Serie A

Venezia vs Lecce: the final fixture of matchday 13

Giampaolo to take charge of his first match as Lecce visit the Penzo

Matchday 13 in Serie A Enilive will finish with an important clash at the bottom of the table. Venezia, who have eight points to their name, come into the game on the back of two narrow defeats to Inter and Parma and want to escape the bottom of the table. Sitting one point above Di Francesco’s men are Lecce, who have turned to Giampaolo as they attempt to climb up the table.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Lecce are unbeaten across their four matches against Venezia in Serie A (W2 D2), the joint-most times they’ve faced a side in the competition without ever losing (Monza also four). The two teams will face each other in the top-flight after 22 years and 240 days, since 30 March 30 2002 (Lecce won 2-1 at the Via del Mare). Both previous meetings between Venezia and Lecce played at the Stadio Penzo in Serie A have ended in draws: 0-0 on 2 April 2000 and 1-1 on 25 November 2001 (exactly 23 years since this match).

DID YOU KNOW?

Lecce, who have scored the fewest goals across the Big-5 European leagues this season, have scored five goals in their first 12 seasonal Serie A games for the second time in their history, after 1990/91. They have always scored at least six goals after their first 13 matches in a single Serie A campaign. After Marco Giampaolo joined Lecce, he will now become only the third coach to manage 10 different teams in the history of Serie A, after Carlo Mazzone and Alberto Malesani (both 11). No team has conceded more goals from set-pieces than Venezia in Serie A this season (nine level with Cagliari).

PLAYERS

Gaetano Oristanio has completed the most dribbles (26) in Serie A in 2024/25, whilst he’s also been involved in three goals in 12 matches this season (one goal and two assists), equaling his tally from last campaign already (two goals and an assist in 25 games with Cagliari). In the last three Serie A seasons (from 2022/23), Wladimiro Falcone is the only player that hasn’t missed a single minute in the competition (7920 minutes, 88 games out of 88).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: none

REFEREE

PAIRETTO (MONDIN – GARZELLI), IV: AYROLDI, VAR: DI BELLO, AVAR: MERAVIGLIA

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Bologna-Venezia (Saturday 30 November, 20:45 CET) Lecce-Juventus (Sunday 1 December, 20.45 CET) (Photo Getty Images)