Lecce vs Torino prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-10-27 16:00.
After starting their season by taking points from their first five Serie A (SA) matches (W3, D2), Lecce’s campaign seems to have collapsed horribly after failing to win their last four SA matches (D2, L2). At least they managed to recover with equalisers in recent 1-1 draws against Sassuolo and Udinese, raising hopes that they can at least maintain the four-point gap they had from the top four after nine rounds.
Lecce have also failed to win their last two matches at Stadio Via del Mare, a run that is threatening to erase the positive effects of four straight competitive wins that kicked off their home campaign. Should they fail to arrest that slide and drop three points here, it would mark the first time they will have lost consecutive home league games against upcoming opponents Torino after a 2-0 defeat in this corresponding fixture last season.
One factor in favour of the hosts is that Torino have an even longer winless period in SA football (D2, L3) including consecutive defeats to Juventus (2-0) and Inter Milan (3-0). As a result, II Toro started this round only three points above the relegation zone with the second-worst nine-round points tally of their current 12-season top-flight stay. The lingering worry for coach Ivan Jurić is his side’s inability to score for four straight games, which is their worst such streak in SA since March 2014.
This trip could just be the tonic they need to halt that dire run, having scored in 13 of their last 15 top-flight H2Hs. A win or draw would give them a timely boost to come out of their recent run of poor results, as Torino have lost three of their last four away matches (W1), with all defeats notably coming against teams starting this round in the top half alongside Lecce.
Players to watch: Gabriel Strefezza contributed to Lecce wins in his last three goal-scoring games, as he did when scoring his only personal goal against Torino whilst in SPAL colours. That record could be put to the test by Torino’s Ivan Ilić who has won his two personal H2Hs, both by a 2-0 scoreline including Torino’s last visit to Lecce.
Hot stat: The pre-match favourite is yet to lose a SA game involving Torino this season (W6, D3).