Serie A

Juventus travel to Lecce looking to bounce back

Juventus can ill afford another slip-up as they visit Lecce, but the hosts are targeting a prestigious victory.

Lecce vs. Juventus is the penultimate fixture of Serie A Matchday 8. Having secured a win away to Udinese last week, the hosts will look to take advantage of Juventus' struggles and move further clear of the bottom of the table. Spalletti's side, however, must respond and can no longer afford to drop points after their defeat to Lazio.

HEAD TO HEAD

There have been 25 previous competitive meetings between the two sides in Salento: 3 wins for Lecce (most recently 2-0 in Serie A 2010/11), 6 draws (most recently 1-1 in Serie A 2024/25) and 16 wins for Juventus (most recently 1-0 in Serie A 2025/26).

Lecce’s last home win against Juventus at the Via del Mare dates back to 20 February 2011: a 2-0 Serie A victory, with goals from Mesbah and Bertolacci.

DID YOU KNOW?

Lecce have conceded more goals than any other team in the opening 30 minutes of matches (7).

Juventus have scored more goals than any other team in the final 15 minutes of matches, including stoppage time (6).

Juventus are one of 3 teams with the most goals scored by substitutes (5, level with Milan and Sassuolo).

Juventus are one of 2 teams with the most players to have played every available minute (3, level with Parma). For the Bianconeri, they are Pierre Kalulu, Gleison Bremer and Guglielmo Vicario.

Juventus have lost just 1 of their last 10 competitive away matches: Sassuolo-Juventus 3-2 on 13 September in Serie A. The remaining record is 5 wins and 4 draws.

COACHES and PLAYERS

This will be the 9th official meeting between Eusebio Di Francesco and Luciano Spalletti: Spalletti is unbeaten in the previous 8, with 5 wins and 3 draws. His teams have also scored in every one of those matches, netting 16 goals in total.

With Lecce’s 3-0 win away to Udinese, Eusebio Di Francesco recorded the 200th victory of his professional coaching career across all official competitions.

Wladimiro Falcone and Danilo Veiga are the 2 Lecce players to have played all 630 league minutes, including stoppage time.

Konan N’Dri scored against Udinese: it was the Lecce forward’s 3rd Serie A goal, all of them away from home. Two of the 3 have come against Udinese; the other was scored on 25 October 2025, also in Udine.

Kialonda Gaspar scored against Udinese: it was his 1st Serie A goal. His only previous goal for Lecce had come in Lecce-Mantova 2-1 in the Coppa Italia on 12 August 2024.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none

Cautioned: none

REFEREE

MARESCA (MONDIN - BARONE) IV: FELICIANI, VAR: PATERNA, AVAR: BARONI

UPCOMING MATCHES

Frosinone-Lecce (29/10, 18.30)

Genoa-Juventus (28/10, 20.45)

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