Lecce 3:2 Monza: Serie A Match Result

Match report

Lecce beat Monza 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday at the Stadio Ettore Giardiniero. The result keeps the hosts up in the table while leaving Monza rooted to the bottom after four games. It was a match decided by moments rather than sustained pressure.

Coulibaly opened the scoring in the third minute, but Monza responded quickly through Tiago Gabriel in the tenth. And here's the thing about the twentieth minute — that is when the game shifted. Mangas equalised for Lecce before Coulibaly struck again a minute later to put his side ahead. By then the momentum had turned.

The second half saw both managers make changes in quick succession. Lecce brought on Ndri and Mangas together at the restart, while Monza followed up with Colpani and Robinson in the sixty-fourth. More substitutions came through the final quarter, including Varela for Lecce in the seventy-fifth and Zeballos for Monza in the eighty-fifth. The visitors' effort was rewarded late — Zeballos pulled one back in the eighty-ninth minute.

The numbers told a different story. Monza had 61 per cent possession and created six big chances, yet managed only one shot on target from outside the area. Lecce kept their shots accurate at 43 per cent, with three on target from six inside the box. Expected goals showed the gap — 1.07 for the hosts against 2.47 for the visitors. Many chances went begging for the away side.

We had backed Lecce to win with 76 per cent confidence, and that prediction held up. The result means they move to six points from four games, still in the lower half but no longer looking doomed. Monza remain in eighteenth place with just one point, their poor run extending to three defeats in four matches.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 39 – 61

Shots on target 3 – 11

Shots off target 3 – 5

Expected goals 1.07 – 2.47

⚽ 3' L. Coulibaly — Goal ⚽ 10' Tiago Gabriel — Goal ⚽ 20' R. Mangas — Goal ⚽ 21' L. Coulibaly — Goal 🟨 38' N'Dri Konan — Yellow card ⇄ 46' K. Ndri — Substitution ⇄ 46' R. Mangas — Substitution ⇄ 64' A. Colpani — Substitution ⇄ 64' J. Robinson — Substitution ⇄ 66' I. Ilic — Substitution ⇄ 74' N. Stulic — Substitution ⇄ 74' J. Monteiro — Substitution ⇄ 75' G. Varela — Substitution ⇄ 84' E. Akinsanmiro — Substitution ⇄ 85' Y. Maleh — Substitution ⚽ 89' E. Zeballos — Goal 🟨 90' Danilo Veiga — Yellow card

Match events

3' 1:0 Lecce Goal L. Coulibaly assist: I. Ilic
10' 2:0 Lecce Goal Tiago Gabriel assist: I. Ilic
20' 2:1 Monza Goal R. Mangas assist: S. Birindelli
21' 3:1 Lecce Goal L. Coulibaly assist: D. Veiga
38' 3:1 Lecce Yellow card N'Dri Konan
46' 3:1 Lecce Substitution K. Ndri off: S. Pierotti
46' 3:1 Monza Substitution R. Mangas off: A. Bakoune
64' 3:1 Monza Substitution A. Colpani off: E. Zeballos
64' 3:1 Monza Substitution J. Robinson off: P. Cutrone
66' 3:1 Lecce Substitution I. Ilic off: O. Ngom
74' 3:1 Lecce Substitution N. Stulic off: P. Esteban
74' 3:1 Lecce Substitution J. Monteiro off: A. Fatah
75' 3:1 Monza Substitution G. Varela off: O. Forson
84' 3:1 Monza Substitution E. Akinsanmiro off: M. Mout
85' 3:1 Lecce Substitution Y. Maleh off: M. Kaba
89' 3:2 Monza Goal E. Zeballos
90' 3:2 Lecce Yellow card Danilo Veiga

Statistics

39 Possession, % 61

3 Shots on target 11

3 Shots off target 5

1.07 Expected goals 2.47

3 Big chances 6

4 Corners 6

14 Fouls 13

13 Free kicks 14

0 Offsides 4

2 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 3

29 Throw-ins 35

All statistics

19/4344% Aerial duels 24/4356%

48 Backward passes 57

1 Blocked shots 3

33 Clearances 20

3/1323% Crosses 5/2719%

6/1540% Dribbles 5/1828%

0.58 Expected assists 1.39

87 Failed passes 86

8 Goalkeeper saves 0

10 Interceptions 11

3 Key passes 13

36/7846% Long passes 26/5746%

32 Passes into the final third 108

194 Passes in the opposition half 313

140 Passes in own half 205

0.43 Shot accuracy 0.58

1 Shots from outside the box 5

6 Shots inside the box 14

19/3161% Tackles 14/2361%

321 Total passes 491

Line-ups

Lecce

Starting XI
#	Player	number
30	Wladimiro Falcone	30
5	Jamil Siebert	5
17	Danilo Veiga	17
25	Antonino Gallo	25
44	Thiago Gabriel	44
14	Youssef Maleh	14
20	Ivan Ilić	20
29	Lassana Coulibaly	29
9	Nikola Štulić	9
11	Konan Ignace Jocelyn N’Dri	11
99	Joël Almada Monteiro	99

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Marco Bleve	1
32	A. Borbei	32
2	Ali Dembélé	2
3	Corrie Richard Ndaba	3
4	Esmevânio Kialonda Gaspar	4
18	Gaby Jean	18
31	E. Scott	31
8	Sadik Fofana	8
28	Olaf Gorter	28
77	Mohamed Kaba	77
79	Oumar Ngom	79
7	Amar Abdirahman Ahmed Fatah	7
22	Paco Esteban	22
50	Santiago Daniel Pierotti	50

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Monza

Starting XI
#	Player	number
20	Demba Thiam	20
3	Lorenzo Lucchesi	3
44	Andrea Carboni	44
60	Eddie Kwadwo	60
7	Ricardo Mangas	7
14	Ebenezer Akinsanmiro	14
19	Samuele Birindelli	19
90	Michael Ijemuan Folorunsho	90
9	Gustavo Miguel Pereira de Sousa Varela	9
28	Andrea Colpani	28
46	Jay Robinson	46

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Noel Max Joachim Törnqvist	1
43	Alzhas Straynar	43
2	Saba Goglichidze	2
5	Y. Maye	5
6	Valentin Antov	6
24	Adam Bakune	24
8	Manga Foeh Ondo	8
21	Leonardo Colombo	21
80	Mathis Mout	80
10	Patrick Cutrone	10
11	Omari Nathan Forson	11
22	Oscar Exequiel Zeballos	22
47	Dany Mota Carvalho	47

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Match prediction: Lecce — Monza

Win: Lecce

Confidence 76%

Reasoning

Лечче — 14. place, 3 points after 3 games (1 wins, 2 losses)
Монца — 17. place, 1 points after 3 games (0 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses)
Лечче, last 5 games: 2 wins, 3 losses
Монца, last 5 games: 2 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses
Head-to-head: 5 games, Лечче — 2, 3 draws, Монца — 0

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Recent form

Lecce

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Recent matches

All team matches

Monza

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Recent matches

All team matches

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	AS Roma	5	4	1	0	13
2	Inter	5	4	1	0	13
3	Lazio	5	4	1	0	13
4	Cagliari	5	4	0	1	12
5	AC Milan	5	3	2	0	11
6	Frosinone	5	3	1	1	10
7	Juventus	5	3	1	1	10
8	Como	5	3	1	1	10
9	Napoli	5	2	1	2	7
10	Sassuolo	5	2	1	2	7

Lecce — Monza: 3:2, Serie A

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Key numbers

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Line-ups

Lecce

Monza

Match prediction: Lecce — Monza

Reasoning

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Lecce

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