LECCE. Lecce succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Lazio to win 2-1. It was Lazio to strike first with a goal of Ciro Immobile at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 57′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Lorenzo Colombo gave the win to Lecce in the 72′ minute. Lazio lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare stadium in Lecce on Wednesday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Livio Marinelli with the help of Giuseppe Perrotti and Dario Garzelli. The 4th official was Niccolò Baroni. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lazio was in firm control of the ball 60% while Lecce was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lecce was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lecce won the match.
Lecce shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Lazio shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Lecce received 4 yellow cards (Lameck Banda, Marco Baroni, Antonino Gallo and Morten Hjulmand). Regarding the opposition, Lazio received 2 yellow cards (Nicolò Casale and Matteo Cancellieri).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Lecce will have 18 points like Empoli to hold in the 12th place. On the other side, Lazio will stay with 30 points like Roma to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Lecce will play away against Hellas Verona on the 21st of January with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Lecce (1 draw).
Lazio will host Milan on the 24th of January with a 18-8 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (16 draws).
Lecce – Formation
Lecce adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Marco Baroni decided to play with the following team: Wladimiro Falcone
, Valentin Gendrey , Federico Baschirotto , Samuel Umtiti , Antonino Gallo , Alexis Blin , Morten Hjulmand , Joan González , Gabriel Strefezza , Lorenzo Colombo and Lameck Banda .The home team had on the bench: Youssef Maleh
, Federico Brancolini, Federico Di Francesco , Joel Voelkerling Persson, Alessandro Tuia, Rémi Oudin , Pablo Rodríguez, Marco Bleve, Marin Pongračić, Mats Lemmens, Assan Ceesay, Kristoffer Askildsen and Giuseppe Pezzella.Substitutions
Lecce made 5 changes: Lameck Banda for Federico Di Francesco (46′), Gabriel Strefezza for Rémi Oudin (73′), Lorenzo Colombo for Assan Ceesay (84′), Alexis Blin for Kristoffer Askildsen (89′) and Joan González for Youssef Maleh (89′).
Best player: Federico Di Francesco
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecce was Federico Di Francesco even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 16 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 6.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Lazio – Formation
Also Lazio adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Maurizio Sarri played with: Ivan Provedel
, Manuel Lazzari , Nicolò Casale , Alessio Romagnoli , Adam Marušić , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Danilo Cataldi , Toma Bašić , Pedro , Ciro Immobile and Mattia Zaccagni .These were the players on the bench: Matteo Cancellieri
, Felipe Anderson , Matías Vecino , Ştefan Radu, Marcos Antonio , Elseid Hysaj, Marius Adamonis, Luka Romero , Patric, Luis Maximiano, Romano Floriani and Marco Bertini.Substitutions
Lazio made 5 changes: Pedro for Felipe Anderson (62′), Sergej Milinković-Savić for Matías Vecino (62′), Mattia Zaccagni for Matteo Cancellieri (80′), Danilo Cataldi for Marcos Antonio (79′) and Toma Basic for Luka Romero (85′).
Best player: Nicolò Casale
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lazio was Nicolò Casale.
His rating is
with 73 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Salernitana – Milan – 1-2
- Torino – Hellas Verona – 1-1
- Inter – Napoli – 1-0
- Sassuolo – Sampdoria – 1-2
- Lecce – Lazio – 2-1
- Udinese – Empoli – 1-1
- Roma – Bologna – 1-0
- Spezia – Atalanta – 2-2
- Fiorentina – Monza – 1-1
- Cremonese – Juventus – 0-1