📏 Form Guide

Lecce

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Lecce are hoping to win again following the 0-1 Serie A victory versus Salernitana.

In that game, Lecce managed 29% possession and 17 shots on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Salernitana got 15 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Norbert Gyömbér (17' Own goal) was the scorer for Salernitana.

A recurring theme in more recent Lecce games is the number of nil scores.

Taking their prior 6 matches before this one, in 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would have been a loser.

Analysis of their past results shows that Lecce:

• haven't beaten Roma in their last 5 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Roma

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Roma go into this encounter following a 1-0 Serie A win over Sassuolo in their previous match.

In that game, Roma had 63% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Roma was Lorenzo Pellegrini (50'). Sassuolo got 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

Demonstrating their involvement in eventful encounters, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the prior 6 matches in which Roma have taken to the field, giving a mean average of 3.33 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have managed 6 from this total. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend will be maintained in this upcoming game or not.

Analysis of their past results shows that Roma:

• remain unbeaten by Lecce in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head results stretching back to 29/09/2019 tells us that these encounters have not been fruitful for Lecce. They have not been able to get themselves any victories at all while Roma have been dominant against them, running out winners in 83% of those match-ups.

17 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 4 of them for Giallorossi and 13 for i Giallorossi. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Serie A match day 11 on 05/11/2023 when the final score was Roma 2-1 Lecce.

On that day, Roma managed 61% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Sardar Azmoun (91') and Romelu Lukaku (94').

Lecce got 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Pontus Almqvist (72') scored.

The match was refereed by Andrea Colombo.

📰 Team News: Lecce

Lameck Banda (unknown injury), Jeppe Corfitzen (Inner ligament injury), Kastriot Dermaku (Cruciate ligament injury) and Mohamed Kaba (Cruciate ligament injury) will be missing for Lecce boss Luca Gotti.

📰 Team News: Roma

Roma boss Daniele De Rossi has not got a full squad to pick from. Rasmus Kristensen (muscular problems), Leonardo Spinazzola (Muscle injury) and Sardar Azmoun (Knee injury) will miss out on this game. Lorenzo Pellegrini is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Lecce could well find it tough to get anything against this Roma lineup who we think might score at least once to put them ahead.

We therefore see a 0-1 advantage for Roma at full-time.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 15:03 01/04/2024