Lecce vs Torino prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-05-17 18:45.
[p]Lecce’s dismal 13-match winless run in Serie A (D5, L8) finally caught up with them on Monday, as Venezia’s win over Fiorentina dropped the Giallorossi into the relegation zone with just two matches left to play. Their final home match of the campaign against mid-table Torino therefore takes on huge significance, as defeat could be fatal for their survival chances ahead of a tough assignment on the final day away at Lazio.[/p]
[p]While opposition with nothing to play for would normally spell opportunity, this fixture appears laced with danger for Lecce given that they’ve failed to score in each of the last five H2Hs (D1, L4). Marco Giampaolo’s men are also winless from their last ten home matches (D3, L7), while each of their measly three Serie A home wins this term came against sides starting the round 14th or lower.[/p]
[p]Torino’s season is ending with something of a whimper, with Paolo Vanoli’s men winning just one of their last seven matches (D3, L3). Even a fourth successive top-half finish is now a tall order for a side who’ve desperately struggled in the final third, netting 2+ goals in just one of their last eight outings.[/p]
[p]Confidence should remain that Torino can at least end their away campaign on a high given their stellar record against sides below them in Serie A this term. They’ve been beaten just once in 17 such matches in the league this season (W7, D9), keeping nine clean sheets along the way, one of which came in the reverse fixture (D 0-0).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Nikola Krstović is comfortably Lecce’s top scorer this season with 12 goals in all competitions, with six of the last nine coming before half-time. Gvidas Gineitis was the last Torino player to score an away goal at the end of March, but the Lithuanian has received three yellow cards in five appearances since then. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: None of Torino’s last eight games have featured more than two total goals. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]