Lecce vs Lazio Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Lecce remain firmly involved in the relegation battle down at the bottom end of Serie A ahead of the visit of an inconsistent Lazio side to Stadio Comunale Via del Mare.
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Lecce preview: Struggling Lecce
Under the management of former Roma boss Eusebio Di Francesco, who has been relegated in each of the last two seasons with Frosinone and Venezia, Lecce have slipped into the bottom three and the relegation places ahead of this weekend.
The Apulia-based outfit come into this one on the back of four successive losses with a recent 1-0 defeat to AC Milan at San Siro as a result of a 76th minute winner scored by Germany international striker Niclas Fullkrug.
Lazio preview: Top-half but inconsistent
Maurizio Sarri is in charge of a Lazio side that appear disillusioned off the pitch with the sales of Valentin Castellanos and Matteo Guendouzi, as well as very inconsistent and stagnant on it.
They put in one of their worst performances of the season last weekend as they suffered a 3-0 hammering at the hands of Como at Stadio Olimpico due to a Nico Paz brace as well as a strike scored by Martin Baturina.
Lecce team news: Gaspar still suspended
Angola international defender Kialonda Gaspar remains a suspension issue for Lecce to deal with, while Balthazar Pierret and Medon Berisha are both injury doubts, too.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Falcone; Veiga, Siebert, Tiago Gabriel, Gallo; Coulibaly, Maleh; Pierotti, Gandelman, Sottil; Stulic
Unavailable: Gaspar (Suspended), Camarda (Injured)
Questionable: Pierret (Injured), Berisha (Injured)
Lazio team news: Dia returns from AFCON
Following the sale of Valentin Castellanos, Boulaye Dia has become a key cog for Lazio and he should return to the team here after the CAF Africa Cup of Nations.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Provedel; Marusic, Mario Gila, Romagnoli, Pellegrini; Belahyane, Cataldi, Taylor; Cancellieri, Dia, Zaccagni
Unavailable: Gigot (Injured), Patric (Injured), Matias Vecino (Injured), Basic (Injured)
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Lecce vs Lazio prediction
In those aforementioned four successive defeats, three of those four have been by just a solitary goal. However, their issue is in the final third with 13 goals scored in 21 games being comfortably the fewest in Serie A. Lazio, though, despite their reputation and resource, have only managed 21 of their own. Lazio should win but it is expected to be a fairly tedious watch for the neutral down in the south of Italy.
Lecce vs Lazio tip: Lazio to win & under 3.5 goals
