Serie A Gameweek 16 Sun, Dec 20 · 17:30 Stadio Comunale Via del Mare, Lecce
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Away travel925 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 3
Real contextStrength only
Lecce—%
Draw—%
Inter—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Lecce)

Forecast from 5 Dec

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Lecce and Inter. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

LecceInter
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
28 Current StrengthIn forecast 83
36 AttackIn forecast 91
30 DefenceIn forecast 73
35 Form indexContext 76
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

Lecce

Attack—
Defense risk—

Inter

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

LecceInter
1.29 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 3.00
1.71 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.29
1.50 xGVia Att/Def 2.67
1.98 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.92
-0.21 Goals minus xGContext +0.33
57% Scored inContext 100%
29% Clean sheetsContext 29%
11.14 ShotsContext 21.57
4.71 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 7.29
42% On target shareContext 34%
7.14 Shots in the boxContext 15.14
64% Box shareContext 70%
12% ConversionContext 14%
2.60 OffsidesContext 2.83
14.86 Shots allowedContext 11.00
6.43 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.17
2.83 BlocksContext 2.71
4.43 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.83
69% Save rateContext 68%
40% PossessionIn forecast 63%
346 PassesContext 616
271 Accurate passesContext 556
78% Pass accuracyContext 90%
6.78 Team ratingContext 7.20
12.86 FoulsContext 8.14
9.14 Fouls sufferedContext 9.43
1.86 Yellow cardsContext 1.57
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.30 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.80
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.80
1.32 xGVia Att/Def 2.73
1.81 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.36
-0.02 Goals minus xGContext +0.07
60% Scored inContext 100%
30% Clean sheetsContext 20%
10.40 ShotsContext 21.00
4.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 7.20
43% On target shareContext 34%
7.00 Shots in the boxContext 14.80
68% Box shareContext 70%
13% ConversionContext 13%
2.50 OffsidesContext 2.88
13.80 Shots allowedContext 11.40
5.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.33
2.67 BlocksContext 2.80
3.80 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.78
69% Save rateContext 64%
37% PossessionIn forecast 61%
312 PassesContext 586
239 Accurate passesContext 529
77% Pass accuracyContext 90%
6.78 Team ratingContext 7.05
12.10 FoulsContext 8.70
9.50 Fouls sufferedContext 10.50
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.80
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
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

Lecce
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km668 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 35 · 6 pts vs 7.7 for an average club · +0.7 vs expected
  • W18 OctA · Udinese3–00.9 xPts
  • L11 OctH · Bologna1–21.1 xPts
  • L20 SepA · AC Milan0–30.5 xPts
  • W13 SepH · Monza3–21.7 xPts
  • L7 SepA · Cagliari0–11.1 xPts
Inter
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel925 km2,451 km in 14d
Schedule load32%Moderate
Form 76 · 10 pts vs 6.7 for an average club · -0.0 vs expected
  • W17 OctA · Bologna3–11.9 xPts
  • L13 OctH · Club Brugge KV3–41.9 xPts
  • W10 OctH · Parma3–02.6 xPts
  • D19 SepA · AS Roma2–21.2 xPts
  • W14 SepH · Udinese5–32.4 xPts

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
Lecce Inter
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Moderate · 32
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Serie A 2026-2027, 13 Dec7Serie A 2026-2027, 13 Dec
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km925 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways668 km2,451 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 31 / 3 / 6
Next matchdays after this one1414

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

Lecce Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-3 · vs Udinese (A) 3–0, 18 Oct
30W. Falcone(G)
25A. Gallo 44Tiago Gabriel 4E. Gaspar 17Danilo Veiga
14Y. Maleh 79Oumar Ngom 29L. Coulibaly
7A. Fatah 69W. Geubbels 11K. N’Dri
Inter Last XI · not confirmed
3-5-2 · vs Bologna (A) 3–1, 17 Oct
1Josep Martínez(G)
95A. Bastoni 25M. Akanji 31Y. Bisseck
32F. Dimarco 8P. Sučić 7P. Zieliński 23N. Barella 11L. de Lima
94F. Esposito 9M. Thuram

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
Lecce Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Inter Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Lecce · Home 1.00points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
1-0-2
Scored
1.33
Conceded
2.67
Inter · Away 2.33points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
2-1-0
Scored
2.00
Conceded
1.00

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

Common opponents 5 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 8 of 8 meetings

0 Lecce wins0 draws8 Inter wins
Goals per game0.13 – 2.38 Over 2.538% Both scored13% Clean sheets0% · 88%
  • 21 Feb 2026Lecce0–2Inter
  • 14 Jan 2026Inter1–0Lecce
  • 26 Jan 2025Lecce0–4Inter
  • 24 Aug 2024Inter2–0Lecce
  • 25 Feb 2024Lecce0–4Inter
  • 23 Dec 2023Inter2–0Lecce

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.

Goal timing

Lecce7 games · scored 9 · conceded 12
3 2 0-15
1 5 16-30
1 31-45
1 46-60
1 4 61-75
2 1 76-90
Inter7 games · scored 21 · conceded 9
3 3 0-15
2 2 16-30
3 1 31-45
5 2 46-60
3 61-75
5 1 76-90
Lecce10 games · scored 13 · conceded 15
5 3 0-15
2 6 16-30
1 31-45
1 46-60
1 4 61-75
3 2 76-90
Inter10 games · scored 28 · conceded 18
3 4 0-15
3 5 16-30
4 2 31-45
5 3 46-60
4 2 61-75
9 2 76-90

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

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.