Frosinone vs Lecce prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-03-02 14:00.
Confidence in the Frosinone camp will be starting to dwindle rapidly after failing to win any of their last five Serie A matches, with each of the past four ending in defeat. Notably, those losses did all come against sides starting this round inside the top-seven, so perhaps they’ll be confident they can get back on track here against a fellow bottom-seven team in Lecce.
The Canaries are in desperate need of an improvement after seeing the gap to the bottom-three reduced to just three points after defeat to Juventus last time out. A 100% record in their three games against the sides starting the weekend below them should boost hopes, but boss Eusebio Di Francesco could really do with finding a remedy for his side’s leaky defence, with no Serie A side conceding more goals at the end of the last round (55).
That’s welcome news for visitors Lecce, who have blanked in each of their last three league games (L3). They haven’t recorded more successive league defeats since a run of six between February and April 2023, but they do still come into this contest a point better off than their hosts despite that poor recent run, although defeat here could represent a huge psychological blow as they run the risk of being sucked deeper in the relegation battle.
The away side can at least draw on an eight-game unbeaten H2H run (W4, D4), including victories in both of the two most recent meetings. This season’s reverse fixture saw Lecce score in the 89th minute to snatch victory, part of a ten-goal haul in Serie A beyond the 75th minute, with 42% of their 24 Serie A goals this season arriving in that period.
Key battle: Kaio Jorge scored in Frosinone’s final two matches of January, but having failed to net in February, he’ll look to get back on track having hit the target in the reverse fixture. Aiming to keep him at bay will be Lecce goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone who, despite his team’s poor collective defensive record, has performed admirably this season, coming into the round having made the second-most saves in the league (79).
Hot stat: Frosinone got a penalty in the reverse, contributing to their total of seven scored this season. Only two sides had netted more ahead of the round.