LECCE. Lecce prevails over Genoa 1-0 after R. Oudin scored just 1 goal (83′). Lecce took advantage of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare stadium in Lecce on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. In front of 27,000 spectators.​ The referee was Antonio Rapuano who was helped by Stefano Del Giovane and Andrea Niedda. The 4th official was Juan Luca Sacchi. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.11 degrees Celsius or 86.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lecce was in firm control of the ball 56% while Genoa was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lecce was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lecce won the match​.

Lecce shot 18 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Genoa shot 8 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Lecce received 1 yellow card (Pontus Almqvist). Regarding the opposition, Genoa received 2 yellow cards (Aarón Martín and Koni De Winter).

Standings

After playing this match, Lecce will have 11 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Genoa will stay with 4 points like Roma and Monza to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Lecce will play away against Torino on the 18th of February with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Torino (3 draws).

Genoa will play away agasint Napoli on the 18th of February with a 17-7 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (9 draws).

Lecce – Formation

Lecce started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Roberto D’Aversa decided to play with the following team: Wladimiro Falcone (7.1), Valentin Gendrey (7.7), Marin Pongracic (7.7), Ahmed Touba (7.3), Antonino Gallo (7.5), Mohamed Kaba (6.4), Ylber Ramadani (7.3), Hamza Rafia (7.0), Pontus Almqvist (7.0), Nikola Krstovic (7.0) and Gabriel Strefezza (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Rémi Oudin (7.7), Nicola Sansone (6.8), Lorenzo Venuti, Patrick Dorgu (6.4), Joan González, Medon Berisha, Federico Brancolini, Giacomo Faticanti, Jeppe Corfitzen, Alexis Blin (6.4), Rares Burnete, D. Samek, Roberto Piccoli (6.6) and Alexandru Borbei.

Substitutions

Lecce made 5 changes: Nikola Krstovic for Alexis Blin (87′), Hamza Rafia for Rémi Oudin (60′), Mohamed Kaba for Nicola Sansone (79′), Gabriel Strefezza for Roberto Piccoli (80′) and Antonino Gallo for Patrick Dorgu (60′).

Best player: Marin Pongracic​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lecce was Marin Pongracic even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 61 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 2.

Genoa – Formation

Genoa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Alberto Gilardino played with: Josep Martínez (7.0), Koni De Winter (7.0), Mattia Bani (7.3), Radu Drăguşin (6.7), Aarón Martín (5.3), Stefano Sabelli (6.6), Kevin Strootman (7.7), Milan Badelj (6.7), Morten Frendrup (7.5), Mateo Retegui (6.8) and Albert Guðmundsson (7.5).

They had on the bench: Ruslan Malinovskyi (6.7), Johan Vásquez (7.1), Morten Thorsby, Nicola Leali, Caleb Ekuban (6.0), Filip Jagiełło, Berkan Kutlu, Alan Matturro, Silvan Hefti (6.6), George Pușcaș (6.3), Daniele Sommariva and Ridgeciano Haps.

Substitutions

Genoa made 5 changes: Koni De Winter for Johan Vásquez (46′), Milan Badelj for Silvan Hefti (76′), Mateo Retegui for Caleb Ekuban (77′), Albert Guðmundsson for George Pușcaș (89′) and Stefano Sabelli for Ruslan Malinovskyi (89′).

Best player: Kevin Strootman​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Genoa was Kevin Strootman.

His rating is (7.7) with 42 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Salernitana – Frosinone – 1-1
• Lecce – Genoa – 1-0