A glance at the Serie B standings shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Check out our Lecce - Parma preview!
- Lecce have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie B
- Parma have the most scored goals (12) 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.
It's quite the trip for Parma when visiting Lecce as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Lecce form and stats
The complete Serie B results playing at home this season for Lecce are 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Lecce haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Cremonese, 76 days ago.
The Lecce supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Cosenza in Serie B and win 3-1. The talented striker Massimo Coda bested all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.84 out of 10. Coda scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Brescia that finished 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lecce handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, five draws and three defeats.
Lecce can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 10 times. Lecce have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Parma form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Parma's previous game versus Vicenza (placed 19th), a Serie B 1-0 win played at home. Parma goalie Gianluigi Buffon was high and low in the Vicenza game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Parma made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Juan Brunetta receiving a red card in the 34th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Parma won the match 1-0! Gianluigi Buffon (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.33. Buffon stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Cittadella with the score of 2-1.We have checked recent matches where Parma have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, one draw and two defeats.
Parma have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 12 goals from 6 away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Parma have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: two wins for Lecce, two draws and six wins for Parma. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Coda 5 goals | G. Strefezza Rebelato 4 goals |  F. Di Mariano 4 goals |
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| Lecce | Parma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| 82% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 82% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 55% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 64% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 36% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 36% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.6 | 16.2 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.5 | 11.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 28% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 55% | 36% |
| 9.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 17.7 | 15.8 |
| 3.7 | 2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.5 | 5 |
- All of Parma's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Lecce have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lecce have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lecce have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lecce have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie B
- Lecce have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Parma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Parma have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Parma have the most scored goals (12) away in Serie B
- Parma have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Parma 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 | Pisa | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Brescia | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Lecce | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Benevento | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Reggina | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Frosinone | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Cremonese | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Perugia | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Monza | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Parma | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Como | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Cittadella | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Ascoli | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Cosenza | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | SPAL | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 16 | Ternana | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 17 | Alessandria | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Crotone | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 7 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Pordenone | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -18 | 3 |