Lecce-Lazio: probable lineups, time and where to watch the match on TV
Lazio wants to start again strong to play their chances right away, a difficult debut for D'Aversa on the Lecce bench

Maurizio Sarri
Lecce 19 August 2023 - The season of Salento and Lazio. A sort of spin in the championship if we consider the ambitions of the two teams: on the one hand there is in fact the ambition of Maurizio Sarri which after the somewhat surprising second place last season aims to confirm itself at the top of the championship with its boys. "We will have to overturn the values on the card" declared the coach in the pre-match press conference, with clear reference to the championship and better equipped teams, such as Milan, Inter, Juventus and of course the reigning champions of Napoli. However, the Tuscan coach cannot afford the luxury of underestimating his opponent, seen as the Lecce is one of only two teams (the other is Torino) to have never lost against the Biancocelesti last championship.
But if on the one hand there are those who must overturn values to fight for Champions League, there are those who have to do it practically every day to confirm their stay in the top league. This is the case of Lecce di Roberto D'Aversa: the coach's first experience on the Lecce bench, with a team aiming to achieve the third consecutive season in Serie A, a feat that the Salento team has not achieved since 2005-06, when they were relegated to their third consecutive top flight championship.
Ups and downs pre-season for the Lazio, who in the two high-level tests played against Girona e Aston Villa they suffered two defeats, after having dominated all the other matches by a very wide margin, having however always faced teams from lower categories. A summer, the Biancoceleste one, influenced by a market that was at a standstill for a long time, despite the profitable transfer of Milinkovic-Savic, only to then unblock with 4 consecutive hits in the last two weeks: first Kamada e Isaac, then rovella e Luca Pellegrini, return for the latter, in the last few days. Transfer market full of bets for the Lecce, whose summer began with the painful separation from mister Baroni, after the exceptional salvation of last championship.
Probable lineups
D'Aversa relies on a 4-3-3 mirroring the formation of Sarri, to try to snatch points from the Biancocelesti. Cock recovers and in all likelihood could already be the starting right back, Venuti however, he is still to be evaluated and will miss the match against the Biancocelesti. To complete the defense in front of Falcone there will be Pongracic e baschirotto, with Gendrey to act on the left flank. Entrusted to Ramadan the role of director in midfield, Rafia e Gonzalez they will complete the rotations in the median, with the favorite duo up Angry e Kaba. The Salento offensive trident will see Almqvist e Band, the latter ahead of Di Francesco, on the exteriors, while Fatigue it will act as a false new.
Sarri instead starts again from the players, with the exception of Milinkovic-Savic yielded, who hoisted him and the Lazio in second place. Very confirmed in goal Provedel, it remains to be seen how he will react to the market rumors they see Lloris ever closer to the Biancocelesti, Romagnoli e Casale remain the fixed points of the defensive centre, while Hysaj e Marusic they will take possession of the bands. In midfield ballot between Kamada e Vecino to take the place of the Serbian sergeant now in Saudi Arabia: the Uruguayan favored over the Japanese. Three line which will be completed by Cataldi e Luis Alberto. In attack the trident composed of Immobile, Weather in Zaccagni e Felipe Anderson. Unlikely to be used Isaac from the first minute, with the player who received the compliments of Sarri in the press conference, but still far from understanding with his teammates according to the coach.
Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Pongracic, Gallo; Gonzalez, Ramadani, Rafia; Strefezza, Almqvist, Banda. All. Roberto D'Aversa.
Lazio (4-3-3): Provedel; Lazzari, Casale, Romagnoli, Marusic; Kamada, Cataldi, Luis Alberto; Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Zaccagni. All. Maurizio Sarri.
Where to watch the match on TV
The match between Lecce e Lazio of the Via del Mare Stadium, valid for the first day of Serie A, will begin at 20pm on Sunday 45 August. The match will be visible on television on Sky, live on the channels Sky Sports Football (satellite numbers 202 and 249, digital terrestrial numbers 473 and 483), Sky Sports 4K (satellite number 2013) e Sky Sports (satellite number 251). The meeting will also be available in streaming on Dazn, with live connection starting at 20pm. You can follow the match by downloading the app on your smart TV or by connecting the TV to a PlayStation 15/4, Xbox console, or to a TIMVISION BOX, to an Amazon Fire TV Stick or Google Chromecast device. Viewing also possible via app or website Dazn on tablets, PCs and smartphones. The commentary of Lecce-Lazio on Sky it will be entrusted to Riccardo Dear e Fernando Orsi, while on Dazn it will be curated by Riccardo Mancini, with Valon Behrami as a second voice. .
Statistics and precedents
Il Lecce has remained unbeaten in the last three matches in Serie A against Lazio, with 2 wins and a draw. The Salento team have never recorded a longer unbeaten streak against the Biancocelesti in the top flight. The Apulian club also won the last two matches at Via Del Mare against Lazio in the championship (both 2-1), the last opponent against which the Salento team achieved three home successes in a row in Serie A was the Brescia (between 2004 and 2020). The Lecce However, he never won in his debut match Serie A, and among these teams, it is the one that has played the most: 17 in total with 6 draws and 11 defeats.
La Lazio it is the team that has drawn in their debut match the most times in the history of Serie A: 29 X signs for the Biancocelesti, but only one in the last 11 championships (8W, 2P). The Biancocelesti have in fact won their last four debut matches in the league, already a record streak for the club in their first match of the season in Serie A. Last year the team of Sarri he scored 74, only in 2019-20 (78) did he do better in a season in his history in Serie A. Lazio who, again in the last tournament, kept a clean sheet in 21 matches; only two teams have recorded more clean sheets in a single season in the history of the Serie A: the Juventus (three times – 2013-14, 2015-16 and 2017-18) and the Milan (1993/94) - all at 22.
Federico Baschirotto he is the outfield player who played the most minutes in the last Serie A with 3330 minutes played. The defender born in 1996 also made the highest number of defensive clearances in the last championship, making 186. Ciro Immobile he has always scored in his last five season debut matches in Serie A, the Lazio captain could become only the second player to find the net in six consecutive matches on his seasonal debut in the tournament in the three points per win era (since 1994-95), after Luis Muriel (between 2015-16 and 2021-22).
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