Lecce fights Spezia in Serie B battle

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Date: Sat 11.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Via del Mare (33876 seats)

A key match in Serie B as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Spezia have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-12-24 (win-draw-loss) from 43 matches. It's quite the trip for Spezia when visiting Lecce as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Lecce form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare as Lecce have scored 36 goals to get 40 points from 17 games. The overall stats are 12-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Lecce tasted defeat here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games.

The fans are hoping that Lecce will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Serie B game against Padova. Before that, Lecce had a home game versus Brescia which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Lecce manager F. Liverani has got the team scoring with 36 from 17 home games. Lecce are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 17 matches.

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Spezia form and stats

Spezia have only collected 16 points from their away games after 4-4-9 (17 played).

The supporters enjoyed Spezia's previous game versus Crotone, a Serie B 2-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Palermo that ended 2-2.

Spezia find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 21 goals from 17 away fixtures. Spezia have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Spezia - Lecce 1-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 1 - 3 - 2 (Lecce wins - draws - Spezia wins).

Top Goalscorers

A. La Mantia
16 goals / 5 assists
M. Mancosu
13 goals / 5 assists
D. Okereke
10 goals / 10 assists

Lecce missing players

Spezia missing players

Lecce Spezia
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
35 17 4 Played 4 17 35
18 12 2 Won 1 4 14
9 4 1 Drew 2 4 9
8 1 1 Lost 1 9 12
64 36 5 Scored 9 21 52
44 14 3 Conceded 10 26 44
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 94%
83% 76% 75% Over 1.5 100% 65% 77%
60% 53% 25% Over 2.5 75% 47% 49%
34% 35% 0% Over 3.5 75% 35% 31%
23% 24% 0% Over 4.5 50% 18% 14%
66% 59% 50% BTTS 75% 47% 54%
29% 41% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 18% 26%
9% 6% 0% Failed To Score 25% 41% 26%
 
5.3 5.4 6.5 Corners For (avg) 4.2 5.7 5.6
4.5 3.3 3 Corners Against (avg) 7 5.1 5.1
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.3 2
4 1 0 Red Cards 1 4 4

Lecce
All Serie C: Girone A Serie C: Girone C Serie B Super Cup(Serie C) Coppa Italia Serie C Coppa Italia Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-03-19 SB Crotone 2 - 2 Lecce
23-03-19 SB Lecce 7 - 0 Ascoli
31-03-19 SB Lecce 2 - 0 Pescara
03-04-19 SB Lecce 3 - 1 Cosenza
07-04-19 SB Cremonese 2 - 0 Lecce
13-04-19 SB Lecce 4 - 1 Carpi
22-04-19 SB Perugia 1 - 2 Lecce
28-04-19 SB Lecce 1 - 0 Brescia
01-05-19 SB Padova 2 - 1 Lecce
11-05-19 SB Lecce 13:00 Spezia
Spezia
All Serie B Club Friendlies Coppa Italia
All Home Away
09-03-19 SB Spezia 0 - 2 Padova
16-03-19 SB Benevento 2 - 3 Spezia
02-04-19 SB Spezia 2 - 1 Salernitana
06-04-19 SB Foggia 1 - 0 Spezia
14-04-19 SB Spezia 3 - 2 Ascoli
22-04-19 SB Cosenza 1 - 0 Spezia
27-04-19 SB Spezia 1 - 1 Perugia
01-05-19 SB Palermo 2 - 2 Spezia
04-05-19 SB Spezia 2 - 0 Crotone
11-05-19 SB Lecce 13:00 Spezia

  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 35 18 13 4 67 39 17 13 3 1 37 16 18 5 10 3 30 23 28 67
2 Lecce 35 18 9 8 64 44 17 12 4 1 36 14 18 6 5 7 28 30 20 63
3 Palermo 35 16 14 5 55 36 17 8 8 1 29 14 18 8 6 4 26 22 19 62
4 Benevento 35 16 9 10 58 43 18 10 3 5 37 24 17 6 6 5 21 19 15 57
5 Pescara 35 13 13 9 48 46 17 10 5 2 26 17 18 3 8 7 22 29 2 52
6 Spezia 35 14 9 12 52 44 18 10 5 3 31 18 17 4 4 9 21 26 8 51
7 Cittadella 35 12 14 9 47 36 18 9 5 4 38 20 17 3 9 5 9 16 11 50
8 Cremonese 35 12 13 10 36 30 18 9 6 3 19 6 17 3 7 7 17 24 6 49
9 Hellas Verona 35 12 13 10 47 45 17 7 7 3 28 21 18 5 6 7 19 24 2 49
10 Perugia 35 13 8 14 46 48 17 8 2 7 25 21 18 5 6 7 21 27 -2 47
11 Cosenza 36 11 13 12 34 42 18 7 8 3 20 15 18 4 5 9 14 27 -8 46
12 Ascoli 35 10 13 12 40 53 18 7 7 4 25 24 17 3 6 8 15 29 -13 43
13 Crotone 35 10 10 15 37 42 17 5 8 4 21 18 18 5 2 11 16 24 -5 40
14 Livorno 35 9 11 15 37 50 18 7 5 6 18 18 17 2 6 9 19 32 -13 38
15 Salernitana 35 10 8 17 41 55 18 8 3 7 26 25 17 2 5 10 15 30 -14 38
16 Foggia 35 10 13 12 43 47 18 8 8 2 31 23 17 2 5 10 12 24 -4 37
17 Venezia 35 7 14 14 32 44 18 6 8 4 22 22 17 1 6 10 10 22 -12 35
18 Padova 35 5 15 15 35 48 17 3 9 5 13 14 18 2 6 10 22 34 -13 30
19 Carpi 35 7 8 20 37 64 17 3 6 8 17 27 18 4 2 12 20 37 -27 29

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