Serie B: High-profile vs subpar, at least based on the league table. Lecce - Vicenza. Home victory or a shock result?
- Lecce have the the best goal difference (+16) in Serie B
- Lecce have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vicenza have scored away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Vicenza, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lecce and Vicenza.
Lecce form and stats
Lecce have performed here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare this season with 6 wins from 9 Serie B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. 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 eleven home games in the league.
Lecce's last game was hosting Cremonese (placed 5th) and winning 2-1. Lecce drew their last game, also a home match. Cremonese (placed 5th) was the opponent, 2-1 the score. Lecce's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-1 versus Cremonese (placed 5th). Gallo, defender, was given a rating of 8.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Gallo scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.
Goals decide football matches and Lecce are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 9 league matches. Lecce are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Vicenza form and stats
Vicenza have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 2-0-7 (9 played).
Vicenza delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Cittadella (placed 9th) in their previous game. Home advantage was not enough for Vicenza in their previous game as they lost hosting Cittadella, 3-3. Vicenza had fun at their own home (Stadio Comunale Via del Mare) last time out, beating Cittadella 3-3. Meggiorini, Proia and Cruz scored. Midfielder Cruz was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.33. Cruz scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
That result followed a home victory 0-1 versus Como. A 0-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Como. A 0-1 loss hosting Como before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Alessandria in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Vicenza have scored 9 goals in 9 league games away. Vicenza struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's seven Lecce victories, one draw and one Vicenza win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Coda 8 goals | G. Strefezza Rebelato 8 goals |  F. Di Mariano 4 goals |
Lecce missing players
Vicenza missing players
| Lecce | Vicenza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 32 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 35 |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 56% | 61% |
| 53% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 50% |
| 26% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 42% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.8 | 16.1 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.4 | 14.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 30% | 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 9.2 | 7.1 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.3 | 13.7 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vicenza have scored away.
- Lecce have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Serie B
- Lecce have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Serie B
- Lecce have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Serie B
- Lecce have the the best goal difference (+16) in Serie B
- Vicenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vicenza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vicenza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | Brescia | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | Lecce | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | Benevento | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Cremonese | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | Monza | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Frosinone | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 34 |
| 8 | Ascoli | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Cittadella | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Perugia | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | Como | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Ternana | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Parma | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Reggina | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 | SPAL | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 16 | Alessandria | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 16 |
| 18 | Crotone | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 12 |
| 19 | Pordenone | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -22 | 11 |
| 20 | Vicenza | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 8 |
