Serie A duel: Close contest expected between Lecce and Empoli

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Via del Mare (33876 seats)

Lecce battle against Empoli for fame and success.

It's quite the trip for Empoli when visiting Lecce as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

This has all the signs of an appealing game with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Lecce form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Serie A game of the season here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare. Last season these fans witnessed 13 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss from Lecce's 19 home games.

The club members are hoping that Lecce will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Sassuolo (placed 10th). Baschirotto was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender Baschirotto won 5 of 6 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Inter that was lost 1-2.

The manager Baroni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Napoli in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Lecce's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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Empoli form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Serie A ended in defeat. Last season Empoli had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 6, drew 6 and lost 7.

Empoli have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 191 minutes ago. Stulac was the goal scorer.

Empoli played 0-0 against Fiorentina in their previous match. Ismajli was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.83. The defender Ismajli won 7 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Spezia's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Empoli playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Empoli wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hellas Verona in just three days.

0 goals so far away for Empoli, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings involving these sides: Lecce won one, Empoli were winners in three and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

LecceA. Ceesay
A. Ceesay
1 goals

Lecce missing players

Empoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lecce Empoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 0
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
5 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 2.5
6.5 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 7.5
2.5 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18 11
2.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3
20% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
15 18 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 15
5.5 9 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 2.5
Lecce Last season Empoli
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
19 13   Won W   6 10
14 5   Drew D   6 11
5 1   Lost L   7 17
59 37   Scored S   22 50
31 14   Conceded C   26 70
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
71% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 79%
45% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 55%
21% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 42%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 29%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   47% 66%
39% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 18%
18% 5%   Failed to Score F T   32% 24%
 
5.5 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.9
3.8 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.7
2.3 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
1 1   Red cards R C   1 5
 
15 16.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 13.2
5.1 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.1
31% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
9.3 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   18.2 17.2
2.8 2.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.9

  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 2 2 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 7 6
2 Inter 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Milan 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Atalanta 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Fiorentina 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Lazio 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Torino 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
9 Roma 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Sassuolo 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
11 Spezia 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
12 Bologna 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 Empoli 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
14 Salernitana 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Udinese 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 1
16 Hellas Verona 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
17 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
18 Lecce 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
19 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Monza 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lecce 38 19 14 5 59 31 19 13 5 1 37 14 19 6 9 4 22 17 28 71
2 Cremonese 38 20 9 9 57 39 19 11 6 2 32 18 19 9 3 7 25 21 18 69
3 Monza 38 19 10 9 60 38 19 13 4 2 37 14 19 6 6 7 23 24 22 67
4 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 19 10 8 1 26 13 19 8 5 6 22 22 13 67
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 19 8 8 3 30 20 19 9 7 3 25 15 20 66
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 19 8 6 5 24 18 19 11 2 6 28 24 10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 19 10 4 5 38 20 19 8 5 6 24 19 23 63
8 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 19 10 6 3 34 16 19 5 7 7 24 29 13 58
9 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 19 6 8 5 19 16 19 8 8 3 21 16 8 58
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 19 9 2 8 30 27 19 6 7 6 28 34 -3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 19 7 5 7 22 18 19 6 8 5 16 18 2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 19 5 9 5 25 20 19 6 7 6 23 23 5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 19 5 7 7 20 21 19 6 7 6 29 33 -5 47
14 Reggina 38 13 9 16 31 49 19 9 2 8 19 24 19 4 7 8 12 25 -18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 19 4 8 7 30 28 19 5 7 7 16 26 -8 42
16 Cosenza 38 8 11 19 36 59 19 8 3 8 21 23 19 0 8 11 15 36 -23 35
17 Vicenza 38 9 7 22 38 59 19 5 5 9 22 26 19 4 2 13 16 33 -21 34
18 Alessandria 38 8 10 20 37 59 19 5 6 8 16 23 19 3 4 12 21 36 -22 34
19 Crotone 38 4 14 20 41 61 19 4 8 7 23 25 19 0 6 13 18 36 -20 26
20 Pordenone 38 3 9 26 29 71 19 2 7 10 19 34 19 1 2 16 10 37 -42 18
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 38 26 8 4 69 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 19 14 4 1 41 19 38 86
2 Inter 38 25 9 4 84 32 19 14 3 2 48 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 52 84
3 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 19 13 4 2 37 15 43 79
4 Juventus 38 20 10 8 57 37 19 10 5 4 25 14 19 10 5 4 32 23 20 70
5 Lazio 38 18 10 10 77 58 19 10 6 3 42 25 19 8 4 7 35 33 19 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 19 8 3 8 33 27 16 63
7 Fiorentina 38 19 5 14 59 51 19 13 2 4 38 20 19 6 3 10 21 31 8 62
8 Atalanta 38 16 11 11 65 48 19 4 8 7 31 29 19 12 3 4 34 19 17 59
9 Hellas Verona 38 14 11 13 65 59 19 9 3 7 34 25 19 5 8 6 31 34 6 53
10 Torino 38 13 11 14 46 41 19 8 5 6 29 21 19 5 6 8 17 20 5 50
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 19 6 6 7 27 30 19 7 5 7 37 36 -2 50
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 19 5 7 7 30 29 3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 19 4 6 9 19 31 -11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 19 6 6 7 22 26 -20 41
15 Sampdoria 38 10 6 22 46 63 19 6 3 10 29 32 19 4 3 12 17 31 -17 36
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 19 5 3 11 21 30 19 5 3 11 20 41 -30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 19 3 6 10 17 39 19 4 4 11 16 39 -45 31
18 Cagliari 38 6 12 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 19 3 6 10 14 35 -34 30
19 Genoa 38 4 16 18 27 60 19 3 8 8 14 25 19 1 8 10 13 35 -33 28
20 Venezia 38 6 9 23 34 69 19 3 5 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 27

Lecce:
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 Napoli 2 2 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 7 6
2 Inter 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Milan 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Atalanta 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Fiorentina 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Lazio 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Torino 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
9 Roma 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Sassuolo 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
11 Spezia 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
12 Bologna 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 Empoli 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
14 Salernitana 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Udinese 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 1
16 Hellas Verona 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
17 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
18 Lecce 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
19 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Monza 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 0

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