Spezia and Lecce are going to face off on Sunday the 8th of January at 3:00 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in La Spezia at the Stadio Alberto Picco. The appointed referee is Daniele Chiffi.

Spezia sits in the 17th place in the league with 14 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Atalanta in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 3 times, draw 5 times, and lost 8 times.​​

Lecce occupies the 12th place in the table with 18 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 4 times, draw 6 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Lecce won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 29th of October against Juventus and the score was 0-1.

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Spezia​

Line - Ups​
3-5-2
11 Jun
Spezia-Hellas Verona
1-3
3-5-2
04 Jun
Roma-Spezia
2-1
3-5-2
27 May
Spezia-Torino
0-4
3-5-2
21 May
Lecce-Spezia
0-0
3-5-2
13 May
Spezia-Milan
2-0
4-3-3
06 May
Cremonese-Spezia
2-0
4-3-3
03 May
Atalanta-Spezia
3-2
4-3-3
28 Apr
Spezia-Monza
0-2
4-3-3
22 Apr
Sampdoria-Spezia
1-1
4-3-3
14 Apr
Spezia-Lazio
0-3
4-3-3
08 Apr
Fiorentina-Spezia
1-1
4-3-3
02 Apr
Spezia-Salernitana
1-1
4-2-3-1
17 Mar
Sassuolo-Spezia
1-0
3-5-2
10 Mar
Spezia-Inter
2-1
4-3-3
05 Mar
Spezia-Hellas Verona
0-0
4-2-3-1
26 Feb
Udinese-Spezia
2-2
4-2-3-1
19 Feb
Spezia-Juventus
0-2
3-5-2
11 Feb
Empoli-Spezia
2-2
3-5-2
05 Feb
Spezia-Napoli
0-3
3-4-1-2
27 Jan
Bologna-Spezia
2-0
3-4-2-1
22 Jan
Spezia-Roma
0-2
3-5-2
15 Jan
Torino-Spezia
0-1
3-5-2
08 Jan
Spezia-Lecce
0-0
3-5-2
04 Jan
Spezia-Atalanta
2-2
3-5-2
13 Nov
Hellas Verona-Spezia
1-2
3-5-2
08 Nov
Spezia-Udinese
1-1
3-5-2
05 Nov
Milan-Spezia
2-1
3-5-2
30 Oct
Spezia-Fiorentina
1-2
3-5-2
22 Oct
Salernitana-Spezia
1-0
4-3-3
16 Oct
Spezia-Cremonese
2-2
3-5-2
09 Oct
Monza-Spezia
2-0
3-5-2
02 Oct
Lazio-Spezia
4-0
3-5-2
17 Sep
Spezia-Sampdoria
2-1
3-5-2
10 Sep
Napoli-Spezia
1-0
3-5-2
04 Sep
Spezia-Bologna
2-2
3-5-2
31 Aug
Juventus-Spezia
2-0
3-5-2
27 Aug
Spezia-Sassuolo
2-2
3-5-2
20 Aug
Inter-Spezia
3-0
3-5-2
14 Aug
Spezia-Empoli
1-0

Spezia has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 93.75%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (15 times) and 4-3-3 (once).

Luca Gotti is expected to play against Lecce with the following players: P. Zovko, D. Nikolaou, J. Kiwior, J. Bragança Moutinho, E. Ampadu, M. Bourabia, A. Ekdal, S. Bastoni, E. Holm, E. Gyasi and M. N’Zola.

If the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Spezia would be 26.27.

Luca Gotti will probably not be able to employ B. Drągowski and D. Verde because of injury.

J. Zoet will definitely miss the match.

Lecce​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
04 Jun
Lecce-Bologna
2-3
4-3-3
28 May
Monza-Lecce
0-1
4-3-3
21 May
Lecce-Spezia
0-0
4-3-3
12 May
Lazio-Lecce
2-2
4-3-3
07 May
Lecce-Hellas Verona
0-1
4-3-3
03 May
Juventus-Lecce
2-1
4-3-3
28 Apr
Lecce-Udinese
1-0
4-3-3
23 Apr
Milan-Lecce
2-0
4-1-4-1
16 Apr
Lecce-Sampdoria
1-1
4-3-3
07 Apr
Lecce-Napoli
1-2
4-3-3
03 Apr
Empoli-Lecce
1-0
4-3-3
19 Mar
Fiorentina-Lecce
1-0
4-3-3
12 Mar
Lecce-Torino
0-2
4-3-3
05 Mar
Inter-Lecce
2-0
4-3-3
25 Feb
Lecce-Sassuolo
0-1
4-3-3
19 Feb
Atalanta-Lecce
1-2
4-3-3
11 Feb
Lecce-Roma
1-1
4-3-3
04 Feb
Cremonese-Lecce
0-2
4-3-3
27 Jan
Lecce-Salernitana
1-2
4-3-3
21 Jan
Hellas Verona-Lecce
2-0
4-3-3
14 Jan
Lecce-Milan
2-2
4-3-3
08 Jan
Spezia-Lecce
0-0
4-3-3
04 Jan
Lecce-Lazio
2-1
4-3-3
12 Nov
Sampdoria-Lecce
0-2
4-3-3
09 Nov
Lecce-Atalanta
2-1
4-3-3
04 Nov
Udinese-Lecce
1-1
4-2-3-1
29 Oct
Lecce-Juventus
0-1
4-2-3-1
23 Oct
Bologna-Lecce
2-0
4-3-3
17 Oct
Lecce-Fiorentina
1-1
4-3-3
09 Oct
Roma-Lecce
2-1
4-1-4-1
02 Oct
Lecce-Cremonese
1-1
4-3-3
16 Sep
Salernitana-Lecce
1-2
4-3-3
11 Sep
Lecce-Monza
1-1
4-1-4-1
05 Sep
Torino-Lecce
1-0
4-1-4-1
31 Aug
Napoli-Lecce
1-1
4-3-3
28 Aug
Lecce-Empoli
1-1
4-3-3
20 Aug
Sassuolo-Lecce
1-0
4-3-3
13 Aug
Lecce-Inter
1-2

Lecce has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 68.75%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (11 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times) and 4-2-3-1 (2 times).

Marco Baroni is expected to play against Spezia with the following players: W. Falcone, A. Gallo, S. Umtiti, F. Baschirotto, V. Gendrey, J. Gonzàlez, A. Blin, K. Askildsen, F. Di Francesco, G. Strefezza Rebelato and L. Colombo.

In case that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Lecce would be 25.18.

Marco Baroni will probably not be able to employ K. Bistrović because of injury.

Y. Çetin, K. Dermaku, M. Pongracic and T. Helgason will definitely miss the match.

Marco Baroni will not be able to have the presence of M. Hjulmand who is suspended​​.