Atalanta vs Lecce Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 19th February 2023

Atalanta go up against Lecce at Gewiss Stadium on Sunday in the Serie A.

Atalanta are currently looking at 41 points on their account, having played 22 matches, leaving them two places off the current Serie A leaders. Meanwhile, Lecce find themselves as number 14 in the Serie A with 24 points following 22 rounds.

Atalanta is looking to avenge a disappointing loss against Lecce in their last meeting. According to the bookmakers, a win for the home team looks like a likely scenario.

Atalanta scored 23 goals, conceded 16, and pulled off two clean sheets in their past ten matches.

Lecce managed a bearable 13 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.3 goals per game. They conceded ten goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded one goals an average per game.

The last time the pair played each other Lecce came away as 2-1 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Sunday.

Atalanta vs Lecce Prediction

Atalanta Form

Atalanta suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Inter in a 1-0 defeat. Sassuolo also proved too hard to handle, as they won 1-0, before Atalanta were able to strike back last time out in a 0-2 win against Lazio. Atalanta won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Serie A, while also drawing zero. They suffered three defeats, while they scored 15 and conceded ten goals.

Lecce Form

Lecce have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against Salernitana, they came out empty-handed in a 1-2 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 0-2 win against Cremonese. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Roma. In their last six away matches in the Serie A, Lecce won twice, while also recording two draws. They endured two defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying five goals conceded and five scored.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Atalanta and Lecce.

Atalanta took 24 points from their last 12 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Serie A table. This amounts to seven wins after scoring 25 times and conceding 12. Lecce claimed two wins and 11 points from their last 11 encounters with teams in the top half of the Serie A, while scoring 12 goals to 15 against. Atalanta are looking at a record of 12 wins, five draws and five defeats in the Serie A this season. Lecce have a record of five wins, nine draws and eight defeats in the Serie A.

Atalanta vs Lecce Team News

Atalanta vs Lecce H2H

Atalanta took a hit when Lecce handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured three points to their name by claiming a 7-2 win. Lecce look back on two wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Atalanta. The home side has a 40% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 4-4-2. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Atalanta vs Lecce Results

Both teams scored seven times in the last ten matches between Atalanta and Lecce.

Atalanta vs Lecce Betting Tips

It has been a superb season for Ademola Lookman so far as he managed to score impressive 12 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target five times in his last six games, and Atalanta rely on his abilities against Lecce. Siding with him to find the back of the net this coming Sunday seems like a decent punt.

Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments Atalanta won six times and lost four as well. Lecce won three times, drew three and lost four of their last 10 games away from home. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Gewiss Stadium since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Atalanta. The same occurred in four of the last 10 league games away from home for Lecce.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Atalanta managed an average of 1.9 goals, with Lecce averaging 1.2 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Atalanta performed an average of 3.4 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Lecce's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.