Lecce manager Baroni looking for three points in Spezia showdown

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Via del Mare (33876 seats)

Important clash in the lower part of the Serie A, with both Lecce and Spezia enduring more angst than pleasure. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosting team placed 16th and the visitors in 18th position.

Insights:
  • Lecce have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Serie A
  • Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

This football field has grass, which is not Spezia's usual surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on grass Spezia have performed like this: Played 36 matches earning 7 wins, 6 draws and 23 defeats with the goal numbers 33-75 (scored/conceded).

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Lecce and Spezia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lecce form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Lecce have only managed 3 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare.

Lecce drew their last game, 2-2 away at Lazio (placed 4th). A painful moment in the game against Lazio was the missed penalty kick from Strefezza in the 23rd minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Oudin (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.81/10. Oudin scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was the home game against Hellas Verona that was lost 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lecce handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Not much happening? In this team's last 12 league games, 9 have produced zero, one or two goals.

Lecce have scored {16 league goals} here from 17 matches, not a lot. Lecce's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Lecce has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Spezia form and stats

Spezia have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-4-11 (17 played). Spezia seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Spezia won their last game, 2-0 versus Milan played at home. Hooray; their first victory in the league after eight games not winning. Defender Wiśniewski was the best team player with a rating of 8.13. Wiśniewski scored one goal and won 10 of 11 duels.

Prior to that match, the Spezia manager Semplici faced defeat when travelling to Cremonese and losing 0-2.

Spezia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Spezia as they have only managed to score 12 times from 17 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Spezia have conceded 30 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Lecce have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Spezia.

These teams faced each other earlier this season: Spezia - Lecce 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
13 goals
LecceG. Strefezza Rebelato
G. Strefezza Rebelato
8 goals
LecceA. Ceesay
A. Ceesay
6 goals

Lecce missing players

Spezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lecce Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
7 3 0 Won W 1 2 6
11 7 3 Drew D 2 4 12
17 7 2 Lost L 2 11 17
30 16 4 Scored S 5 12 30
43 21 6 Conceded C 7 30 56
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
74% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 80%
31% 35% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 41% 46%
6% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 24% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
54% 71% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 41% 46%
11% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 14%
37% 24% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 53% 46%
 
4.5 5.2 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 8.4 5.4 5.2
5.3 5.3 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.9 5.6
2.3 2.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
11.4 13.3 16.6 Shots (avg) S ( 16 11.2 11.6
3.1 3.3 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.4 3.8 3.8
28% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 18% 22%
 
12.6 10.5 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 16.6 17.1 16.4
4.7 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.8 5.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Lecce have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lecce have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Serie A
  • Lecce have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Serie A
  • Lecce have the most matches under the total-line (24) in Serie A
  • Lecce haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 35 26 5 4 70 25 17 12 3 2 35 14 18 14 2 2 35 11 45 83
2 Juventus 35 21 6 8 54 28 18 13 3 2 38 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 26 69
3 Inter 35 21 3 11 66 37 18 13 0 5 34 12 17 8 3 6 32 25 29 66
4 Lazio 35 19 8 8 54 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 17 9 4 4 25 12 26 65
5 Milan 35 17 10 8 55 41 17 11 4 2 33 18 18 6 6 6 22 23 14 61
6 Roma 35 17 8 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 59
7 Atalanta 35 17 7 11 56 42 17 8 3 6 30 23 18 9 4 5 26 19 14 58
8 Fiorentina 35 13 10 12 47 40 18 8 6 4 28 21 17 5 4 8 19 19 7 49
9 Monza 35 13 10 12 44 45 18 7 5 6 25 21 17 6 5 6 19 24 -1 49
10 Torino 35 13 10 12 37 39 17 5 6 6 14 17 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 49
11 Bologna 35 12 11 12 43 44 18 7 8 3 22 12 17 5 3 9 21 32 -1 47
12 Udinese 35 11 13 11 45 43 17 6 9 2 30 18 18 5 4 9 15 25 2 46
13 Sassuolo 35 12 8 15 43 54 17 8 4 5 22 18 18 4 4 10 21 36 -11 44
14 Salernitana 35 8 14 13 43 56 18 6 6 6 27 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -13 38
15 Empoli 34 9 11 14 31 44 17 7 4 6 18 20 17 2 7 8 13 24 -13 38
16 Lecce 35 7 11 17 30 43 17 3 7 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 32
17 Hellas Verona 35 7 9 19 28 52 18 6 2 10 19 31 17 1 7 9 9 21 -24 30
18 Spezia 35 6 12 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 17 2 4 11 12 30 -26 30
19 Cremonese 35 4 12 19 31 61 17 3 4 10 12 26 18 1 8 9 19 35 -30 24
20 Sampdoria 34 3 8 23 20 61 17 1 5 11 9 25 17 2 3 12 11 36 -41 17

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 35 26 5 4 70 25 17 12 3 2 35 14 18 14 2 2 35 11 45 83
2 Juventus 35 21 6 8 54 28 18 13 3 2 38 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 26 69
3 Inter 35 21 3 11 66 37 18 13 0 5 34 12 17 8 3 6 32 25 29 66
4 Lazio 35 19 8 8 54 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 17 9 4 4 25 12 26 65
5 Milan 35 17 10 8 55 41 17 11 4 2 33 18 18 6 6 6 22 23 14 61
6 Roma 35 17 8 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 59
7 Atalanta 35 17 7 11 56 42 17 8 3 6 30 23 18 9 4 5 26 19 14 58
8 Fiorentina 35 13 10 12 47 40 18 8 6 4 28 21 17 5 4 8 19 19 7 49
9 Monza 35 13 10 12 44 45 18 7 5 6 25 21 17 6 5 6 19 24 -1 49
10 Torino 35 13 10 12 37 39 17 5 6 6 14 17 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 49
11 Bologna 35 12 11 12 43 44 18 7 8 3 22 12 17 5 3 9 21 32 -1 47
12 Udinese 35 11 13 11 45 43 17 6 9 2 30 18 18 5 4 9 15 25 2 46
13 Sassuolo 35 12 8 15 43 54 17 8 4 5 22 18 18 4 4 10 21 36 -11 44
14 Salernitana 35 8 14 13 43 56 18 6 6 6 27 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -13 38
15 Empoli 34 9 11 14 31 44 17 7 4 6 18 20 17 2 7 8 13 24 -13 38
16 Lecce 35 7 11 17 30 43 17 3 7 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 32
17 Hellas Verona 35 7 9 19 28 52 18 6 2 10 19 31 17 1 7 9 9 21 -24 30
18 Spezia 35 6 12 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 17 2 4 11 12 30 -26 30
19 Cremonese 35 4 12 19 31 61 17 3 4 10 12 26 18 1 8 9 19 35 -30 24
20 Sampdoria 34 3 8 23 20 61 17 1 5 11 9 25 17 2 3 12 11 36 -41 17

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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.