LECCE. Lecce conquers SPAL 1-0 after T. J. scored just 1 goal (66′).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare stadium in Lecce on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 11,578 spectators. The referee was Matteo Marchetti with the collaboration of Antonio Vono and Christian Rossi. The 4th official was Luigi Catanoso. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.9 degrees Celsius or 69.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.

Match Statistics

Lecce

1 - 0

SPAL

49 Ball Possession 51

Shots

18 Total 14
6 On Target 3
12 Off Target 11
0 Shots blocked 0

81 Attack 96
41 Dangerous attack 42
80 Ball safe 84

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 7

Fouls

18 Total 17
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Lecce was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. SPAL that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

SPAL had a more offensive attitude with 42 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Lecce was able to find the solution to win this contest.

Lecce shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, SPAL shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Lecce received 2 yellow cards (A. Tuia and A. Blin). On the other side, SPAL received 3 yellow cards (A. Almici, R. Celia and L. Mora).

Match Timeline

14'

33'

46'

50'

Alexis Blin - Yellow

55'

Kastriot Dermaku - sub ->A. Tuia

62'

66'

68'

75'

78'

86'

Valentin Gendrey- sub ->A. Calabresi

86'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Lecce will have 65 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, SPAL will stay with 34 points to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Lecce will play away against Reggina on the 18th of April with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Lecce (3 draws).

SPAL will host Crotone on the 18th of April with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of SPAL (2 draws).

Lecce – Formation

Lecce

Gabriel 21.Brazil

7.3

Alessandro Tuia 13.Italy

6.8

62'

50'

Fabio Lucioni 5.Italy

7.6

Arturo Calabresi 33.Italy

6.8

86'

Antonino Gallo 25.Italy

7.4

Alexis Blin 29.France

6.6

62'

55'

Mario Gargiulo 8.Italy

6.8

46'

Morten Hjulmand 42.Denmark

7.0

Massimo Coda 9.Italy

8.3

Francesco Di Mariano 10.Italy

6.3

Gabriel Strefezza 27.Brazil

7.3

86'

Substitutes

M. Bleve 1.Italy

Antonio Barreca 30.Italy

Kastriot Dermaku 44.Albania

6.5

62'

Paolo Faragò 24.Italy

Valentin Gendrey 17.France

6.4

86'

Zan Majer 37.Slovenia

Thórir Jóhann Helgason 14.Iceland

7.5

62'

66'

John Björkengren 23.Sweden

7.0

46'

Marcin Listkowski 19.Poland

Raúl Asencio 90.Spain

A. Ragusa 7.Italy

6.1

86'

Pablo Rodríguez 99.Spain

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

The manager Marco Baroni decided to play with the following team: .

Lecce could not rely on the presence of K. Dermaku (injured).

Substitutions

Lecce made 5 changes: M. Gargiulo for J. Bjorkengren (46′), A. Tuia for K. Dermaku (62′), A. Blin for T. J. Helgason (62′), G. Strefezza for A. Ragusa (86′) and A. Calabresi for V. Gendrey (86′).