Soccer betting preview: Bologna welcomes Lecce in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 26.July
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (36532 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Bologna are in the 12th position while the guesting Lecce worry at 18th.

The visiting Lecce played their last game only four days ago, a Serie A match.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Lecce, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

Bologna can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Lecce are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Bologna form and stats

Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Bologna are 4-7-6 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, the manager S. Mihajlović led his Bologna to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Atalanta. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. Prior to that, an away loss at Milan.

Łukasz Skorupski had a busy but productive day in the Atalanta match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

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 seven games. Bologna has won two of these, drawn two and lost three.

There will be little rest for Bologna after this match as they are travelling to Fiorentina for a Serie A game in only three days.

Bologna has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Bologna have conceded 26 from these games.

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Lecce form and stats

There's been little loot from Lecce's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 17 away games in the Serie A. Lecce, who have the most conceded goals (77) in Serie A, only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws.

The supporters enjoyed Lecce's previous game versus Brescia (placed 19th), a Serie A 3-1 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Lecce manager F. Liverani faced defeat when travelling to Genoa and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Lecce in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Lecce, zero draws and two defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lecce manager F. Liverani as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Udinese.

Lecce have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 18 goals have been scored. The Lecce manager F. Liverani has some worries about the defense as 40 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lecce - Bologna 2-3 entered in the official records. Bologna-Lecce H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bologna five wins, Lecce two wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LecceM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
12 goals
LecceG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
9 goals
BolognaR. Orsolini
R. Orsolini
8 goals

Bologna missing players

Lecce missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bologna Lecce
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
11 4 3 Won W 2 4 8
10 7 1 Drew D 1 3 8
14 6 1 Lost L 3 10 19
48 21 6 Scored S 6 18 45
58 26 6 Conceded C 11 40 77
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 97%
86% 94% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 86%
63% 59% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 76% 74%
31% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 53% 54%
17% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 20%
77% 82% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 53% 66%
6% 6% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 9%
20% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 41% 29%
 
5.9 7.1 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.1 4.7
4.9 3.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 7.3 7.3
3 2.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.7
7 5 2 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
481 227 69 Total Shots T S 72 208 458
154 70 24 Shots on Target S O 30 68 154
31% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 26% 29%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bologna has the fewest clean sheets (2)
  • Bologna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lecce has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
  • Lecce has the most conceded goals (77)
  • Lecce has the most conceded goals in the second half (47)
  • Lecce have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lecce have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 35 25 5 5 73 38 17 15 2 0 43 14 18 10 3 5 30 24 35 80
2 Atalanta 35 22 8 5 95 44 18 12 2 4 51 24 17 10 6 1 44 20 51 74
3 Inter 35 21 10 4 74 36 18 10 6 2 38 17 17 11 4 2 36 19 38 73
4 Lazio 35 22 6 7 71 38 18 13 3 2 44 17 17 9 3 5 27 21 33 72
5 Roma 35 18 7 10 69 47 18 9 4 5 34 26 17 9 3 5 35 21 22 61
6 Milan 35 17 8 10 55 44 17 8 5 4 27 19 18 9 3 6 28 25 11 59
7 Napoli 35 16 8 11 56 47 17 8 3 6 26 23 18 8 5 5 30 24 9 56
8 Sassuolo 35 13 9 13 64 60 17 7 3 7 39 32 18 6 6 6 25 28 4 48
9 Hellas Verona 35 11 13 11 43 43 17 8 5 4 25 20 18 3 8 7 18 23 0 46
10 Parma 35 12 7 16 49 51 18 7 2 9 25 22 17 5 5 7 24 29 -2 43
11 Fiorentina 35 10 13 12 43 45 18 4 8 6 18 22 17 6 5 6 25 23 -2 43
12 Bologna 35 11 10 14 48 58 17 4 7 6 21 26 18 7 3 8 27 32 -10 43
13 Cagliari 35 10 12 13 50 52 17 6 4 7 30 27 18 4 8 6 20 25 -2 42
14 Sampdoria 35 12 5 18 46 58 18 6 4 8 24 26 17 6 1 10 22 32 -12 41
15 Udinese 35 10 9 16 34 49 18 6 6 6 17 21 17 4 3 10 17 28 -15 39
16 Torino 35 11 5 19 42 63 18 7 4 7 21 27 17 4 1 12 21 36 -21 38
17 Genoa 35 9 9 17 44 65 17 6 1 10 21 28 18 3 8 7 23 37 -21 36
18 Lecce 35 8 8 19 45 77 18 4 5 9 27 37 17 4 3 10 18 40 -32 32
19 Brescia 35 6 6 23 33 74 17 3 4 10 19 31 18 3 2 13 14 43 -41 24
20 SPAL 35 5 4 26 25 70 17 2 3 12 14 36 18 3 1 14 11 34 -45 19

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 35 25 5 5 73 38 17 15 2 0 43 14 18 10 3 5 30 24 35 80
2 Atalanta 35 22 8 5 95 44 18 12 2 4 51 24 17 10 6 1 44 20 51 74
3 Inter 35 21 10 4 74 36 18 10 6 2 38 17 17 11 4 2 36 19 38 73
4 Lazio 35 22 6 7 71 38 18 13 3 2 44 17 17 9 3 5 27 21 33 72
5 Roma 35 18 7 10 69 47 18 9 4 5 34 26 17 9 3 5 35 21 22 61
6 Milan 35 17 8 10 55 44 17 8 5 4 27 19 18 9 3 6 28 25 11 59
7 Napoli 35 16 8 11 56 47 17 8 3 6 26 23 18 8 5 5 30 24 9 56
8 Sassuolo 35 13 9 13 64 60 17 7 3 7 39 32 18 6 6 6 25 28 4 48
9 Hellas Verona 35 11 13 11 43 43 17 8 5 4 25 20 18 3 8 7 18 23 0 46
10 Parma 35 12 7 16 49 51 18 7 2 9 25 22 17 5 5 7 24 29 -2 43
11 Fiorentina 35 10 13 12 43 45 18 4 8 6 18 22 17 6 5 6 25 23 -2 43
12 Bologna 35 11 10 14 48 58 17 4 7 6 21 26 18 7 3 8 27 32 -10 43
13 Cagliari 35 10 12 13 50 52 17 6 4 7 30 27 18 4 8 6 20 25 -2 42
14 Sampdoria 35 12 5 18 46 58 18 6 4 8 24 26 17 6 1 10 22 32 -12 41
15 Udinese 35 10 9 16 34 49 18 6 6 6 17 21 17 4 3 10 17 28 -15 39
16 Torino 35 11 5 19 42 63 18 7 4 7 21 27 17 4 1 12 21 36 -21 38
17 Genoa 35 9 9 17 44 65 17 6 1 10 21 28 18 3 8 7 23 37 -21 36
18 Lecce 35 8 8 19 45 77 18 4 5 9 27 37 17 4 3 10 18 40 -32 32
19 Brescia 35 6 6 23 33 74 17 3 4 10 19 31 18 3 2 13 14 43 -41 24
20 SPAL 35 5 4 26 25 70 17 2 3 12 14 36 18 3 1 14 11 34 -45 19

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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.