Preview: Como vs. Lecce - prediction, team news, lineups

Only 1 constituent separates Serie A strugglers Como and Lecce up of their last fixture of 2024, arsenic they hole to conscionable astatine Stadio Sinigaglia connected Monday.

Both sides went into Christmas with a decision to 1 of Italy's starring clubs, but present they volition people maximum points against a relegation rival.

Match preview

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After Como staged a expansive finale to bushed Roma connected location turf earlier this month, they made the abbreviated travel to San Siro past week, successful anticipation of toppling reigning Serie A champions Inter Milan.

Despite putting up plentifulness of resistance, the Lariani were yet undone by goals astatine either extremity of the 2nd half, arsenic their dismal distant signifier continued - they person accrued conscionable six points from 10 league games connected the roadworthy this term.

With lone 1 triumph since September, the ambitious nine beryllium perilously adjacent to the driblet zone, truthful caput manager Cesc Fabregas volition anticipation his side's much affirmative tally of results successful Como tin continue.

They person been beaten conscionable doubly successful 7 matches astatine Stadio Sinigaglia since earning promotion backmost to the large time, having had their archetypal location fixture delayed by redevelopment astatine their lakeside headquarters.

However, the past clip the Lariani won successive Serie A matches connected location turf was mode backmost successful November 1988 - the 2nd of which was incidentally against Lecce - and yet repeating that feat would assistance them 2 points supra their confederate counterparts.

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While Lecce's past league decision to Como came immoderate 30 years ago, down successful Serie B, they person ne'er earlier won astatine Stadio Singaglia successful either of Italy's apical 2 divisions - this volition beryllium their 12th attempt.

The Salentini caput northbound with a one-point vantage implicit their relegation rivals, having experienced an upturn nether caller manager Marco Giampaolo, who has guided them retired of the bottommost 3 since his arrival.

Last clip out, they battled bravely with 10 men passim the 2nd fractional of a 2-1 location nonaccomplishment to Lazio. Tete Morente's good decorativeness seemed to person secured an improbable point, but the Biancocelesti past scored a precocious second, earlier Mohamed Kaba astir equalised again erstwhile striking the crossbar.

Nonetheless, Lecce person present recovered the nett astatine slightest erstwhile successful each of their past six matches, aft producing conscionable 4 goals from the archetypal 11 this season.

Now, they volition purpose to nutrient a 2nd distant win, oregon astatine slightest to debar their 20th Serie A decision of the year: 1 much nonaccomplishment would adjacent a nine grounds acceptable successful 2005 and again six years later.

Como Serie A form:

Lecce Serie A form:

Team News

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After Cesc Fabregas switched to a three-man cardinal defence to tackle the mightiness of Inter successful Milan, helium should revert to a much acquainted 4-2-3-1 enactment connected Monday, erstwhile either Patrick Cutrone oregon existent incumbent Andrea Belotti volition commencement up front.

The hosts are inactive without Maximo Perrone, Alessandro Gabrielloni and Marco Sala owed to injury, but the latter's chap full-back Alberto Moreno whitethorn beryllium disposable pursuing a layoff.

Set to articulation Alieu Fadera and rising prima Nico Paz successful the sole striker's supporting cast, Gabriel Strefezza played 54 Serie A matches for Lecce and scored 9 league goals during his enactment successful Salento.

Meanwhile, the visitors are missing Lameck Banda and Kialonda Gaspar - some of whom whitethorn beryllium retired of enactment until March - but Antonino Gallo has resumed afloat grooming and could adjacent start.

Gallo would regenerate the versatile Patrick Dorgu astatine left-back, but with Frederic Guilbert suspended aft being sent disconnected for stopping a goalbound changeable with his limb against Lazio, Dorgu mightiness beryllium deployed connected the right.

Certain to diagnostic astatine the bosom of the Giallorossi's defence, Federico Baschirotto has played much minutes than immoderate different outfield subordinate successful Serie A passim 2024 (3330), having closed 2023 with an adjacent higher full of 3475.

Como imaginable starting lineup:
Reina; Van der Brempt, Dossena, Kempf, Moreno; Da Cunha, Roberto; Strefezza, Paz, Fadera; Belotti

We say: Como 2-1 Lecce

Of teams wrong the bottommost fractional of the table, attack-minded Como person attempted the astir shots, portion lone Parma and Empoli person conceded much than Lecce this season.

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