Lecce – Roma

Should we expect productive football from the teams?

Lecce secured a minimal victory in the last round. "The Wolves managed to beat Salernitana, the main outsider of the tournament, with a minimal score. The only time the ball was in the net after an offensive cutback from Diembert. It is worth noting that Luca Gotti, in his first game at the helm of the Giallorossi, broke Lecce's long winless streak. Gotti, we remind you, took charge of the team after the ridiculous dismissal of Roberto D'Aversa. So, Roberto, in the style of Zinedine Zidane, hit Tom Henry after the end of the meeting with Verona. That series without victories was counted in five matches. In that stretch, the Giallorossi got just one point and scored just once, while conceding 12 times. "Salentians" occupy the 13th line, but are only four points ahead of the nearest team from the relegation zone. Roma are showing great results under De Rossi. With the new coach, for nine matches in the championship Romans have not won only twice. In addition, the "wolves" passed in the 1/4 finals of the Europa League without much difficulty defeating Brighton. In the last round, the team got a home victory over Sassuolo with a minimum score. "Giallorossi" strengthened their position in the championship and after 29 games occupy the fifth line. In the context of the forecast it is worth looking at the statistics of face-to-face meetings between the rivals. So, the proposed bet has not lost once in the last five matches of the clubs. In the duel of the first round Romans won with a score of 2:1 thanks to goals in the last minutes. But, it should be noted, the match started with Lukaku's unrealised penalty in the 5th minute. It is also indicative that in only two home matches of Lecce in the championship, the proposed bet lost. So, it happened in meetings with Verona and Torino (both matches ended with the score 0:1). Romans on the road are different for five rounds. Thus, Roma scored in away matches against Milan, Salernitana, Frosinone, Monza and Fiorentina. And only the Rossoneri scored less than two goals. Interestingly, Lecce have huge discrepancies according to statistical metrics. Thus, the team should simultaneously score 8.55 more goals by xG and concede 8.03 more by xGA. The statistics of face-to-face meetings suggest that the match can be productive. Let's check.