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Udinese vs Venezia Prediction, 8/27/2021 Serie A Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 8/24/2021

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Game: Udinese vs Venezia

Date: Friday, August 27, 2021

Location: Dacia Arena in Udine, Italy

TV: Paramount+

Odds/Point Spread: Udinese (-132) Venezia (+358)

Roberto Pereyra and Udinese (0-1-0, 10th in Serie A) play Venezia (0-0-1, 19th in Serie A) at Dacia Arena on Friday. The starting goaltenders are Marco Silvestri for Udinese and Niki Maenpaa for Venezia. The moneyline on this game has Udinese priced at -132 and Venezia are at +358. The total opens at 2.5.

Udinese faced Juventus in their most recent game and wrapped up with a draw by a score of 2-2. Udinese tried 6 dribbles in this matchup and were successful in 4 of the tries for a rate of 66.7%. When talking about passing the ball, they had a 89.4% passes received rate by completing 363 of the 406 pass targets last match.

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Regarding shot accuracy, Udinese walked away from the pitch at a 45.5% rate by landing 5 shots on target of 11 total shots. 

Roberto Pereyra is a player who should be able to impact this match for Udinese. He has totaled 24 assists while accumulating 33 yellow cards in his career. Pereyra has started 222 contests thus far in his career and he accounts for 0.16 goals per 90 mins. The forward born in Argentina has accumulated 34 goals scored in 19,616 minutes played.

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Another guy who could decide the outcome is Ignacio Pussetto, the forward representing Argentina. Pussetto has been on the pitch for 9,083 minutes in 99 starts and has been handed a total of 24 yellow cards. He has assisted on a goal 15 times in his career and he has scored 24 total goals. He has an average of 0.24 goals per 90 mins during his soccer career.

The guy protecting the net for Udinese will be Marco Silvestri. Silvestri has seen the pitch for 19,856 minutes and has 553 saves during his soccer career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.08 (239 total goals conceded) and his save % is 71.1. The goalie from Italy has seen 783 shots attempted against him in 220 starting assignments. Silvestri (67-74-79 mark in his professional soccer career) has accounted for 50 shutouts, which has earned him a 22.7% clean sheet percentage.

When they last stepped on the pitch, Venezia took a loss by a score of 2-0 against Napoli. Venezia ended the game with a 38.5% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 5 out of the 13 dribbles they pursued. They finished the match by completing 395 of the 451 passes they attempted for a rate of 87.6%. Venezia connected on 4 shots on target out of 8 shots attempted which gave them a 50.0% rate when they last stepped onto the pitch. 

Francesco Di Mariano will be someone to watch for Venezia. The forward born in Italy has totaled 8,074 professional minutes while scoring 14 goals. He has accumulated 22 yellow card cautions so far in his pro soccer career and has helped on a goal 9 times. He currently averages 0.16 goals per 90 minutes and has had a starting assignment in 82 outings so far in his career. Be sure to keep an eye out for Francesco Forte, the forward hailing from Italy. He has scored 46 goals so far in his career while assisting on a goal 6 different times. Forte has been handed 18 yellow card cautions in 9,417 mins played (106 starting assignments). His goals per 90 minute average during his career is 0.44.

Niki Maenpaa will be residing in front of the goal for Venezia. During his pro soccer career, Maenpaa has surrendered 259 goals and has accounted for 623 stops in 196 starts. He has allowed 1.33 goals per 90 and he has earned a record of 72-51-73. He is the owner of a save % of 70.8 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 26.0%. Maenpaa has earned 51 clean sheets and has defended 878 shots against him in 17,483 minutes in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Udinese (-132)

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