Serie A Gameweek 1 Sat, Aug 23 · 17:30 Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, Genova
Genoa
0–0Full time
Lecce
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Our take

Genoa were slight favourites.

Genoa were the stronger side on L90 Strength (36 vs 24). Genoa had ? days of rest, Lecce ? and had to travel 881 km.

Away travel881 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Genoa51%
Draw27%
Lecce22%
Expected goals 1.53 – 0.93
Genoa52%
Draw25%
Lecce22%
Expected goals 1.71 – 1.05
Genoa51%
Draw27%
Lecce22%
Expected goals 1.53 – 0.92
Genoa44%
Draw29%
Lecce28%
Expected goals 1.37 – 1.04
Genoa52%
Draw25%
Lecce22%
Expected goals 1.72 – 1.05
Over 2.5 45% Both score 48% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Genova)

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Referee · ItalyDavide Massa
  • Cards per match 4.8
  • Penalties per match 0.14
  • Matches 86

Team strength

GenoaLecce
36 L90 StrengthIn forecast 24
29 Current StrengthIn forecast 28
23 AttackIn forecast 36
44 DefenceIn forecast 30
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Genoa

Attack—
Defense risk—

Lecce

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

GenoaLecce
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.10 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.70
1.30 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.20
0.82 xGVia Att/Def 0.90
1.20 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.14
+0.28 Goals minus xGContext -0.20
60% Scored inContext 70%
20% Clean sheetsContext 20%
7.90 ShotsContext 13.00
3.10 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.40
39% On target shareContext 26%
5.67 Shots in the boxContext 6.30
66% Box shareContext 50%
14% ConversionContext 5%
1.43 OffsidesContext 2.00
13.00 Shots allowedContext 13.90
4.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.40
4.00 BlocksContext 3.40
3.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.89
75% Save rateContext 83%
46% PossessionIn forecast 42%
378 PassesContext 313
297 Accurate passesContext 235
79% Pass accuracyContext 75%
6.82 Team ratingContext 6.94
13.90 FoulsContext 11.20
13.30 Fouls sufferedContext 10.60
1.70 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Genoa
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Lecce
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel881 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load12%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Genoa Lecce
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 12
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km881 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one86.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Genoa Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
1N. Leali(G)
22J. Vásquez 27A. Marcandalli 15B. Norton-Cuffy
3Aarón Martín 32M. Frendrup 73P. Masini 23V. Carboni
11A. Grønbæk 8N. Stanciu
29L. Colombo
+2 more reported missing outside this XI
Lecce Confirmed XI
4-3-3
30W. Falcone(G)
25A. Gallo 44Tiago Gabriel 4E. Gaspar 17Danilo Veiga
10M. Berisha 20Y. Ramadani 29L. Coulibaly
7Tete Morente 22F. Camarda 19L. Banda
+2 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Genoa Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.01 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Lecce Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.01 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Genoa+0.1 pp
  • Draw-0.1 pp
  • Lecce+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Genoa · Home No home games yet this season.
Lecce · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 4 of 4 meetings

2 Genoa wins1 draws1 Lecce wins
Goals per game1.00 – 0.75 Over 2.550% Both scored50% Clean sheets25% · 50%
  • 14 Mar 2025Genoa2–1Lecce
  • 5 Jan 2025Lecce0–0Genoa
  • 28 Jan 2024Genoa2–1Lecce
  • 22 Sep 2023Lecce1–0Genoa

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Davide Massa Italy · 86 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.60
Red cards0.24
Cards 5+51%
Fouls24.9
Penalties0.14
Home wins35%
Genoa3 with this referee
Record1-2-0 Cards · opp.2.0 · 3.3 Pens for · against0 · 1
  • D2 Mar 25H · Empoli1–11
  • D15 Dec 23H · Juventus1–12
  • W27 Oct 23H · Salernitana1–03
Lecce6 with this referee
Record0-1-5 Cards · opp.1.5 · 2.2 Pens for · against0 · 1
  • L3 May 25H · Napoli0–12
  • L19 Aug 24H · Atalanta0–40
  • L13 May 24H · Udinese0–22
  • D6 Jan 24H · Cagliari1–11
  • L7 May 23H · Verona0–12

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Genoa
No complete event data.
Lecce
No complete event data.
Genoa10 games · scored 11 · conceded 13
1 0-15
3 1 16-30
4 1 31-45
1 2 46-60
1 5 61-75
2 3 76-90
Lecce10 games · scored 7 · conceded 12
1 0-15
2 2 16-30
1 4 31-45
1 1 46-60
2 1 61-75
1 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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