DBasia.news – AS Roma will face the 2019-20 Serie A promotion team, Lecce, at the Via del Mare Stadium.
The match took place on Sunday (9/29) at 8:00 pm Western Indonesian Time, Paulo Fonseca’s team were working towards a victory path following a midweek defeat against Atalanta.
Ahead of the match, here are some details that need to be known …
Via del Mare Record
Throughout 15 previous meetings with Lecce at home, Roma has only lost once – that is, a 2-4 defeat in the 2011-12 season. In other matches, Roma won eight times and the remaining six draws.
Five times the same result
Of the 31 times, the two clubs met, the most common result was Roma’s 3-0 victory – which occurred no less than five times.
Totti is the goal king
The iconic former Rome captain – who celebrated his birthday on Friday – scored 10 goals against Lecce during his career (15 appearances). Four players – Ruggiero Rizzitelli, Abel Balbo, Vincent Candela, and Amantino Mancini – followed him on the scorers’ list, all scoring four goals.
First meeting with coach Liverani
Fabio Liverani has faced Roma 19 times as a player, but this will be his first meeting with the Giallorossi as a coach. When he appeared as a player he won three wins, lost nine times, and seven other matches ended in a draw.
Puglia Points
Of the last 23 away games to Puglia, Roma have won 14 wins and eight draws. The only defeat was a score of 2-4 at Lecce.
Heating fast
Roma has scored more goals than any other team in the first 30 minutes of a match in Serie A this season: exactly six times. Lecce, meanwhile, conceded the most time in the same period than the other teams – four times.
Marker for Batistuta
Lecce vs Roma is a match in which Gabriel Batistuta scored his first goal for the Giallorossi – the match took place in the second week of Serie A 2000-01, the season in which Roma won the scudetto.
Watch out for the ex
Lecce has one former Roma player in the team – Panagiotis Tachtsidis. The Greek midfielder made 21 Serie A appearances for the Giallorossi during the 2012-13 season.