Lecce vs Genoa prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-01-04 14:00.
[p]A 2-0 loss to Como on Monday kept Lecce uncomfortably close to the relegation zone, with only two points separating them from the bottom three ahead of this upcoming round. Already under pressure, new manager Marco Giampaolo has overseen three defeats in his last four games (W1) β with 2+ goals conceded in each loss β failing to address the defensive concerns of Serie Aβs joint-third leakiest defence pre-round.[/p]
[p]Playing at Stadio Via del Mare could help turn things round, as Lecce have been beaten just once there across their last five such games (W2, D2). That sole defeat came against European-chasing Lazio in which Giampaoloβs men played the entire second half with ten men and lost 2-1 only to an 87th-minute goal.[/p]
[p]Fellow new boss Patrick Vieira meanwhile has transformed Genoa with a solid six-game run (W2, D3, L1) that has yielded nearly the same number of points as in their first 12 league matches of the campaign (ten), meaning that they sit five points above the relegation zone ahead of this round. That improvement includes a 2-1 win last weekend against Empoli, which now gives Genoa the chance to post consecutive top-flight victories for the first time since last January, when their second result was a 2-1 triumph over Lecce![/p]
[p]Genoa are likely to be confident about their chances of achieving that feat looking at their impressive away record, as they have earned significantly more points on the road than at home (13 vs 6) this season. Key to that good record on their travels is their recent four-game unbeaten away run (W3, D1), which saw them register three successive clean sheets before their win against Empoli.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Nikola KrstoviΔ has scored three of his last four league goals at home and had an eventful game when these sides last met β seeing his penalty saved, netting Lecceβs only goal and getting booked! Milan Badelj has lost his two personal H2Hs 1-0 and will hope to change that with a goalscoring performance here, as his last three Serie A goals have come in Genoa wins, including their opener last Saturday.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Lecce and Genoa have failed to score before half-time in a joint-league high 14 matches this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]