Lecce vs Spezia Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Lecce

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Lecce enter this fixture following on from a 2-2 Serie A draw versus Lazio.

In that match, Lecce had 33% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Lecce was Rémi Oudin (45', 51'). On the other side, Lazio had 20 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Ciro Immobile (34') and Sergej Milinković-Savić (94') scored for Lazio.

It has been seldom in recent times where Lecce have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Lecce have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 8 goals along the way.

Heading into this fixture, Lecce have not been beaten in the league by Spezia in their last 5 matches.

Spezia

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Spezia come into this match after a 2-0 Serie A win with the eclipse of AC Milan in their most recent outing.

In that match, Spezia managed 41% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Spezia, the scorers were Przemysław Wiśniewski (75') and Salvatore Esposito (85'). AC Milan got 14 shots on goal with 3 on target.

Looking at their form, and Spezia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals overall. At the back, Spezia can certainly do much better. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Their past results show that Spezia:

• have not emerged victorious against Lecce when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 8 league games. It's not a good run at all.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 14/10/2007 shows that Lecce have won 2 of them and Spezia 0, with the number of drawn games being 4.

13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 for Giallorossi and 5 created by Spezia. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 17 on 08/01/2023 which ended up with the score at Spezia 0-0 Lecce.

On that day, Spezia had 57% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Lecce had 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Daniele Chiffi.

📋 Team News: Lecce

Kastriot Dermaku (Biceps femoris muscle injury) and Morten Hjulmand (Hamstring Injury) won’t be available for Lecce gaffer Marco Baroni. Lameck Banda cannot play in this game through suspension.

We are thinking that Giallorossi should employ a 4-3-3 formation with Wladimiro Falcone, Valentin Gendrey, Federico Baschirotto, Samuel Umtiti, Antonino Gallo, Joan Gonzalez, Alexis Blin, Remi Oudin, Gabriel Strefezza, Assan Ceesay and F. Di Francesco.

📋 Team News: Spezia

Spezia boss Leonardo Semplici has some current player fitness concerns. Petar Zovko (Unknown Injury), Daniel Maldini (Muscular problems), João Moutinho (Foot Injury), Jacopo Sala (Unknown Injury), Emil Holm (groin strain) and Julius Beck (Bruised Foot) are not able to play. Kelvin Amian cannot play in this game through suspension.

There’s a good chance that Spezia could decide to make use of a 4-3-3 lineup, going with Bartlomiej Dragowski, P. Wisniewski, Ethan Ampadu, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Salvador Ferrer, Mehdi Bourabia, Salvatore Esposito, Albin Ekdal, Arkadiusz Reca, M'Bala Nzola and E. Quartsin Gyasi.

💭 Prediction

We believe that Spezia have the firepower to break down this Lecce team, although it may not be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re tipping a 2-1 victory for Lecce by the conclusion of the game. It really should be an interesting one.

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

Lucas Pereira, 00:53 17/05/2023