Lecce
- Saturday’s game between Inter and Lecce is important at both ends of the Serie A table, with Inter running away with the Scudetto with 61 points from 25 games and Lecce battling to avoid the relegation zone with 24 points.
- The hosts are in the midst of a mini-revival and have won their last two games, including a 2-0 away victory at Cagliari 24 hours before this game.
- Lecce are a flexible team that have played in both 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 systems this season and rely on wide players and full-backs getting forward to create a vertical wing-chain.
Inter
- But there’s no doubt that Inter will dominate the game and the head-to-head record, with the visitors having won 10 of their 12 away Serie A games and scored 24 goals on their travels.
- Inter’s 3-5-2 system with wing-backs provides so much width that they can stretch any team and attack at tempo, creating one-on-ones all over the field.
- Federico Dimarco has been a constant creative force, providing five assists in their last five games with most of his through-balls coming from the left.
- Lautaro Martinez has been scoring for fun up front with 14 in 25 Serie A appearances, making him the league’s most lethal striker.
Head-to-Head
Inter have won all 5 of the last H2Hs , including a 1-0 win four weeks ago in Serie A .
Key Players
- Inter
- Lautaro Martinez has been scoring for fun up front with 14 in 25 Serie A appearances, making him the league’s most lethal striker.
- Lecce
- Lecce’s Lameck Banda has scored three times in 19 Serie A matches, but Omri Gandelman has scored two goals in five games and could be the most likely scorer for the home side as Lecce are long shots at 9.2.
Betting Insights
- Lecce’s home record of 3-4-6 from 13 Serie A home games tells you everything you need to know about how Inter will approach this game, but Lecce have kept it tight in their last two at home with one win and one draw.
- The BTTS market at 1.62 seems a bit tight but given Lecce have won their last two matches, they should be able to make it a close affair.
Prediction
The visitors are red-hot at the moment with five consecutive wins in all competitions, including a 3-2 come-from-behind win over Juventus and a 5-0 demolition of Sassuolo in Serie A, so we’re going with Inter to cover all bases with a handicap-busting win .
