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Spezia vs Crotone Prediction, 4/10/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 4/6/2021

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Game: Spezia vs Crotone

Date: Saturday, April 10, 2021

Location: Stadio Dino Manuzzi in Cesena, Italy

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Spezia (-139) Crotone (+350)

Simy and Crotone (4-3-22, 20th in Serie A) are headed to Stadio Dino Manuzzi on Saturday where they'll meet Spezia (7-8-14, 16th in Serie A). The goalies who are expected to start are Jeroen Zoet for Spezia and Alex Cordaz for Crotone. The odds on this game have Spezia coming in at -139 and Crotone are priced at +350. The total opens at 2.5.

Spezia faced off with Lazio in their last matchup and ended up losing by a score of 2-1. When talking about passing the ball, they ended up with a 86.0% rate by converting 337 out of their 392 passing targets in their last game. Spezia tried 6 dribbles in this match and were successful in 1 of those tries for a rate of 16.7%. Concerning shot accuracy, Spezia finished the game at a 28.6% rate by hitting 2 shots on target out of 7 shots. Spezia sports an average of 1.28 goals per 90 minutes (37 total goals) and have 26 assists in all matches for the season.

M'Bala Nzola is a guy who should be able to impact this game for Spezia. He has 2 assists while earning 9 yellow card warnings in his pro soccer career. Nzola has had a starting assignment in 47 outings so far in his career and he tallies 0.33 goals per 90 mins. The forward hailing from France has 16 goals in 4,382 mins played. Another guy who should impact this match is Emanuel Gyasi, the forward hailing from Ghana. Gyasi has totaled 6,647 minutes in 76 starting assignments and has been given a total of 19 yellow card cautions. He has helped on a goal 13 times in his career while he has scored 15 goals. He currently averages 0.20 G/90 so far in his career.

The guy protecting the net for Spezia is Jeroen Zoet. Zoet has played for 25,485 minutes and has accumulated 690 stops during his pro soccer career. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.09 (308 goals surrendered) and his save percentage is 72.2. The goalkeeper hailing from the Netherlands has seen 968 shots tried against him in 284 starts. Zoet (173-51-59 mark in his career) has 91 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 32.0% clean sheet rate.

In their last game, Crotone took a defeat with a final score of 4-3 against Napoli. They wrapped up this contest by connecting on 311 of the 375 passing tries for a rate of 82.9%. Crotone finished the match with a 71.4% successful dribble rate by converting 15 out of the 21 dribbles they pursued. Crotone connected on 4 shots on target out of 8 shots attempted which had them sitting at a 50.0% clip when they last stepped onto the pitch. Having accumulated 34 goals and 20 assists for all their matches, Crotone averages 1.17 goals and 0.69 assists per 90 min.

Simy should provide solid play for Crotone. The forward born in Nigeria has accumulated 11,493 minutes while he has scored 68 goals. He has accounted for 15 yellow card warnings so far in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 11 times. He has an average of 0.53 G/90 and has been a starter in 119 games thus far in his career. Be sure to watch out for Vladimir Golemic, the defender representing Slovakia. Golemic has earned himself a total of 47 yellow cards in 16,014 professional minutes (179 starting assignments). His goals per 90 average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.06. He has accounted for 10 goals so far in his career while helping on a goal 6 times.

Alex Cordaz will be looking after the goal for Crotone. Cordaz has 74 clean sheets while seeing 1,324 shots tried against him in 29,662 mins in his career. He sports a save percentage of 68.9 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 22.4%. He has given up 1.31 goals per 90 mins and he has a mark of 107-85-138. In his pro soccer career, Cordaz has conceded 431 goals while totaling 902 stops in 331 starts.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Spezia (-139)

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