Lecce vs Empoli

Empoli have found the net in each of their opening six away games of a Serie A season for the first time in their history.

Lecce are unbeaten in four of their last five home games in Serie A (W2 D2), after having lost their three previous home league matches.

Pietro Pellegri has scored in each of his last two Serie A appearances, as many times as in his previous 39 games in the competition.

Following the win in the last match against Empoli in Serie A (1-0 at Via del Mare, thanks to Nicola Sansone's goal, on 13rd April), Lecce could win back-to-back games against the Toscani for the first time in the competition.

Lecce are unbeaten in four of their five Serie A home matches against Empoli (W2 D2) with their only defeat on their own patch against them coming on 8th February 2006 (2-1 thanks to Sergio Almirón’s and Francesco Tavano’s goals for the Toscani and Cristian Ledesma‘s for the Pugliesi).

Lecce have only scored four goals in their last 14 Serie A games, failing to score 11 times and also conceding an average of 1.7 goals per match in this period (24 goals conceded in total during this period) – their goal difference of -20 during this period is the worst of all sides (from 10 May to today).

Following their win against Hellas Verona in their last Serie A match played at Via del Mare (1-0), Lecce could win back-to-back matches at home in the top-flight for the first time since August-September 2023 (three in that case, under Roberto D'Aversa).

Empoli have only conceded nine goals after their first 11 matches in Serie A this season, the joint fewest they’ve conceded at this stage of a top-flight campaign (also nine in 2006/07 finishing 7th).