Lecce - Sassuolo: Small difference between teams in Serie A clash

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Fri 06.Oct
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Via del Mare (33876 seats)

A classic home victory, the away team steals it or a score draw? It's all possible when the mid-table sides Lecce and Sassuolo meet at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare.

Insights:
  • Lecce have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sassuolo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Sassuolo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie A game only four sleeps ago.

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Lecce form and stats

3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Lecce have to build on here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare in the Serie A.

Stress levels are on the rise for Lecce's attacking players as they have now played 187 minutes without scoring in a league game. Oudin was their last goal scorer.

The Lecce supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare: A 0-4 defeat against Napoli (placed 3rd). As you see from the result above, Lecce suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfielder Rafia was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Rafia hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Heartbreak before that as Lecce lost 0-1 at Juventus's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lecce have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 1.

The Lecce fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. On the other hand, Lecce have conceded 5 goals.

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Sassuolo form and stats

Things could have gone better for Sassuolo in their Serie A away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

Sassuolo failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Monza (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Viña was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.62. The defender Viña hit three key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Prior to that result Sassuolo won their away game at Inter. The scoreline was 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Sassuolo in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sassuolo, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Sassuolo have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. For Sassuolo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Sassuolo have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when playing Lecce.

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloA. Pinamonti
A. Pinamonti
4 goals
SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
4 goals
LecceN. Krstović
N. Krstović
3 goals

Lecce missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Lecce Sassuolo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 0 Played P 1 3 7
3 3 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
8 5 0 Scored S 2 4 11
9 5 0 Conceded C 4 7 13
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
43% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 57%
29% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 29%
43% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
29% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
29% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 43%
 
3.3 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 6.6
5 4.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 8.3 5.7
2.7 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.7 17.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 18 12.3 14.4
3.6 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.7 5.4
32% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 29%
 
13.4 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 16 18 15.6
4.3 3.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 4.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Sassuolo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lecce have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lecce have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lecce haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sassuolo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sassuolo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sassuolo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 7 6 0 1 19 3 4 3 0 1 12 3 3 3 0 0 7 0 16 18
2 Milan 7 6 0 1 15 8 3 3 0 0 7 1 4 3 0 1 8 7 7 18
3 Napoli 7 4 2 1 16 6 3 2 0 1 7 3 4 2 2 0 9 3 10 14
4 Juventus 7 4 2 1 12 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 2 1 1 7 4 6 14
5 Fiorentina 7 4 2 1 15 10 3 2 1 0 8 4 4 2 1 1 7 6 5 14
6 Atalanta 7 4 1 2 11 5 3 2 1 0 5 0 4 2 0 2 6 5 6 13
7 Lecce 7 3 2 2 8 9 4 3 0 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 11
8 Bologna 7 2 4 1 6 4 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 10
9 Frosinone 7 2 3 2 9 10 4 2 1 1 8 7 3 0 2 1 1 3 -1 9
10 Torino 7 2 3 2 6 7 4 1 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 4 6 -1 9
11 Sassuolo 7 3 0 4 11 13 4 2 0 2 7 6 3 1 0 2 4 7 -2 9
12 Monza 7 2 3 2 5 7 3 1 2 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 6 -2 9
13 Roma 7 2 2 3 15 11 4 2 1 1 12 4 3 0 1 2 3 7 4 8
14 Genoa 7 2 2 3 10 11 3 1 1 1 7 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 8
15 Hellas Verona 7 2 2 3 4 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 8
16 Lazio 7 2 1 4 7 10 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 1 0 3 4 8 -3 7
17 Udinese 7 0 4 3 4 12 4 0 2 2 2 7 3 0 2 1 2 5 -8 4
18 Salernitana 7 0 3 4 4 14 4 0 2 2 2 9 3 0 1 2 2 5 -10 3
19 Empoli 7 1 0 6 1 16 4 1 0 3 1 4 3 0 0 3 0 12 -15 3
20 Cagliari 7 0 2 5 2 12 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 0 1 3 1 7 -10 2

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Read more about Serie A

Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.