Week 9 brings us a match on Oct 9th where Lecce will travel to Roma to battle Roma in a meeting of these two mismatched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 6th placed Roma, recorded a 2-1 win against Inter. Federico Dimarco struck first for Inter in the 30th minute on a feed from Nicolò Barella, then Paulo Dybala got the equalizer for Roma in the 39th minute on a feed from Leonardo Spinazzola But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 75th minute on a goal by Chris Smalling. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Roma should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 13th placed Lecce is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Cremonese. Daniel Ciofani struck first for Cremonese in the 19th minute on a penalty, but Gabriel Strefezza got the equalizer for Lecce in the 42nd minute on a penalty squeezing out at least the one point for Lecce. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadio Olimpico, Roma won by a score of 3 to 1. Arturo Calabresi struck first for Lecce in the 14th minute, but Marash Kumbulla got the equalizer for Roma in the 40th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 54th minute on a goal by Tammy Abraham.
Lecce’s most prolific scorer has been Gabriel Strefezza. The Brazilian midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Paulo Dybala has been the most effective weapon for Roma lately. The Argentinian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches.