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Juventus vs Lecce | Preview & Expected Lineup

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1 year ago

April 11, 2025

This weekend sees Juventus vs Lecce at the Allianz Stadium as part of the 32nd round of the Serie A 2024/25 season. With kickoff set for 20:45 CEST on Saturday, here’s everything you need to know before the match begins.

Head-To-Head

Juventus boasts a strong historical record against Lecce in Serie A, having been defeated just four times in 37 meetings (24 wins, 9 draws).

Lecce has drawn a blank in front of goal in nearly half of those encounters, failing to score on 18 occasions. A record second only to their goal drought against Inter (21 matches).

At home, the Bianconeri have an even stronger track record, losing only once in 18 fixtures against Lecce (13 wins, 4 draws). A loss that dates back to April 25, 2004, under Marcello Lippi’s management.

Since Juventus began playing at the Allianz Stadium, Lecce has not secured a win there in four visits. Managing only one draw and three defeats.

This game brings together the league’s most accurate shooting team (Juventus – 52%) and the least accurate (Lecce – 35%).

Match Insights | Juventus vs Lecce

Lecce enters this match winless in their last eight Serie A outings (three draws, five losses). With their most recent victory coming in January against Parma (3-1).

Juventus has turned their home ground into a fortress recently. Winning five of their last six matches there (one draw) and keeping four clean sheets. More than any other team in 2025 so far, alongside Fiorentina and Genoa.

Lecce has only managed to earn three points against top-half teams this season. Including draws with Torino, Juventus (in the reverse fixture), and Bologna.

Juventus leads Serie A in goals from counter-attacks this season (nine), while Lecce has been one of the most resilient in this scenario, conceding just once.

In terms of goalscorers, Lecce has the fewest in Europe’s top five leagues (six), compared to Juventus’ 15.

Key player stats

Manuel Locatelli’s last four Serie A goals have all come away from home. Three from distance including one in the recent match versus Roma. He also leads the league in successful passes (1705 out of 1919, 89%) and ranks third across Europe’s top leagues in line-breaking passes (410). Behind only Joshua Kimmich and Granit Xhaka.

Dusan Vlahovic is set for his 100th league appearance for Juventus. Since joining in February 2022, he’s netted 42 goals in 99 games. Only Lautaro Martinez has scored more for a single club in that timeframe (66 goals in 114 games).

Kenan Yildiz, after scoring against Genoa, has the chance to score in back-to-back home matches for just the second time in his Juventus career.

Andrea Cambiaso’s last goal in the league came against Lecce. Remarkably, all five of his career goals have come in the final 30 minutes of matches, with three at the Allianz.

Pierre Kalulu has carried the ball farther than anyone else in Serie A this season: 6.4 kilometers in total.

Against Lecce, Igor Tudor is expected to play with this Starting XI according to Sky Sport Italia: