Lecce out to bounce back against Torino
It is Lecce’s last home game of the season and they need to win to get out of the relegation zone. They must at least take points in this game to make it all to play for on the final day. It is a lot more relaxed for Il Toro who are trying to get back to winning way after three games without a win,
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Torino have kept a clean sheet in each of their last five Serie A matches against Lecce (W4 D1), only against Brescia (six between 1967 and 1970) and Vicenza (seven between 1942 and 1955) have they recorded more consecutive clean sheets in the competition. The Salentini could go six consecutive matches without scoring against a single opponent for the first time in their Serie A history. After the 0-0 in the reverse match on 15th September 2024, Lecce and Torino could draw two consecutive Serie A matches for only the second time, after 2001/02. In 10 matches at the Via del Mare stadium between Lecce and Torino in Serie A, there’ve been three wins each and four draws; however, the Granata have won both of their last two away matches against the Salentini in the top-flight without conceding a goal.
DID YOU KNOW?
Among teams currently in Serie A, Lecce have the longest open streak of consecutive matches without a win (13 – D5 L8), their last win in the top-flight was back on 31 January 2025 against Parma (3-1 away). Only once in their history have the Salentini recorded a longer streak of consecutive games without a win in Serie A: 16 between November 1997 and March 1998. Torino have won only one of their last seven league games (D3 L3): 2-0 against Udinese on 23 April. In addition, after the defeat against Inter, the Granata could lose two matches in a row in Serie A for the first time since between October and November 2024 (three in that case, against Roma, Fiorentina and Juventus). Only Montpellier (23) have scored fewer goals than Lecce (25, level with Southampton) in the Big-5 European leagues in 2024/25; the Salentini also have the worst shot conversion rate (5.8%) and shooting accuracy (36%) in Serie A this season. Only Venezia (181) and Monza (178) have conceded more shots on target than Lecce (174) and Torino (172) in Serie A this season.
PLAYERS
Nikola Krstovic has scored 11 goals in the current league season: in the last 20 Serie A campaigns (since 2005/06) only Marco Mancosu (14 in 2019/20) has netted more in a single season for Lecce. Torino are one of two opponents, level with Juventus, against which he has attempted the joint-most total shots without scoring in Serie A (12 shots against both). Vanja Milinkovic-Savic is the goalkeeper who has prevented the most goals in Serie A this season: 11.9 (37 goals conceded, excl. own goals, and 48.9 Expected Goals on target conceded). This will be also the match between the two goalkeepers with the most saves in the current league season: Milinkovic-Savic (128) and Wladimiro Falcone (117). Valentino Lazaro has provided six assists in Serie A this season and he has never provided more assists in a single campaign in the Big-5 European leagues (six also in 2018/19 for Hertha Berlin).
DISCIPLINE
Suspended: none Cautioned: Pierotti, Rafia, Ramadani, Morente (Lecce); Ilic (Torino)
REFEREE
RAPUANO (BINDONI – TEGONI) IV: GIUA, VAR: PATERNA, AVAR: MASSA
UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A
Lazio-Lecce Torino-Roma (Photo Getty Images)