Lecce vs Bologna prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-02-08 17:00.
[p]A crucial 3-1 win at Parma in a relegation six-pointer last round not only had Lecce sitting 14th by the end of the weekend, but also gives them the opportunity to secure successive Serie A victories for the first time since last April! Marco Giampaolo’s side have now found the net seven times in their last three away games, but they remain the league’s lowest scorers overall this season and drew blanks in their last two home fixtures (D1, L1).[/p]
[p]The Yellow and Reds have at least scored in their last three H2Hs against Bologna at Stadio Via del Mare, but they have not beaten them as hosts in Serie A since November 2001 and have won only one of their last 15 meetings at any venue (D4, L10). That includes a 1-0 defeat in this season’s reverse, a game which saw Lecce have just 28% possession and fail to have a single shot on target.[/p]
[p]Those three points for Bologna came amid a slow opening to the campaign which saw them record only four wins from 17 fixtures in all competitions (D7, L6). They will arrive in Lecce however off the back of a league victory over Como and knocking Atalanta out of the Coppa Italia on Tuesday evening to make it eight wins from their last 15 matches (D6, L1). [/p]
[p]All eight of those triumphs have come in four lots of two back-to-back victories, so Sunday’s trip gives the Rossoblù the opportunity to record three in a row for the first time since early March last year when they won six on the bounce. Still unbeaten in 2025 (W4, D4) and without an away defeat since late November, Bologna begin this matchday just two points outside the top six and the European places, but crucially hold a game in hand on four of the sides above them.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Lecce have scored in three of their last six matches, with Santiago Pierotti having contributed to at least one goal in all three after getting a second-half brace in the win over Parma. Bologna left-back Charalampos Lykogiannis is another in fine form after registering his fourth assist of 2025 in midweek at Atalanta. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: There have been at least four goals scored in each of Lecce’s last four games.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tom Penn[/i][/p]