The home side will be hoping that three points are claimed this weekend to help with their fight against relegation. These Lecce vs. Sampdoria predictions suggest that they could be in luck.
Lecce vs. Sampdoria odds
1 – Lecce to win – 11/5
2 – Over 2.5 goals scored – 8/13
3 – Both teams to score – 19/20
4 – Assan Ceesay to score at anytime – 9/4
5 – Lecce to win and both teams to score – 4/1
Lecce may have lost six Serie A games in a row but will be confident of winning on Sunday as they face bottom of the table Sampdoria. Marco Baroni will have identified this fixture as a great opportunity to pick up three crucial points as his side fight against the drop.
The home side’s most recent defeat came at the hands of Napoli – and although it was another loss, the 2-1 scoreline suggests that Lecce are still up for the fight. They even drew level at one point before an Antonio Gallo own goal decided the proceedings.
Lecce have tried to play attacking football all season in an attempt to stay up after gaining promotion last year. It hasn’t always worked but that attitude could mean that there will be goals in Sunday at the Stadio Via del mare.
The drop has seemed to be on the cards for quite a long time for Sampdoria but last week’s agonising stoppage defeat to fellow strugglers Cremonese was surely the final nail in the coffin for the Blucerchiati.
Even a victory may not have made too much difference by the end of the season but Samp were leading with just five minutes to go before capitulating in spectacular fashion. There have been a few goals for the Serie A basement dwellers in recent weeks though, so this could be an interesting game.
Dejan Stanković has some selection decisions to make ahead of the journey south and will have to figure out which of his mostly misfiring strikers will be given the chance to give the Sampdoria fans a glimmer of hope of staying up.
At this stage of the season, Sampdoria really don’t have anything to lose, so we might see them going for the win from the off. At the very least that will make this one a good watch for the neutrals.
How to stream Lecce vs. Sampdoria
Lecce vs. Sampdoria can be live streamed on the bet365 website. Customer account holders need to have funds in their account or have placed a bet in the 24 hours before kick off to access the action from the Stadio Via del mare.
Lecce vs. Sampdoria last five matches
Lecce last five matches
Sampdoria last five matches
Lecce top goalscorers
| Player | Total goals |
|---|---|
| 8 | |
| 6 | |
| 5 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 |
Sampdoria top goalscorers
| Player | Total goals |
|---|---|
| 7 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 |
Lecce vs. Sampdoria line-ups
Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Umtiti, Gallo; Maleh, Hjulmand, González; Strefezza, Ceesay, Di Francesco
Sampdoria (4-2-3-1): Ravaglia; Zanoli, Nuytinck, Amione, Augello; Rincón, Winks; Léris, Cuisance, Djuričić; Gabbiadini
Lecce team news
Marco Baroni is still without a couple of his first choices due to long-standing injury problems, but he should start with the same side that went so close against Napoli last week. Assan Ceesay will hope to be given another chance of adding to his goal tally.
Sampdoria team news
Dejan Stanković continues to deal with a number of injuries, as well as all the other problems at the club at the moment. He probably won’t tinker with the starting XI here but will be tempted to put on Sam Lammers up front if Manolo Gabbiadini fails to find the net again.