Evenly matched teams: Lecce vs Chievo match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Via del Mare (33876 seats)

Lecce and Chievo are both riding high in the Serie B with their 5th and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Lecce have the most scored goals (26) at home in Serie B
  • Chievo have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Serie B

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

These teams have little in common geographically as Chievo have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Lecce form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Lecce, who have the most scored goals (26) at home in Serie B, have managed 4 wins, 8 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 14 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Gabriel Vasconelos Ferreira not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

Lecce enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Reggiana's place. The match ended 4-0 with Mariusz Stępiński, Massimo Coda (2) and Žan Majer scoring. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Virtus Entella that ended 0-0.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Lecce played a great game against Reggiana and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

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 Lecce have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Lecce after this match as they are travelling to Venezia for a Serie B game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Lecce in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 14 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Chievo form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Serie B, are W3-D7-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. Chievo has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie B home defeat versus Vicenza with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Before that, Chievo secured a home win against Pordenone with the score 3-0.

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

A quick return to home after this game, as Chievo are hosting Frosinone in the Serie B only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chievo as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Chievo - Lecce 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Lecce won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Chievo has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

LecceM. Coda
M. Coda
14 goals
LecceM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
8 goals
LecceM. Stępiński
M. Stępiński
7 goals

Lecce missing players

Chievo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lecce Chievo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 2 13 27
10 4 0 Won W 1 3 11
13 8 3 Drew D 1 7 9
4 2 0 Lost L 0 3 7
48 26 4 Scored S 3 12 34
32 19 4 Conceded C 2 11 23
89% 79% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 89%
81% 79% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 54% 67%
63% 79% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 23% 41%
41% 57% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 11%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
67% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 46% 52%
22% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 37%
22% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
16.3 16.7 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 15.3 12.9
4.9 4.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.8
37% 41% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 24% 33%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Chievo have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Serie B
  • Lecce have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lecce have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chievo have scored away.
  • Lecce have the most scored goals (26) at home in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Empoli 27 12 14 1 49 24 13 6 7 0 24 10 14 6 7 1 25 14 25 50
2 Monza 27 12 11 4 37 21 13 6 5 2 20 8 14 6 6 2 17 13 16 47
3 Salernitana 27 12 10 5 31 27 13 7 5 1 19 9 14 5 5 4 12 18 4 46
4 Venezia 27 12 9 6 35 25 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 7 2 15 12 10 45
5 Lecce 27 10 13 4 48 32 14 4 8 2 26 19 13 6 5 2 22 13 16 43
6 Chievo 27 11 9 7 34 23 14 8 2 4 22 12 13 3 7 3 12 11 11 42
7 Cittadella 27 11 8 8 38 27 13 6 4 3 19 12 14 5 4 5 19 15 11 41
8 SPAL 27 10 11 6 34 29 13 6 4 3 21 15 14 4 7 3 13 14 5 41
9 Pisa 27 8 13 6 36 38 14 4 9 1 15 14 13 4 4 5 21 24 -2 37
10 Frosinone 27 9 10 8 28 32 13 3 6 4 11 14 14 6 4 4 17 18 -4 37
11 Vicenza 27 7 13 7 38 37 13 2 9 2 17 16 14 5 4 5 21 21 1 34
12 Pordenone 27 7 12 8 28 27 13 2 8 3 17 15 14 5 4 5 11 12 1 33
13 Brescia 27 8 9 10 38 40 14 5 4 5 23 21 13 3 5 5 15 19 -2 33
14 Reggina 27 8 9 10 27 32 13 5 2 6 11 14 14 3 7 4 16 18 -5 33
15 Cremonese 27 7 8 12 30 36 14 4 4 6 16 18 13 3 4 6 14 18 -6 29
16 Reggiana 27 8 4 15 24 41 14 5 3 6 14 17 13 3 1 9 10 24 -17 28
17 Cosenza 27 4 14 9 22 28 14 1 8 5 9 14 13 3 6 4 13 14 -6 26
18 Ascoli 27 5 8 14 21 36 13 4 3 6 10 17 14 1 5 8 11 19 -15 23
19 Pescara 27 5 7 15 20 43 14 2 4 8 11 21 13 3 3 7 9 22 -23 22
20 Virtus Entella 27 4 8 15 24 44 14 3 3 8 14 24 13 1 5 7 10 20 -20 20

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 Empoli 27 12 14 1 49 24 13 6 7 0 24 10 14 6 7 1 25 14 25 50
2 Monza 27 12 11 4 37 21 13 6 5 2 20 8 14 6 6 2 17 13 16 47
3 Salernitana 27 12 10 5 31 27 13 7 5 1 19 9 14 5 5 4 12 18 4 46
4 Venezia 27 12 9 6 35 25 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 7 2 15 12 10 45
5 Lecce 27 10 13 4 48 32 14 4 8 2 26 19 13 6 5 2 22 13 16 43
6 Chievo 27 11 9 7 34 23 14 8 2 4 22 12 13 3 7 3 12 11 11 42
7 Cittadella 27 11 8 8 38 27 13 6 4 3 19 12 14 5 4 5 19 15 11 41
8 SPAL 27 10 11 6 34 29 13 6 4 3 21 15 14 4 7 3 13 14 5 41
9 Pisa 27 8 13 6 36 38 14 4 9 1 15 14 13 4 4 5 21 24 -2 37
10 Frosinone 27 9 10 8 28 32 13 3 6 4 11 14 14 6 4 4 17 18 -4 37
11 Vicenza 27 7 13 7 38 37 13 2 9 2 17 16 14 5 4 5 21 21 1 34
12 Pordenone 27 7 12 8 28 27 13 2 8 3 17 15 14 5 4 5 11 12 1 33
13 Brescia 27 8 9 10 38 40 14 5 4 5 23 21 13 3 5 5 15 19 -2 33
14 Reggina 27 8 9 10 27 32 13 5 2 6 11 14 14 3 7 4 16 18 -5 33
15 Cremonese 27 7 8 12 30 36 14 4 4 6 16 18 13 3 4 6 14 18 -6 29
16 Reggiana 27 8 4 15 24 41 14 5 3 6 14 17 13 3 1 9 10 24 -17 28
17 Cosenza 27 4 14 9 22 28 14 1 8 5 9 14 13 3 6 4 13 14 -6 26
18 Ascoli 27 5 8 14 21 36 13 4 3 6 10 17 14 1 5 8 11 19 -15 23
19 Pescara 27 5 7 15 20 43 14 2 4 8 11 21 13 3 3 7 9 22 -23 22
20 Virtus Entella 27 4 8 15 24 44 14 3 3 8 14 24 13 1 5 7 10 20 -20 20

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Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.