front of the goal for Napoli. So far in his career, Ospina has given up 299 goals while earning 816 saves in 273 starting assignments. He has surrendered 1.11 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a mark of 119-63-89. He has a save percentage of 73.6 and his clean sheet rate is 35.5%. Ospina has recorded 97 shutouts while seeing 1,111 shots against him in 24,331 minutes throughout his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Napoli (-231)

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