Frosinone vs Lecce - prediction, team news, lineups

After netting 4 goals successful consecutive games, free-scoring Frosinone volition effort to widen their beardown commencement to the Serie A play erstwhile they invited Lecce to Stadio Stirpe connected Thursday.
 
Sitting 5 points supra their visitors, the Canarini person surpassed each expectations since gaining promotion, and they were progressive successful an eight-goal thriller past clip out.

Match preview

Frosinone’s comeback run has begun successful spectacular style, and the confederate nine sat sixth successful the array coming into Serie A’s archetypal midweek round.

Massimiliano Alvini’s men person lone mislaid to Juventus and Napoli truthful far, making a large interaction with their high-energy, front-foot approach. 

Though they led wrong 30 seconds past weekend, the Canarini were trailing Atalanta 3-2 by half-time, earlier yet sharing the spoils erstwhile Aleksa Terzic scored their precocious leveller successful a frenetic 4-4 draw.

A prima successful Serie B past year, opening goalscorer Giacomo Calo has present registered 17 shots and created 30 chances successful Italy’s apical tier, portion prima striker Antonio Raimondo co-leads the Capocannoniere standings.

Not lone person Frosinone already enactment 14 points connected the board, but a tally of 17 goals is highly impressive: with 2 much successful Thursday’s match, they would acceptable a caller grounds for immoderate promoted broadside successful the 21st century.

Now, having lone dropped 2 points connected location turf, they volition question 4 consecutive Serie A location wins for the archetypal clip successful their history.

This volition beryllium lone the 3rd top-flight gathering betwixt Frosinone and Lecce, pursuing 2 during the 2023-24 season, erstwhile the Salentini won astatine location and drew 1-1 astatine Stadio Stirpe.

Looking a small further back, Lecce are unbeaten successful six against the Canarini, crossed Serie A, Serie B and Serie C.

Much has changed since the brace met successful Italy’s 3rd tier immoderate 12 years ago, and the Salento broadside are present into a club-record 5th consecutive run astatine the elite level. 

Lecce had picked up conscionable six points from their archetypal six matches of the play - and were dumped retired of the Coppa Italia by Palermo - earlier emphatically beating Udinese earlier this month.

However, Eusebio Di Francesco's broadside were incapable to physique connected that 3-0 triumph successful Udine, losing 2-0 astatine location to Juventus past week. 

Traditionally overmuch stronger astatine the Via del Mare, Lecce person precocious fared amended connected the road; dating backmost to past term, they person claimed 4 wins from their past six Serie A distant fixtures, matching their tally from the erstwhile 24.

Frosinone Serie A form:

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Team News

Aiding their propulsion into the apical half, Frosinone person suffered comparatively fewer injuries truthful far, and lone Florian Grillitsch is decidedly ruled retired of Thursday’s game. 

Alvini should person everyone other available, truthful helium whitethorn adjacent sanction an unchanged XI, with Raimondo starring the enactment up front.

The Bologna-owned striker is usually supported by Romano Schmid - who scored doubly against Atalanta - positive originative wingers Giorgi Kvernadze and Fares Ghedjemis.

Meanwhile, the visitors volition question without Kialonda Gaspar, who was sent disconnected astatine the extremity of Sunday’s decision to Juventus and indispensable service a suspension.

Scorer of the 3rd extremity successful Lecce’s past distant game, Jamil Siebert should slot into the backmost four, replacing Gaspar alongside cardinal defender Tiago Gabriel - providing the second recovers from a bruised knee.

Santiago Pierotti precocious fractured an ankle, joining midfield trio Lassana Coulibaly, Ivan Ilic and Medon Berisha connected the sidelines.

Frosinone imaginable starting lineup:

Palmisani; Oyono, Calvani, Monterisi, Bracaglia; Masini, Calo; Ghedjemis, Schmid, Kvernadze; Raimondo

Lecce imaginable starting lineup:

Falcone; Veiga, Gabriel, Siebert, Gallo; Kaba, Ngom, Maleh; N'Dri, Geubbels, Monteiro

We say: Frosinone 2-1 Lecce

Ahead wrong 1 infinitesimal past weekend, Frosinone person scored 9 goals successful the archetypal 30 minutes truthful acold - much than immoderate different Serie A side. By contrast, dilatory starters Lecce person conceded a league-high 8 goals wrong the opening half-hour.

So, the hosts tin get their noses successful front, earlier claiming maximum points and extending an unthinkable commencement to the season. 

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