This is a vital battle in the lower section of the Serie A, with both Bologna and Lecce experiencing more stress than joy. This game is a real "six-pointer" with the hosts at 17th and the away side in 16th position.
- Bologna have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Serie A
- Lecce have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Bologna have less rest than Lecce in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Coppa Italia game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Lecce have had more rest.
Bologna form and stats
Bologna have played 5 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Bologna's previous fixture was a Coppa Italia game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 against Cagliari. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Moro got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Moro hit three key passes and had 82 successful passes (of 96 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Napoli (2-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Bologna perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bologna as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Bologna has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Bologna at home in the league. 5 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 5 matches. Bologna has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Lecce form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Lecce played 1-1 against Fiorentina in their previous match. Pongračić was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.23. The defender Pongračić won 4 of 6 duels.
Prior to that match, the Lecce manager Baroni faced defeat when travelling to Roma and losing 1-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Lecce in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Lecce, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored in 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Lecce have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two teams are: six wins for Bologna, three draws and one win for Lecce. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Arnautović 6 goals |   G. Strefezza Rebelato 4 goals |  A. Ceesay 3 goals |
Bologna missing players
Lecce missing players
| Bologna | Lecce | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 80% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 6 | 7.4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 13.8 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 3.2 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 31% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 16.3 | 14 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.6 | 13 |
| 5.6 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
- Bologna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Bologna have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Serie A
- Bologna have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Serie A
- Bologna have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bologna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lecce have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Lecce have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lecce 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Milan | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Roma | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Lazio | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 21 |
| 6 | Udinese | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Inter | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Juventus | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Empoli | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Torino | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Salernitana | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Monza | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Spezia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | -10 | 9 |
| 16 | Lecce | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Bologna | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 5 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 4 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -13 | 3 |
