Lecce will host Bologna this round after a 2-2 draw with Verona in their last Serie A match. Against Verona, Lecce had 51% of the possession and took 14 shots, five of which were on target. Remi Odin opened the scoring for Lecce in the 30th minute, while Juan Gonzalez extended the lead in the 69th minute. Verona, on the other hand, had 19 shots, 11 on target, with Cyril Ngogi and Milan Duric equalizing for their side in the 41st and 77th minutes, respectively.
Lecce's recent games have often been full of passion and goals, with a total of 20 goals scored in the last six games (an average of 3.33 goals per game), with Lecce scoring eight of those goals. However, we'll have to wait to see if that trend continues in this game.
Lecce's previous record shows a much-needed change as they have failed to beat Bologna in their last five league matches and have not won in their last four home league games.
On the other side, Bologna won their last Serie A match with a 2-0 victory over Torino. In that match, Bologna had 49% possession and 13 shots, including 2 on goal. Giovanni Fabian and Joshua Zirky scored two goals for their team in the 56th and 91st minutes, respectively. Torino took nine shots, three of which were on goal.
Bologna's defensive performances have been quite solid of late, conceding just four goals in their last six games, while their strikers** have scored nine goals.
The past head-to-head record between the two teams shows that since September 18, 2011, Lecce has won one of the six encounters with Bologna, with Bologna claiming four victories and one draw. During this period, the two teams have scored a total of 19 goals, with Lecce scoring 8 and Bologna 11, for an average of 3.17 goals per game.
The last time these two teams met in Serie A was on June 4, 2023 and that game ended 2-3 Bologna for Lecce. On that occasion, Lecce had 39% possession, 20 shots and 7 on target. Ramek Banda and Remi Odin scored two goals for Lecce in the 17th and 88th minutes, respectively. Bologna, on the other hand, took 11 shots, seven on goal, with Marko Arnautovic, Joshua Zirky and Lewis Ferguson each scoring. The referee for this match was Marco Piccinini.
Lecce's squad of Yepe Kofison and Mohamed Kaba will be unavailable due to unspecified injuries. Lecce will likely take the field in a 4-3-3 formation with a starting lineup that includes goalkeeper Vladimiro Falcone, defenders Valentin Gendre, Marin Bograzic, Federico Basilotto, and Patrick Dolgoo, midfielders Alexis Brynn, Ilber Ramadani, and Hamza Rafia, and strikers Pontus Almqvist, Nikola Kosto Vic and Ramek Banda.
For Bologna, coach Thiago Motta has a number of players out with injuries, including Osama El Azuchi (muscle fatigue), Tommaso Corazza (finger injury), Riccardo Orsolini (hamstring injury), Kevin Bonifazi (lower back pain), Jesper Karlsson (knee injury), and Adama Soumaoro (ruptured patellar tendon). We expect Bologna to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup that includes goalkeeper Lukas Skorupski, defenders Stefan Posch, Sam Bekema, John Lucumi, and Riccardo Calafiore, midfielders Michel Ebichel and Remo Froehler, and strikers Dan Ndoye, Lewis Ferguson, Alexis Seremax, and Joshua Zirky.
