Sampdoria vs Spezia Prediction, 5/12/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 5/10/2021

Game: Sampdoria vs Spezia

Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Location: Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genova, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Sampdoria (+124) Spezia (+203)

Daniele Verde and Spezia (8-10-17, 17th in Serie A) are headed to Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Wednesday where they'll take on Sampdoria (13-6-16, 9th in Serie A). The starting goalies will be Emil Audero for Sampdoria and Jeroen Zoet for Spezia. The Eagles are at at +203 while Sampdoria are priced at +124. The total opens at 2.75.

Sampdoria faced off with Inter Milan in their most recent match and took a loss by a final of 5-1. When talking about passing the ball, they ended the game with a 87.8% received passes percentage by converting 430 of the 490 passing attempts in their last game. Sampdoria tried 5 dribbles in this match and completed 3 of the attempts for a rate of 60.0%. In terms of shooting accuracy, Sampdoria finished at a 21.4% rate by hitting 3 shots on target out of 14 shots. Sampdoria is averaging 1.31 goals per 90 min (46 goals in total) and have racked up 34 assists in all contests for this campaign.

Jakub Jankto is a player who should be able to impact this match for Sampdoria. Jankto has been in the starting lineup in 142 games so far in his career and accounts for 0.16 goals per 90 minutes. The defender who is from Italy has totaled 22 goals scored in 12,485 mins. He has 24 assists while accumulating 31 yellow cards during his soccer career. Another player who could decide the outcome is Fabio Quagliarella, the forward hailing from Italy. Quagliarella has totaled 37,323 minutes during 430 career starts and has earned himself a total of 47 yellow cards. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 51 times in his pro soccer career and he has scored 182 goals. He currently averages 0.44 goals per 90 minutes so far in his pro soccer career.

The man who will defend the goal for Sampdoria is Emil Audero. Audero (54-32-57 mark in his career) has 38 shutouts, which leaves him with a 26.6% clean sheet rate. The goalkeeper hailing from Indonesia has faced 610 shots attempted against him in 143 career starting assignments. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.41 (201 total goals conceded) and he holds a save % of 70.8. Audero has played for 12,870 minutes and has earned 432 stops thus far in his career.

In their last game, Spezia took a loss by a score of 4-1 against Napoli. They finished the contest by connecting on 418 of the 482 passes they attempted for a rate of 86.7%. Spezia ended the game with a 46.2% successful dribble rate by converting 6 of the 13 dribbles they pursued. Spezia had 2 shots on goal out of the team's 8 shots tried earning them a 25.0% rate when they last took the field. Having earned a total of 44 goals and 30 assists for all their matches, Spezia averages 1.26 goals and 0.86 assists per 90.

Daniele Verde should provide a spark for Spezia. He is averaging 0.28 G/90 and has been given a starting assignment in 84 games so far in his pro soccer career. The forward from Italy has totaled 7,796 mins while scoring 24 goals. He has collected 6 yellow cards in his career and has assisted on a goal 13 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Emanuel Gyasi, the forward born in Ghana. He has accumulated 15 goals so far in his career while assisting on a goal 13 different times. Gyasi has been handed 19 yellow card warnings in 7,019 mins played (81 starts). His goals per 90 average during his pro soccer career is 0.19.

Jeroen Zoet will be looking after the goal for Spezia. Zoet has tallied 91 shutouts while defending 968 shots tried against him in 25,485 career minutes. He is the owner of a save % of 72.2 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 32.0%. He has surrendered 1.09 goals per 90 minutes while earning a mark of 173-51-59. During his professional soccer career, Zoet has surrendered 308 goals and has 690 saves in 284 starting assignments.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Sampdoria (+124)

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