Spezia vs Salernitana Prediction, 10/16/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 10/12/2021

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Game: Spezia vs Salernitana

Date: Saturday, October 16, 2021

Location: Stadio Dino Manuzzi in Cesena, Italy

TV: Paramount+

Odds/Point Spread: Spezia (-110) Salernitana (-110)

Emanuel Gyasi and Spezia (1-1-5, 19th in Serie A) host Salernitana (1-1-5, 18th in Serie A) at Stadio Dino Manuzzi on Saturday. The starting goalies are Jeroen Zoet for Spezia and Vid Belec for Salernitana. The Eagles are at -110 while Salernitana are at -110. The over/under opens at 2.5.

Spezia stepped onto the pitch against Hellas Verona in their last matchup and took a loss by a score of 4-0. Spezia attempted 16 dribbles in this outing and converted 9 of those dribbles for a rate of 56.3%. When talking about passing the ball, they earned a 87.4% received passes percentage by completing 444 out of their 508 passing attempts in their last outing.

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In terms of shooting accuracy, Spezia walked away from the pitch at a 33.3% rate by landing 4 shots on target of 12 total shots. Spezia sports an average of 1.14 goals per 90 (8 total goals) and have accumulated 4 assists in all matches this season.

Emanuel Gyasi is a guy who can be a difference maker for Spezia. He has 13 assists while tallying 21 yellow card warnings so far in his career. Gyasi has been given a starting assignment in 89 matches in his career and he scores 0.20 goals per 90 mins. The forward born in Ghana has 17 goals scored in 7,767 mins played.

Another guy who should impact this match is Daniele Verde, the forward representing Italy. Verde has totaled 8,291 mins in 90 career starts and has been given a total of 6 yellow card warnings. He has helped a teammate on a goal 14 times in his career while he has scored 27 goals. He is averaging 0.29 goals per 90 minutes during his pro soccer career.

The man protecting the net for Spezia will be Jeroen Zoet. Zoet has seen the field for a total of 26,205 minutes and has earned 713 stops so far in his pro soccer career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.13 (328 goals surrendered) and he has a save percentage of 71.6. The goalkeeper from the Netherlands has seen 1,009 shots attempted at him in 292 starts. Zoet (175-52-64 record during his soccer career) has accumulated 91 clean sheets, which has earned him a 31.2% clean sheet percentage.

When they last played, Salernitana took home the win by a final score of 1-0 against Genoa. They wrapped up this contest by completing 308 of the 402 passes they tried for a percentage of 76.6%. Salernitana earned a 72.7% successful dribble percentage by completing 8 out of the 11 dribbles they pursued. Salernitana connected on 4 shots on target out of 10 shots attempted which gave them a 40.0% clip when they last took the field. Having accumulated 5 goals and 2 assists in all matches, Salernitana averages 0.71 goals and 0.29 assists per 90.

Simy will need to be on top of his game for Salernitana. The forward representing Nigeria has totaled 12,581 minutes while earning 73 goals. He has collected 15 yellow card warnings so far in his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 12 times. He currently averages 0.52 goals per 90 minutes and has been given a starting assignment in 131 games in his pro soccer career. Make sure to keep an eye out for Federico Bonazzoli, the forward hailing from Italy. He has scored 20 goals so far in his pro soccer career while helping on a goal 8 different times. Bonazzoli has earned himself 13 yellow card warnings in 6,586 mins played (66 starts). His goals per 90 average during his career is 0.27.

Vid Belec will be residing in front of the goal for Salernitana. So far in his career, Belec has given up 283 goals while tallying 569 saves in 196 starts. He has allowed 1.44 goals per 90 mins while earning a record of 62-49-85. He sports a save percentage of 67.1 and his shutout rate is currently 24.5%. Belec has accumulated 48 clean sheets while seeing 841 shots against him in 17,638 minutes throughout his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Spezia (-110)

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