Match Report
17 points separated the sides: Lecce 16th on 36, Sampdoria 20th on 19. In league terms the two rates read 0.87/1.21 for Lecce and 0.63/1.87 for Sampdoria (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.28.
Lecce had lost six in a row.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Lecce 2, draws 1, Sampdoria 3, at 3.83 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 17% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%. The fixture has tightened lately: 3 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 3.83 all-time.
With 100 matches recorded and 2.4 yellow cards per game, M. Mariani was the man in the middle. The match was played at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare in Lecce (capacity 15,000). Lecce led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.