Lecce vs AS Roma prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-03-31 16:00.
[p]Luca Gotti’s arrival as Lecce manager may prove a masterstroke if he can continue his honeymoon period. The new boss took the reins for the first time in a timely 1-0 victory over Salernitana just before the international break, a result that provided some much needed breathing space in their desperate battle against relegation.[/p]
[p]The Wolves are attempting to secure a third successive season in the Italian top flight and head into this round with a four-point cushion to the bottom three. Their sub-standard home form threatens to reduce that cushion, as they have registered just two wins across all competitions at Stadio Via del Mare since mid-September (D4, L6), with no clean sheets over that period undoubtedly partly behind their demise.[/p]
[p]A rare shut-out in this match seems unlikely too, given opponents Roma have scored in 11 successive league games, five of which have been away from home, and that clinical edge in the final third goes hand in hand with a huge upturn in results. The Yellow and Reds have won seven of their last nine Serie A outings (D1, L1), surging up the table and making caretaker manager Daniele De Rossi a strong candidate to take the permanent job.[/p]
[p]The most recent of those games was a 1-0 win over Sassuolo that ensures the club head into this round in fifth place, just three points off the top four. As such, supporters are dreaming of playing in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2018/19, and they ought to be confident of chalking up another victory in this game, as they face an opponent they have beaten in 11 of the last 13 H2Hs (D1, L1). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Lecce forward Nikola Krstovic has netted first or last in each of his last 14 goalscoring appearances. Roma’s Paulo Dybala will hope to have a say here, given he has been on target in four of his five H2Hs (W3, D2), including strikes in his two previous trips to Stadio Via del Mare, which both ended 1-1.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Roma league matches average 3.1 goals this season, the second most in Serie A.[/p]