Wolverhampton vs Everton Prediction, 1/12/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 1/11/2021

Game: Wolverhampton vs Everton

Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Location: Molineux Stadium in West Midlands, England

TV: Peacock Premium

Odds/Point Spread: Wolverhampton (+149) Everton (+145)

Molineux Stadium is the venue where Pedro Neto and Wolverhampton (6-4-7, 13th in the EPL) will play Everton (9-2-5, 7th in the EPL) on Tuesday. The goalies who are expected to start are Rui Patricio for Wolverhampton and Jordan Pickford for Everton. Everton are at at +145 while the Wolves are at +149. The O/U opens at 2.5.

Wolverhampton faced Brighton in their last match and finished with a draw with a score of 3-3. When discussing the passing game, they ended with a 87.5% rate by connecting on 400 of the 457 passing targets last contest. Wolverhampton attempted 28 dribbles in this matchup and completed 18 of the tries for a percentage of 64.3%. Concerning shot accuracy, Wolverhampton ended this match at a 38.5% clip by hitting 5 shots on target of 13 shots. Wolverhampton sports an average of 1.00 goal per 90 (17 total goals) and are sitting with 9 assists in all games for the year.

Pedro Neto is a player who should impact this matchup for Wolverhampton. He has 6 assists while tallying 4 yellow cards thus far in his career. Neto has started 25 contests during his career and he scores 0.30 goals per 90 minutes. The forward from Portugal has 8 goals in 2,396 professional minutes. Another player who could decide the outcome is Romain Saiss, the defender hailing from France. Saiss has accumulated 22,083 mins in 246 starts and has earned himself a total of 76 yellow cards. He has assisted on a goal 6 times during his career while scoring 17 goals. He sports an average of 0.07 G/90 during his career.

The guy protecting the net for Wolverhampton is Rui Patricio. Patricio (228-102-88 record in his career) has accounted for 160 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 38.2% clean sheet percentage. The keeper hailing from Portugal has had 1,451 shots attempted at him in 419 career starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 0.93 (389 total goals allowed) and his save percentage is .744. Patricio has been on the pitch for a total of 37,645 minutes and has accumulated 1,074 stops during his soccer career.

When they last played, Everton went home defeated by a final of 1-0 against West Ham United. They wrapped up this outing by completing 515 out of their 606 attempted passes earning a rate of 85.0%. Everton ended the game with a 66.7% successful dribble percentage by converting 10 out of the 15 dribbles they tried. Everton landed 4 shots tried out of their 16 shots tried which had them at a 25.0% clip in their last outing. Having tallied 25 goals and 17 assists in all their games, Everton has an average of 1.56 goals and 1.06 assists per 90 min.

Gylfi Sigurdsson should provide solid play for Everton. He currently averages 0.30 goals per 90 mins and has been in the starting lineup in 313 games during his career. The forward from Iceland has accumulated 28,351 mins while scoring 94 goals. He has tallied 26 yellow card cautions in his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 58 times. Be sure to keep an eye out for James Rodriguez, the forward who represents Colombia. Rodriguez has earned himself 21 yellow card cautions in 16,197 mins (185 starting assignments). His G/90 average so far in his career is 0.44. He has tallied 80 goals in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 84 different times.

Jordan Pickford will look after the goal for Everton. Pickford has accumulated 75 clean sheets while seeing 1,175 shots against him in 24,612 career minutes. He is the owner of a save % of .687 and his clean sheet rate is currently 27.3%. He has conceded 1.39 goals per 90 minutes while earning a record of 87-72-114. During his professional soccer career, Pickford has given up 379 goals while earning 809 stops in 275 starting assignments.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Wolverhampton (+149)

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