Lecce vs Roma Preview:
Possible starting lineups:
Lecce:
Falcone; Guilbert, Baschirotto, Jean, Gallo; Coulibaly, Berisha; Pierotti, Helgason, Morente; Krstovic
Roma:
Svilar; Mancini, Hummels, Ndicka; Saelemaekers, Kone, Paredes, Angelino; Soule, Pellegrini; Dovbyk
Lecce will welcome Roma to Stadio Via del Mare on Saturday evening. The hosts sit just outside the drop zone and the situation is very complicated. Lecce have 25 points, three more than 18th-placed Empoli. The current form is bad, they have lost four games on the spin before international football intervened. The series started with a narrow 1:0 defeat from Udinese, continued with two more narrow defeats from Fiorentina and Milan, while in the last round lost 2:1 to Genoa. As You could see, all four defeats were narrow, some of them unlucky. Coach Marco Giampaolo is feeling a big pressure and that is why this match is extremely important for his club. He has almost all players available, only the long-term absentee Filip Marchwinski remain sidelined. Key player Nikola Krstovic, who scored Lecce's last three goals, will lead the line, hoping to continue his scoring form.
This was a turbulent and chaotic season for Roma. Everything started when the club officials decided to sack Daniele de Rossi, the former player. The fans didn't accept the decision and went to Trigoria training center looking for the club CEO Lina Souloukou. Feared for her safety, she resigned and left the club. Perhaps it was a good decision to join Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. New coach Juric also left the club few weeks later and also continued in England. However, he is not successful as Lina and Southampton are at the bottom of the table. Claudio Ranieri came out of retirement at the age of 73 to help Roma until the end of the season. Roma suffered an elimination from Bilbao in Europa League, but the domestic results are very good. Roma are unbeaten on the last 12 matches in Serie A, winning 9 of them. The atmosphere in the squad is very good, though Ranieri has big injury issues. Key player Paulo Dybala has been ruled out for the rest of the season, while Saud Abdulhamid, Anass Salah-Eddine and Devyne Rensch are also sidelined.
Lecce vs Roma Prediction:
Lecce are in bad form, they lost four in a row in Serie A before the international break. The players confidence is low, everything depend on one player - Nikola Krstovic is responsible for almost half of club goals scored in Serie A. But I am sure Ranieri knows that and he will pay attention to Krstovic. Roma, meanwhile, are in series of six victories in Serie A and I think they are able to continue. The absence of Dybala is surely a big handicap, but I still believe Roma will win here.
Lecce vs Roma Pick: Roma to win @ 1.84 with
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