Sassuolo vs Sampdoria Prediction, 8/29/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 8/24/2021

Game: Sassuolo vs Sampdoria

Date: Sunday, August 29, 2021

Location: Mapei Stadium in Sassuolo, Italy

TV: Paramount+

Odds/Point Spread: Sassuolo (-109) Sampdoria (+270)

Mapei Stadium is the venue where Francesco Caputo and Sassuolo (1-0-0, 6th in Serie A) will play Sampdoria (0-0-1, 16th in Serie A) on Sunday. The starting goalkeepers are Andrea Consigli for Sassuolo and Emil Audero for Sampdoria. The moneyline on this contest has Sassuolo priced at -109 and Sampdoria are priced at +270. The total opens at 3.

Sassuolo faced Hellas Verona in their last match and earned the victory with a final of 3-2. In regard to passing, they earned a 91.3% passes received rate by connecting on 481 out of their 527 pass attempts last match. Sassuolo tried 14 dribbles in this outing and successfully completed 9 of those attempts for a rate of 64.3%.

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Regarding shot accuracy, Sassuolo finished at a 38.9% clip by putting 7 shots on target out of 18 total shots.

Francesco Caputo is a guy who can be a difference maker for Sassuolo. He has totaled 49 assists while tallying 45 yellow cards so far in his career. Caputo has started 349 outings so far in his career while scoring 0.47 goals per 90 mins. The forward hailing from Italy has accumulated 166 goals in 31,598 mins played.

One more guy who could decide who wins is Jeremie Boga, the forward representing Cote d'Ivoire. Boga has been on the field for 10,388 mins during 108 career starting assignments. He has helped on a goal 10 times during his career and he has scored 24 total goals. He has an average of 0.21 G/90 for his career.

The guy who will defend the goal for Sassuolo is Andrea Consigli. Consigli has seen the field for a total of 42,756 mins and has tallied 1,467 stops during his career. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.34 (636 goals allowed) and his save % is 70.5. The keeper born in Italy has faced 2,081 shots sent in his direction in 479 career starting assignments. Consigli (176-124-173 mark during his soccer career) has recorded 131 shutouts, which gives him a 27.3% shutout rate.

For their last match, Sampdoria took a loss by a score of 1-0 against AC Milan. Sampdoria earned a 70.0% successful dribble percentage by completing 7 of the 10 dribbles they attempted. They finished the match by converting 331 of the 416 passing tries for a rate of 79.6%. Sampdoria converted 3 shots on target out of their 17 shots attempted which gave them a 17.6% clip when they last took the field.

Fabio Quagliarella should be able to be counted on for Sampdoria. The forward from Italy has totaled 37,598 minutes while scoring 184 goals. He has totaled 47 yellow card warnings in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 51 times. He scores 0.44 goals per 90 mins and has had a starting assignment in 433 games so far in his career. Be sure to watch out for Antonio Candreva, the defender representing Italy. He has scored 67 goals thus far in his career while helping on a goal 69 times. Candreva has been handed a total of 50 yellow card warnings in 31,370 professional minutes played (361 starts). His goals per 90 min average during his career is 0.19.

Emil Audero will be looking after the net for Sampdoria. Audero has tallied 39 clean sheets while defending 621 shots against him in 13,140 career mins. He has earned a save % of 70.9 and his shutout rate sits at 26.7%. He has surrendered 1.40 goals per 90 mins while earning a mark of 55-33-58. So far in his career, Audero has given up 204 goals and has 440 saves in 146 starting assignments.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sampdoria (+270)

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