Sassuolo vs Lecce Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Sassuolo

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Sassuolo go into this match coming off the back of a 3-3 Serie A stalemate against AC Milan.

In that game, Sassuolo had 33% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Sassuolo, goals were scored by Andrea Pinamonti (4') and Armand Laurienté (10', 53'). AC Milan had 23 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Rafael Leão (20'), Luka Jović (59') and Noah Okafor (84') scored for AC Milan.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Sassuolo have shown defensive steel. In fact, Sassuolo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals in the process.

A look at their previous results shows us that Sassuolo:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Lecce

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Lecce will go into this encounter following a 1-0 Serie A win against Empoli in their previous game.

In that match, Lecce had 54% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Lecce was Nicola Sansone (89'). On the other side, Empoli had 3 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

For 5 of the previous six clashes featuring Lecce, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game in that period works out to a meagre 1.33, with the average goals for Giallorossi being 0.5. That kind of trend might not be carried forward here, of course.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 30/05/2010 shows us that Sassuolo have won 3 of them and Lecce 0, with the number of drawn games being 3.

A combined total of 14 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 9 for Sassuolo and 5 belonging to Giallorossi. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Serie A match day 8 on 06/10/2023 when it finished Lecce 1-1 Sassuolo.

In that match, Lecce managed 42% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Nikola Krstović (48').

On the other side, Sassuolo got 14 shots on goal with 1 on target. Domenico Berardi (22') was the scorer.

The referee was Juan Luca Sacchi.

🗞️ Team News: Sassuolo

It’s our opinion that Sassuolo may well go for a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, utilising Andrea Consigli, Jeremy Toljan, Martin Erlic, Gian Marco Ferrari, Josh Doig, Daniel Boloca, Uros Racic, Gregoire Defrel, Kristian Thorstvedt, Armand Lauriente and Andrea Pinamonti.

📰 Team News: Lecce

Lecce boss Luca Gotti has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Mohamed Kaba (Cruciate ligament injury), Lameck Banda (Knee surgery), Kastriot Dermaku (Cruciate ligament injury) and Jeppe Corfitzen (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

From our viewpoint, Giallorossi appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup using Wladimiro Falcone, Valentin Gendrey, Marin Pongracic, Federico Baschirotto, Antonino Gallo, Joan Gonzalez, Alexis Blin, Patrick Dorgu, Remi Oudin, Nicola Sansone and Nikola Krstovic.

💡 Prediction

In our view, Lecce will surely be able to get a goal against this Sassuolo lineup, but that possibly won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Sassuolo by the conclusion of the game. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

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

Lucas Pereira, 22:05 19/04/2024