Lecce-Udinese is a match of the thirty-second day of Serie A and is played on Friday at 6:30 pm: odds, predictions, TV and streaming.
It was February when Lecce got its last league victory by surprisingly defeating Bergamo’s Gewiss Stadium. A success, the one conquered against Atalanta, that portended a quiet salvation for Marco Baroni’s men, well ahead of expectations. Three months later, instead, the Salentini find themselves again in the midst of the struggle not to relegate and their stay in A is by no means a foregone conclusion.
Since that match, the Giallorossi have almost exclusively suffered defeats: six in a row until a draw two weeks ago with bottom-of-the-table Sampdoria, a point that did nothing to move the increasingly deficit ranking. Behind, meanwhile, Verona continues to win, and as of last Sunday the Scaligeri are just two points behind Lecce, which on the last day surrendered 2-0 to AC Milan in the prohibitive trip to San Siro. Despite a positive start, Baroni’s men had to surrender to a brace from an increasingly overflowing Leao, who sowed panic in the Giallorossi rearguard. The three points are now eight games away, with Lecce meanwhile finding itself sucked into the tussle.
Lecce, no mistakes
Strefezza and his teammates, who have barely scored two goals since February, are asking their fans for help: their last home win was on January 4 against Lazio.
Perez
In Salento comes Udinese, fresh off their trio of victories against Cremonese, overwhelmed 3-0 at the Dacia Arena by goals from Samardzic, Perez and Success. The Bianconeri needed to shake things up after two heavy away defeats against Bologna and Roma, in which they had conceded a total of six goals, interrupted only by a 2-2 home draw with Monza. The race for seventh place, in fact, no longer exists after the points were returned to Juventus, but the Friulians can still have their say for eighth place, which is still prestigious – especially for a team that is not used to closing in on the left side of the standings – currently occupied by Bologna, which has two points more than Andrea Sottil’s men.
Lecce-Udinese: the latest lineup news
In the Lecce home the only unavailable are Pongracic and Pezzella, for the rest Baroni does not seem to have many doubts, In the trident should return Strefezza, ready to support Di Francesco and Ceesay, ahead in the duel with Colombo. The other knot to untie concerns the midfield, where Gonzalez and Oudin are competing for a shirt.
Few changes in Udinese’s lineup, which will be very similar to the one that took the field against Cremonese on Sunday. Beto returns in attack while Success, struggling with a muscle injury in his right thigh, will not be there. In the middle, confirmation for Samardzic, among the best on the field (and also author of a goal) against the grigiorossi.
The prediction
Observing Udinese’s external performance in the turn of the season – only one win and zero goals scored in the last two away matches – one can give confidence to Lecce, suddenly involved in the relegation zone again and obliged to score points. If we make it a matter of motivation, it is the Salentini who need like air the victory to get back to breathing after three months lived in apnea. Both should score at least one goal as in the first leg, when at the Dacia Arena ended with the 1-1 result.
The probable formations of Lecce-Udinese
- LECCE (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Umtiti, Gallo; González, Hjulmand, Blin; Strefezza, Ceesay, Di Francesco.
- UDINESE (3-5-1-1): Silvestri; Becão, Bijol, Pérez; Ehizibue, Samardzic, Walace, Lovric, Udogie; Pereyra; Beto.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
