With only two rounds remaining of the current Serie A campaign, a few things are about to fall into place, when Monza welcome Lecce at U-Power Stadium.
Monza approach round 37 as number 8 in the Serie A table with 52 points on their account so far. With 36 rounds behind them, Lecce have amassed 33 points, placing them as number 16 in the standings.
Since Monza can improve on their position to be placed inside the top 6 by downing Lecce on Sunday, we might have an exciting game ahead of us.
Monza scored 15 goals, conceded ten and fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Lecce are currently not the most scoring team in the Serie A, as they only found the back of the net six times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.6 goals a game in which they conceded 12 times, an average of 1.2 per game. They managed two clean sheets in of these.
Monza and Lecce had to make do with a point each in their latest encounter, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 11/5.
Monza vs Lecce Prediction
Monza Form
Their last three matches saw Monza drawing 1-1 with Torino, before taking out SSC Napoli by 2-0, and Sassuolo by 1-2. Monza claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Serie A. They also drew two and lost one, as they scored nine and conceded seven goals.
Lecce Form
Lecce came through the last three games without a win, but still booked two points to their account. They lost 0-1 against Verona, followed by a 2-2 draw with Lazio. They also shared the points in a 0-0 draw with Spezia. Lecce came through their last six away games in the Serie A without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew one and lost five in which, they were outscored by ten goals to three.
They went into the season as candidates for the drop, and unfortunately for Lecce, they have lived up to expectations. As the season draws to a close, they are still in with a chance of escaping relegation, though.
While it might not be a big surprise to see Lecce steal a good result at U-Power Stadium, form nevertheless looks better for Monza. They get the nod on Sunday.
Monza took 34 points from their last 19 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Serie A table. This amounts to nine wins after scoring 32 times and conceding 21. Lecce scored 17 goals and conceded 28 in their last 18 encounters with teams in the top half of the Serie A. This lead to three wins and 14 points. Monza are looking at a record of 14 wins, ten draws and 12 defeats in the Serie A this season. Lecce put seven wins, 12 draws and 17 defeats on the board in the Serie A.
Monza vs Lecce Stats
- In 13 of the last 15 Monza matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Monza have not lost 11 of the last 12 matches
- Monza have scored in 15 of the last 17 home matches
- Monza have scored in 11 of the last 12 matches
- Monza have conceded in 11 of the last 12 home matches
- In 35 of the last 37 Lecce matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 21 of the last 23 Lecce away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Lecce have conceded in 16 of the last 18 matches
- Lecce have not won 11 of the last 12 matches
- Lecce have lost 5 of the last 6 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
Monza vs Lecce Squads
Monza Squad
Palladino will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Lecce from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season):
Alessandro Sorentino (0/0), Alessio Cragno (0/1), Eugenio Lamanna (0/0), Michele Di Gregorio (0/35), Armando Izzo (1/28), Carlos Augusto (6/33), Gabriel Paletta (0/0), Giulio Donati (1/8), Luca Caldirola (2/30), Luca Marrone (0/2), Marlon (0/26), Pablo Mari (1/28), Samuele Birindelli (0/29), Sheriff Kassama (0/0), Valentin Antov (0/8), Andrea Barberis (0/9), Andrea Colpani (3/25), Andrea Ferraris (0/0), Filippo Ranocchia (1/14), Jose Machin (0/24), Leonardo Colombo (0/0), Marco D'Alessandro (0/8), Matteo Pessina (5/33), Mattia Valoti (0/16), Nicolo Rovella (1/26), Samuel Vignato (0/0), Stefano Sensi (3/27), Andrea Petagna (3/29), Christian Gytkjaer (1/21), Dany Mota (5/27), Franco Carboni (0/0), Gianluca Caprari (5/35), Mirko Maric (0/0), Patrick Ciurria (6/34).
Lecce Squad
Here is the full squad of the away team. The 59 year-old Lecce manager Baroni will select his starting XI from these players:
Federico Brancolini (0/0), Jasper Samooja (0/0), Marco Bleve (0/0), Wladimiro Falcone (0/36), Alessandro Tuia (0/7), Daniel Samek (0/0), Federico Baschirotto (3/35), Giuseppe Pezzella (0/14), Kastriot Dermaku (0/1), Marin Pongracic (0/9), Mats Lemmens (0/0), Pietro Ceccaroni (0/2), Samuel Umtiti (0/23), Simone Romagnoli (0/6), Valentin Gendrey (0/35), Alexis Blin (1/33), Antonino Gallo (0/30), Gabriel Strefezza (8/33), Joan Gonzalez (1/35), Kristoffer Askildsen (0/20), Medon Berisha (0/0), Morten Hjulmand (0/33), Remi Oudin (2/29), Thorir Helgason (0/12), Tommaso Cassandro (0/0), Youssef Maleh (0/22), Assan Ceesay (6/32), Federico Di Francesco (2/35), Joel Persson (0/8), Lameck Banda (1/34), Lorenzo Colombo (4/31).
Monza vs Lecce Team News
Monza have an almost full squad available against Lecce at U-Power Stadium with only one player possibly missing.
Sidelined with an injury, Monza can't field Stefano Sensi this coming Sunday against Lecce.
Monza vs Lecce Lineups
Monza vs Lecce H2H
It finished 1-1 when Monza last played Lecce and the best betting odds on yet another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 11/5. Monza enter the match against Lecce with a 0-1-0 record in their previous one encounter. A win rate of 0%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Monza vs Lecce Results
Both teams found the back of the net one time in the last one match between Monza and Lecce.
Monza vs Lecce Betting Tips
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Patrick Ciurria, who is performing well for Monza. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Serie A outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Lecce.The visitors will be looking to Remi Oudin to find the net once again, after managing two Serie A goals for Lecce in recent matches.
Monza racked up three wins from a possible 10 across all tournaments at U-Power Stadium, drew five and lost two. Lecce won two of their previous 10 away, drew two and lost six times. Goals are flowing freely for Monza on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target three times in Lecce''s last 10 league games away from home.
Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Monza’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Lecce, who managed to score 0.6 times in those matches.
