Lecce – Roma. Forecast and announcement for the match of the Italian championship

On January 6, Via del Mare will host the match of the 19th round of Serie A, in which Lecce will meet Roma. The match will start at 19:00 Kyiv time.

Lecce

The team does not set itself ambitious tasks. She is quite satisfied with just staying in Serie A. She managed to complete this task last season, although then, once again, she was lucky. With just eight wins and 34 points, they still finished in a salvageable seventeenth place, with Empoli, the best of the three outsiders, collecting 31.

Of course, the club understood that the fart could turn its back at any moment – and decided to return Di Francesco, who worked here for a short time in 2011, to the coaching post in the summer. So far, Eusebio is not doing much. Yes, in the last round they stopped Juventus, playing with them 1:1 in Turin. But before that, half of the matches were lost, with four wins and draws. However, so far there are no particular reasons for concern: the three outsiders are clearly defined.

Roma

The club was close to achieving its long-standing goal, returning to the Champions League, in the spring – but still lagged behind Juventus in the dispute for fourth place, albeit minimally, by one point. However, Ranieri still did an excellent job in the capital: after accepting football players in the fall, against the background of a protracted recession, he managed to ensure a noticeable rise.

Claudio immediately said that he would return to retirement in the summer – and a replacement was found ahead of time in the person of Gasperini. This is a mentor who is used to working long hours, building a game. So it should not be surprising that with general progress there are setbacks. There were also defeats in the Europa League, but Gian Piero’s wards there actually secured a place in the playoffs. But in Serie A, Dovbyk (who rarely takes the field, especially after injury) and company lost their lead after a couple of setbacks in the last rounds. So, in the last round, they lost 0:1 to their mentor’s former wards, Atalanta.

Statistics of personal meetings

In nine extreme matches, the Romans took seven victories with a pair of draws.

Forecast

Bookmakers believe in guests. They will basically beat the weaker ones now – they will be able to win now (coefficient – 1.71).