Soccer match preview: Lazio confident before travelling to Lecce

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Tue 07.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Via del Mare (33876 seats)

Struggling Lecce will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lazio in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It's no vacation for neither Lecce nor Lazio as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Lecce form and stats

Lecce's struggle is real here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare with only 11 points collected from 15 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-8. It's trouble wherever Lecce are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. With Lecce having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager F. Liverani.

No payout for Lecce in their previous match, an away game at Sassuolo that ended in defeat 2-4. Ahead of that match, Lecce lost 1-2 at home to Sampdoria.

A goal frenzy last time out for Lecce, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sassuolo. Fun stuff to watch!

Lecce are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. Lecce have conceded 32 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Lazio form and stats

Lazio's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Lazio collect 29 points from their 14 away matches in the Serie A. 9 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats).

The manager S. Inzaghi was unhappy after their last game, a Serie A match played at their home ground Stadio Olimpico (Roma). Lazio suffered a 0-3 loss to Milan (placed 7th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Torino at their stadium, the result 2-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sassuolo in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Lazio's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, Lazio have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lazio - Lecce 4-2. Lecce-Lazio H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Lecce one win, Lazio five wins, three draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
29 goals
LecceM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
11 goals
LazioF. Caicedo Corozo
F. Caicedo Corozo
8 goals

Lecce missing players

Lazio missing players

Lecce Lazio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 14 30
6 2 0 Won W 4 9 21
7 5 2 Drew D 0 2 5
17 8 3 Lost L 1 3 4
38 21 5 Scored S 11 25 66
70 32 14 Conceded C 6 17 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
87% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 87%
73% 67% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 79% 73%
57% 53% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 33%
23% 27% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 20%
63% 73% 80% BTTS BTTS 80% 79% 63%
7% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 30%
30% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 10%
 
4.6 5.5 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 4.9 5.5
7.3 6.9 11.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.6 4.6
2.7 2.6 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.1 2.7
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
378 209 49 Total Shots T S 76 194 458
129 69 17 Shots on Target S O 33 81 178
29% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 37%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Lazio has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lazio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lecce has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
  • Lecce has the most conceded goals (32) at home
  • Lecce has the most conceded goals (70)
  • Lecce has the most conceded goals in the second half (45)
  • Lecce has the the worst goal difference (-32)
  • Lecce haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lecce is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 30 24 3 3 63 26 15 14 1 0 39 11 15 10 2 3 24 15 37 75
2 Lazio 30 21 5 4 66 31 16 12 3 1 41 14 14 9 2 3 25 17 35 68
3 Inter 30 19 7 4 63 31 16 9 5 2 35 16 14 10 2 2 28 15 32 64
4 Atalanta 30 19 6 5 83 39 15 9 2 4 42 22 15 10 4 1 41 17 44 63
5 Roma 30 14 6 10 54 42 15 7 3 5 28 22 15 7 3 5 26 20 12 48
6 Napoli 30 14 6 10 48 40 15 7 2 6 22 20 15 7 4 4 26 20 8 48
7 Milan 30 13 7 10 39 37 14 5 5 4 15 15 16 8 2 6 24 22 2 46
8 Hellas Verona 30 11 9 10 37 36 15 8 3 4 22 17 15 3 6 6 15 19 1 42
9 Bologna 30 11 8 11 43 47 15 4 6 5 19 23 15 7 2 6 24 24 -4 41
10 Sassuolo 30 11 7 12 55 52 15 7 2 6 35 27 15 4 5 6 20 25 3 40
11 Cagliari 30 10 9 11 48 46 15 6 2 7 29 26 15 4 7 4 19 20 2 39
12 Parma 30 11 6 13 41 40 15 6 1 8 19 16 15 5 5 5 22 24 1 39
13 Fiorentina 30 8 10 12 37 43 15 3 6 6 15 21 15 5 4 6 22 22 -6 34
14 Sampdoria 30 9 5 16 36 51 16 5 4 7 20 24 14 4 1 9 16 27 -15 32
15 Udinese 30 8 8 14 27 43 15 5 5 5 14 17 15 3 3 9 13 26 -16 32
16 Torino 30 9 4 17 34 56 15 5 3 7 14 25 15 4 1 10 20 31 -22 31
17 Genoa 30 6 9 15 37 58 14 4 1 9 16 25 16 2 8 6 21 33 -21 27
18 Lecce 30 6 7 17 38 70 15 2 5 8 21 32 15 4 2 9 17 38 -32 25
19 Brescia 30 5 6 19 27 58 15 2 4 9 17 27 15 3 2 10 10 31 -31 21
20 SPAL 30 5 4 21 23 53 14 2 3 9 13 23 16 3 1 12 10 30 -30 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.