Serie A Gameweek 20 Sun, Jan 17 · 17:30 Stadio Comunale Via del Mare, Lecce
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Away travel750 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d3 · 3
Real contextStrength only
Lecce—%
Draw—%
Udinese—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Lecce)

Forecast from 2 Jan

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Lecce and Udinese. 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

LecceUdinese
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
28 Current StrengthIn forecast 32
36 AttackIn forecast 22
30 DefenceIn forecast 18
35 Form indexContext 7
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—

Udinese

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

LecceUdinese
1.29 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.29
1.71 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.29
1.50 xGVia Att/Def 1.13
1.98 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.18
-0.21 Goals minus xGContext +0.16
57% Scored inContext 71%
29% Clean sheetsContext 0%
11.14 ShotsContext 14.14
4.71 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.86
42% On target shareContext 27%
7.14 Shots in the boxContext 9.14
64% Box shareContext 66%
12% ConversionContext 9%
2.60 OffsidesContext 1.60
14.86 Shots allowedContext 16.29
6.43 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.71
2.83 BlocksContext 4.71
4.43 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.43
69% Save rateContext 66%
40% PossessionIn forecast 51%
346 PassesContext 467
271 Accurate passesContext 397
78% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.78 Team ratingContext 6.73
12.86 FoulsContext 10.71
9.14 Fouls sufferedContext 8.57
1.86 Yellow cardsContext 1.86
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.30 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.10
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.80
1.32 xGVia Att/Def 1.07
1.81 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.86
-0.02 Goals minus xGContext +0.03
60% Scored inContext 60%
30% Clean sheetsContext 10%
10.40 ShotsContext 12.70
4.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.80
43% On target shareContext 30%
7.00 Shots in the boxContext 8.20
68% Box shareContext 66%
13% ConversionContext 9%
2.50 OffsidesContext 2.14
13.80 Shots allowedContext 15.70
5.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.20
2.67 BlocksContext 4.30
3.80 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.20
69% Save rateContext 68%
37% PossessionIn forecast 49%
312 PassesContext 445
239 Accurate passesContext 375
77% Pass accuracyContext 84%
6.78 Team ratingContext 6.77
12.10 FoulsContext 11.10
9.50 Fouls sufferedContext 8.10
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.90
0.00 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

Lecce
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel0 km3,282 km in 14d
Schedule load25%Moderate
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
Udinese
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel750 km509 km in 14d
Schedule load21%Moderate
Form 7 · 0 pts vs 7.4 for an average club · -6.5 vs expected
  • L18 OctH · Lecce0–31.9 xPts
  • L12 OctA · Torino1–21.1 xPts
  • L19 SepH · Cagliari0–11.6 xPts
  • L14 SepA · Inter3–50.5 xPts
  • L7 SepH · Lazio1–21.4 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 Udinese
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextModerate · 25Moderate · 21
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Serie A 2026-2027, 10 Jan7Serie A 2026-2027, 10 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km750 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways3,282 km509 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 3 / 41 / 3 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

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
Udinese Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Lecce (H) 0–3, 18 Oct
40M. Okoye(G)
77E. Ebosse 5D. Alaba 28O. Solet
11H. Kamara 6Oier Zarraga 8J. Karlström 23M. Vojvoda
30G. Chakvetadze 32J. Ekkelenkamp
9K. Davis

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
Udinese 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
Udinese · Away 1.00points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
1-0-2
Scored
2.33
Conceded
3.00

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 2 this season

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

Head to head last 9 of 9 meetings

3 Lecce wins2 draws4 Udinese wins
Goals per game1.11 – 1.11 Over 2.533% Both scored44% Clean sheets22% · 33%
  • 18 Oct 2026Udinese0–3Lecce
  • 8 Feb 2026Lecce2–1Udinese
  • 25 Oct 2025Udinese3–2Lecce
  • 21 Feb 2025Lecce0–1Udinese
  • 5 Oct 2024Udinese1–0Lecce
  • 13 May 2024Lecce0–2Udinese

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
Udinese7 games · scored 9 · conceded 16
1 1 0-15
2 1 16-30
4 4 31-45
1 3 46-60
4 61-75
1 3 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
Udinese10 games · scored 11 · conceded 18
1 2 0-15
2 2 16-30
4 4 31-45
2 3 46-60
4 61-75
2 3 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.