Evenly matched teams: Crotone vs Lecce match preview

Competition: Italy Serie B
Date: sø 17.mars
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ezio Scida

Struggling Crotone will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lecce in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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

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Crotone form and stats

Happy days for Crotone in their previous game, a Serie B match away at Salernitana that ended with a 2-0 victory. 0-0 away at Padova before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Crotone perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Crotone as a small favourite), we find six games. Crotone has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The Crotone fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 16 in 27 matches. Crotone have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Lecce form and stats

With two straight losses from their last two away games, Lecce are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Lecce are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Serie B against Foggia. Prior to that match, the Lecce manager F. Liverani faced defeat in their match when travelling to Palermo and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 24 similar matches played by Lecce in our archives, and the results are: 10 wins for Lecce, 5 draws and 9 defeats.

Lecce are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 23 times in 14 away games so far. In the opposite end, Lecce have conceded 23 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Lecce - Crotone 1-0. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 2 - 2 - 2 (Crotone wins - draws - Lecce wins).

Top Goalscorers

A. La Mantia
11 goals / 2 assists
S. Nwankwo
8 goals / 1 assists
S. Palombi
8 goals

Crotone missing players

Lecce missing players

Over Crotone (27 played) Lecce (26 played)
Over 0.5 93% 96%
Over 1.5 74% 81%
Over 2.5 41% 58%
Over 3.5 11% 31%
Over 4.5 7% 23%
Stat Crotone (27 played) Lecce (26 played)
BTTS 44% 69%
CS 22% 27%
FTS 41% 8%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Brescia 27 13 11 3 56 35 13 9 3 1 29 15 14 4 8 2 27 20 21 50
2 Palermo 26 12 10 4 38 24 13 6 6 1 21 10 13 6 4 3 17 14 14 46
3 Hellas Verona 27 12 9 6 40 30 13 7 5 1 23 12 14 5 4 5 17 18 10 45
4 Lecce 26 12 8 6 42 35 12 7 4 1 19 12 14 5 4 5 23 23 7 44
5 Pescara 27 12 8 7 39 35 13 9 2 2 20 12 14 3 6 5 19 23 4 44
6 Benevento 26 12 7 7 36 27 13 8 2 3 24 13 13 4 5 4 12 14 9 43
7 Cittadella 26 10 9 7 32 24 13 7 3 3 27 14 13 3 6 4 5 10 8 39
8 Perugia 26 11 5 10 37 36 13 7 1 5 19 14 13 4 4 5 18 22 1 38
9 Spezia 27 10 7 10 39 34 14 7 4 3 23 14 13 3 3 7 16 20 5 37
10 Salernitana 27 9 7 11 31 36 14 7 2 5 18 15 13 2 5 6 13 21 -5 34
11 Cosenza 27 8 9 10 24 31 14 5 6 3 16 13 13 3 3 7 8 18 -7 33
12 Ascoli 25 7 10 8 27 33 14 5 6 3 19 19 11 2 4 5 8 14 -6 31
13 Cremonese 26 7 9 10 23 25 14 7 4 3 15 5 12 0 5 7 8 20 -2 30
14 Livorno 26 6 9 11 26 33 13 5 4 4 13 12 13 1 5 7 13 21 -7 27
15 Venezia 26 6 9 11 24 31 13 5 5 3 16 14 13 1 4 8 8 17 -7 27
16 Foggia 27 7 11 9 34 39 13 5 6 2 23 19 14 2 5 7 11 20 -5 26
17 Crotone 27 6 8 13 26 35 13 3 6 4 16 16 14 3 2 9 10 19 -9 26
18 Padova 27 4 11 12 26 37 13 2 8 3 10 10 14 2 3 9 16 27 -11 23
19 Carpi 26 5 7 14 25 45 13 2 5 6 13 22 13 3 2 8 12 23 -20 22

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