US Sassuolo Calcio vs US Lecce, Serie A 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
US Sassuolo Calcio vs US Lecce — Serie A at Stadio Mapei - Citta del Tricolore.
- US Sassuolo Calcio 38 games · 49 pts (2026/27)
- US Lecce 38 games · 38 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Federico La Penna
- Assistant 1 Luigi Rossi
- Assistant 2 Domenico Fontemurato
6 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 3.2 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Internazionale Milano 38 87 2 SSC Napoli 38 76 3 AS Roma 38 73 4 Como 1907 38 71 5 AC Milan 38 70 6 Juventus FC 38 69 7 Atalanta BC 38 59 8 Bologna FC 1909 38 56 9 SS Lazio 38 54 10 Udinese Calcio 38 50 11 US Sassuolo Calcio 38 49 12 Parma Calcio 1913 38 45 13 Torino FC 38 45 14 Cagliari Calcio 38 43 15 ACF Fiorentina 38 42 16 Genoa CFC 38 41 17 US Lecce 38 38 18 US Cremonese 38 34 19 Hellas Verona FC 38 21 20 AC Pisa 1909 38 18 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May US Lecce H 2–3 L 08 May Torino FC A 1–2 L 03 May AC Milan H 2–0 W 26 Apr ACF Fiorentina A 0–0 D 17 Apr Como 1907 H 2–1 W 12 Apr Genoa CFC A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May US Sassuolo Calcio A 3–2 W 09 May Juventus FC H 0–1 L 01 May AC Pisa 1909 A 2–1 W 25 Apr Hellas Verona FC A 0–0 D 20 Apr ACF Fiorentina H 1–1 D 12 Apr Bologna FC 1909 A 0–2 L Season Stats
US Sassuolo Calcio US Lecce #11 Position #17 49 Points 38 38 Played 38 14 / 7 / 17 W / D / L 10 / 8 / 20 46 Scored 28 50 Conceded 50 -4 GD -22 1.29 PPG 1.00 37% Win % 26% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H historyUS Sassuolo Calcio are 11th (49 pts). US Lecce are 17th (38 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against US Sassuolo Calcio and US Lecce has kicked off!
- 5' US Sassuolo Calcio is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Pedro Felipe, as he is very good at scoring at Stadio Mapei - Citta del Tricolore with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 14' What a strike from Walid Cheddira! The score is 0-1.
- 19' US Lecce seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' What an equalizer from Armand Lauriente!
- 25' Walid Cheddira with the second goal in the match!
- 27' GOAL! Kristian Thorstvedt scores on 27. Assisted by Domenico Berardi
- 32' US Lecce is showing some good football. However, US Lecce are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 37' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Domenico Berardi made 384 appearances and scored 86 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 42' It looks like no one’s ball. US Lecce is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 47' The travelling US Lecce supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 52' US Lecce started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 52.
- 54' US Lecce receives a card for a hard tackle on 54.
- 59' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 64' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 69' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. US Sassuolo Calcio needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 74' It looks surprising US Lecce does not make any changes. Ismael Kone has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 77' It’s gonna be a card for Tarik Muharemovic.
- 81' The referee calls foul for Danilo Veiga. He receives a card.
- 82' Andrea Pinamonti puts US Sassuolo Calcio on the lead.
- 85' It’s a booking for US Lecce player. Tiago Gabriel gets a card.
- 90' Antonino Gallo was booked on 90.
- With this win, US Lecce is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
US Sassuolo Calcio Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 18
- 45
- 10
- 23
- 25
- 13
- 42
- 8
- 90
- 80
- 66
Bench
- 49
- 12
- 99
- 3
- 24
- 7
- 16
- 20
- 35
- 50
- 44
- 33
- 31
Coach Fabio GrossoUS Lecce Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 25
- 29
- 50
- 19
- 30
- 20
- 5
- 79
- 17
- 99
- 44
Bench
- 1
- 14
- 36
- 3
- 11
- 8
- 18
- 6
- 32
- 4
- 16
- 9
- 22
- 13
- 28
Coach Eusebio Di Francesco -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Domenico Berardi 4 Walid Cheddira 2 Roberto Piccoli 1 Valentin Gendrey 1 Gianluca Lapadula 1 Patrick Dorgu 1 Filippo Falco 1 Armand Lauriente 1 Head to Head
US Sassuolo Calcio Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.44 US Sassuolo Calcio xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.16 US Lecce xGI would bet for: US Sassuolo Calcio or US Lecce 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: US Lecce winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.6Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 48% 52% ± 3.5 27% 73% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
US Sassuolo Calcio or Draw 69%Draw or US Lecce 60%US Sassuolo Calcio or US Lecce 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: US Lecce win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 2–3 not predicted2 – 3Actual1 – 1 13.3%1 – 0 9.6%0 – 0 9.4%2 – 1 8.6%0 – 1 7.5%2 – 0 7.5%1 – 2 6.9%2 – 2 5.1%0 – 2 4.9%3 – 1 4.2%3 – 0 3.6%1 – 3 2.7%Asian Handicap — US Sassuolo Calcio
Handicap US Sassuolo Calcio covers Push US Lecce covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 13% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 21% 58% -0.5 42% — 58% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 17% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
US Sassuolo Calcio keeps clean sheet 32% ✓US Lecce keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.