Torino vs Lazio Prediction, 9/23/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 9/21/2021

Game: Torino vs Lazio

Date: Thursday, September 23, 2021

Location: Stadio Olimpico di Torino in Torino, Italy

TV: Paramount+

Odds/Point Spread: Torino (+247) Lazio (+112)

Marko Pjaca and Torino (2-0-2, 10th in Serie A) play Lazio (2-1-1, 6th in Serie A) at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on Thursday. The expected starting goalies will be Vanja Milinkovic-Savic for Torino and Pepe Reina for Lazio. Lazio are at at +112 while the Maroons are priced at +247. The O/U has been set at 3.

Torino faced Sassuolo in their last game and notched a win by a score of 1-0. In regard to passing, they earned a 83.4% passes received percentage by completing 361 out of their 433 passing targets last contest. Torino tried 5 dribbles in this outing and converted 5 of those tries for a percentage of 100.0%.

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Regarding shot accuracy, Torino walked away from the pitch at a 16.7% rate by landing 3 shots on target out of 18 total shots. Torino is averaging 1.75 goals per 90 min (7 goals in total) and have 5 assists in all matches for the season.

Marko Pjaca is a player who should be able to impact this match for Torino. Pjaca has been a starter in 120 matches so far in his career while scoring 0.30 goals per 90 minutes. The forward hailing from Croatia has earned 36 goals scored in 10,910 professional minutes played. He has accounted for 15 assists while tallying 6 yellow card cautions so far in his career.

Another player who could decide the outcome is Antonio Sanabria, the forward representing Paraguay. He has assisted on a goal 6 times thus far in his career while he has scored 46 goals. Sanabria has 10,415 minutes during 116 career starting assignments and has been given a total of 16 yellow card warnings. He currently averages 0.40 G/90 so far in his career.

The guy defending the goal for Torino will be Vanja Milinkovic-Savic. Milinkovic-Savic (36-14-17 record in his career) has 23 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 34.8% clean sheet rate. The keeper from Spain has seen 260 shots attempted at him in 66 career starting assignments. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.00 (67 goals conceded) and he has earned a save % of 75.8. Milinkovic-Savic has defended the goal for a total of 6,014 mins and is sitting with 194 stops thus far in his career.

For their last game, Lazio weren't able to secure a win with a final of 2-2 against Cagliari. They finished the contest by converting 646 of the 709 passes they attempted for a rate of 91.1%. Lazio ended the game with a 64.7% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 11 out of the 17 dribbles they pursued. Lazio landed 10 shots on target out of 28 shots attempted earning them a 35.7% clip in their last match. Having accumulated 11 goals and 9 assists in all their matches, Lazio averages 2.75 goals and 2.25 assists per 90 min.

Ciro Immobile will need to provide a lift for Lazio. He sports an average of 0.68 goals per 90 minutes and has been in the starting lineup in 294 games during his soccer career. The forward from Italy has been on the field for 25,863 professional minutes and has scored 195 goals. He has accumulated 51 yellow cards in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 44 times. Be sure to watch out for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, the midfielder hailing from Spain. He has earned 46 goals in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 31 different times. Milinkovic-Savic has earned himself 49 yellow cards in 18,197 mins played (208 starts). His goals per 90 average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.23.

Pepe Reina will be looking after the goal for Lazio. So far in his career, Reina has allowed 616 goals and has accounted for 1,766 saves in 616 starts. He has conceded 1.00 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a record of 327-151-137. He sports a save percentage of 74.7 and his clean sheet rate sits at 39.4%. Reina has racked up 243 shutouts while seeing 2,369 shots against him in 55,302 minutes throughout his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lazio (+112)

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