Torino vs Parma Prediction, 5/3/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds
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Game: Torino vs Parma
Date: Monday, May 3, 2021
Location: Stadio Olimpico di Torino in Torino, Italy
TV: ESPN+
Odds/Point Spread: Torino (+101) Parma (+265)
Stadio Olimpico di Torino is the site where Simone Zaza and Torino (6-13-13, 17th in Serie A) will play Parma (3-11-19, 19th in Serie A) on Monday. The expected starting goalies will be Salvatore Sirigu for Torino and Luigi Sepe for Parma. The Crusaders are at at +265 while the Maroons are priced at +101. The O/U is set at 2.75.
Torino faced off with Napoli in their last match and went home with a loss by a final score of 2-0. In sharing the ball, they earned a 86.7% rate by converting 370 out of their 427 pass attempts in their last match. Torino tried 25 dribbles in this outing and successfully completed 16 of the attempts for a percentage of 64.0%. In regard to shooting accuracy, Torino finished at a 33.3% clip by putting 5 shots on target of 15 total shots. Torino averages 1.41 goals per 90 min (45 goals in total) and have racked up 25 assists in all competitions this year.
Simone Zaza is a guy who should be able to impact this game for Torino. He has totaled 14 assists while tallying 76 yellow card cautions during his pro soccer career. Zaza has been a starter in 173 outings in his pro soccer career and he scores 0.42 goals per 90 mins. The forward from Italy has 78 goals in 16,769 minutes played. One more guy who should impact this match is Sasa Lukic, the midfielder representing Serbia. Lukic has totaled 8,009 mins in 89 career starts and has been given 33 yellow card warnings. He has helped a teammate on a goal 3 times in his career while scoring 8 goals. He is averaging 0.09 goals per 90 for his career.
The guy defending the goal for Torino is Salvatore Sirigu. Sirigu (175-101-106 record in his career) has earned 121 clean sheets, which gives him a 31.5% clean sheet rate. The keeper from Italy has had 1,591 shots tried against him in 384 starts. His GA/90 is 1.26 (482 goals allowed) and he holds a save percentage of 71.3. Sirigu has been on the pitch for 34,432 minutes and has earned 1,133 stops thus far in his career.
In their last outing, Parma took a loss by a score of 4-3 against Crotone. They finished this game by connecting on 444 out of their 531 attempted passes for a rate of 83.6%. Parma finished the match with a 50.0% successful dribble percentage by completing 9 of the 18 dribbles they tried. Parma landed 3 shots on goal out of 15 shots attempted which gave them a 20.0% rate in their last outing. Having a total of 36 goals and 23 assists in all their contests, Parma is averaging 1.09 goals and 0.70 assists per 90.
Jasmin Kurtic should provide a spark for Parma. The midfielder hailing from Slovenia has totaled 24,722 professional minutes while scoring 31 goals. He has accumulated 61 yellow card cautions during his career and has assisted on a goal 19 times. He sports an average of 0.11 goals per 90 mins and has been given a starting assignment in 286 matches during his career. Make sure to watch out for Gervinho, the forward representing Cote d'Ivoire. He has accumulated 103 goals during his career while helping on a goal 63 different times. Gervinho has been handed a total of 33 yellow card cautions in 31,057 minutes played (352 career starting assignments). His G/90 average during his pro soccer career is 0.30.
Luigi Sepe will be looking after the net for Parma. Sepe has recorded 44 clean sheets while seeing 798 shots attempted against him in 15,629 mins throughout his career. He holds a save percentage of 70.4 and his shutout rate is currently 25.4%. He has given up 1.45 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a record of 59-51-64. So far in his pro soccer career, Sepe has given up 251 goals while tallying 566 saves in 173 starts.
Who will win tonight's Serie A game against the spread?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Parma (+265)
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