Serie A: Atalanta welcome Lecce in what is nearly guaranteed to be an engrossing football fixture. Here's all you should know!
- Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lecce have scored away.
It's quite the trip for Lecce when visiting Atalanta as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Both contenders have had enough rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!
Atalanta form and stats
Overall Serie A results playing at home this season for Atalanta are 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Atalanta has recorded two wins in a row here at Gewiss Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
It's back home for Atalanta, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lazio away with the result 2-0. Zappacosta and Højlund found the net in that victory. Goalkeeper Musso got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.13 out of ten. Musso topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sassuolo (0-1).With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 10 games), Atalanta's attacking play is working. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Atalanta have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Lecce form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
Lecce played 1-1 against Roma in their previous match.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cremonese at their stadium, the result 2-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lecce as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have battled before this season: Lecce - Atalanta 2-1. Previous seven meetings with these contenders: Atalanta won three, Lecce were winners in one and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lookman 12 goals |   G. Strefezza Rebelato 7 goals |  T. Koopmeiners 6 goals |
Atalanta missing players
Lecce missing players
| Atalanta | Lecce | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 41 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 24 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 82% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 82% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 18% | 32% |
| 27% | 30% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 36% | 64% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 14% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 27% |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 14.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.8 | 10.7 |
| 5 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 32% |
| 12.9 | 12.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 13.6 | 12.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
- Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lecce have scored away.
- Atalanta 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 | Napoli | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 39 | 59 |
| 2 | Inter | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Roma | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Milan | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Lazio | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 39 |
| 7 | Udinese | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Torino | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Juventus | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 29 |
| 10 | Monza | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 29 |
| 11 | Bologna | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Empoli | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 13 | Lecce | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 21 |
| 17 | Spezia | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 19 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 14 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -26 | 10 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 22 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -25 | 8 |
