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

It's no vacation for neither Crotone nor Lecce 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.

Crotone form and stats

Crotone have less points than they have played home games in the Serie B so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. The home fans are hungry for more even though Crotone have been steadily collecting points here at Stadio Ezio Scida through three straight draws.

An away draw last time out for Crotone, facing Brescia in a game that ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Brescia as Crotone were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Samuele Mulattieri popped out and made it level in the 83rd minute. No victory last time out for Crotone, but the draw 2-2 felt nice for Samuele Mulattieri who came on as a substitute in the 58th minute and scored two goals. The attacking player Mirko Marić was announced as "man of the match" for Crotone with a rating of 7.45/10. Marić served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Reggina that ended 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Crotone have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Crotone after this match as they are travelling to Cosenza for a Serie B game in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Crotone at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

Lecce form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Serie B for Lecce with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

The supporters enjoyed Lecce's previous game versus Alessandria (placed 18th), a Serie B 3-2 win played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when Massimo Coda scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time to defeat Alessandria. Massimo Coda, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.2. Coda scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 0-0 draw at Benevento's stadium before that.

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

Lecce have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Serie B game vs Cittadella. A strenuous diary for them!

It's early days yet, but Lecce has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Crotone two wins, three draws and Lecce two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Mulattieri 5 goals

M. Coda 2 goals

I. Nedelcearu 1 goals

Crotone missing players

Lecce missing players