Lecce and Bologna go meet for Via del Mare for the sixth matchday of Serie A Enilive. Kick-off na 15:00. Giallorossi want third win for league to pull away from bottom side of table.
Lecce coach Eusebio Di Francesco set him team for 4-3-3. Falcone dey goal. Veiga, Siebert, Tiago Gabriel and Gallo dey protect am. For midfield na Coulibaly, Ilic and Maleh. For front, the trident na Pierotti, Paco Esteban and Fatah. Bench get Bleve, Borbei, Dembélé, Ndaba, Gaspar, Fofana, N’Dri, Gandelman, Jean, Gorter, Geubbels, Kaba, Ngom and Monteiro.
Bologna coach Raffaele Palladino answer with Pessina inside goal. Defensive line of three na Casale, Heggem and Darmian. For middle na Ferguson and Pobega, while Zortea and Miranda dey for wings. Attack get Orsolini, Piccoli and Cambiaghi. Bologna bench na Skorupski, Happonen, Helland, Moro, Amondarain, Dovbyk, Bernardeschi, El Azzouzi, Libra, Enem, Rahim, De Silvestri and Vitík.
Before the international break, Giallorossi lost 3-0 to Milan for San Siro. Lecce so far don alternate high-level games like against Venezia and Monza with some below-par show against Cagliari, Roma and Milan. Di Francesco dey face offensive emergency: Stulic no dey squad, Geubbels and Esteban no dey full fit. Palladino must raise Bologna wey start with Tedesco and get only two points for table. For the coach wey be ex-Fiorentina and Atalanta, na him second game on Rossoblu bench: first one na 1-1 draw against Torino.
For Via del Mare, few people show because of heavy rain. Teams don finish warm-up. For Lecce, weather uncertain: e fit rain during match.
Referee na Luca Pairetto from Nichelino. Assistants na Marco Ceccon from Lovere and Eugenio Scarpa from Collegno. Fourth official na Marco Di Bello from Brindisi. VAR na Paolo Mazzoleni from Bergamo.
Match start. Lecce lively early. Protest come from Lecce. Bologna get good shot but Lecce save am. Lecce continue to push. Lecce forward and win two corners. For possession, Lecce better and dem dey play the game. Good start from Lecce as dem reach shooting chance two times through Coulibaly and Fatah.
Yellow card for Ilic for hard challenge for middle. Orsolini score for 17th minute. Bologna 1-0, assist from Cambiaghi and wonderful bicycle kick inside box by Orsolini. Yellow card for Miranda. Injury for Ilic. Ngom enter. Dem go check condition of Lecce number 20.
Yellow card also for Maleh. First half end. For half time, Bologna dey lead 1-0. Official scorer na Orsolini for 17’ pt. Official yellow cards na Ilic for 10’ pt, Esteban for 31’ pt and Maleh for 45’ pt. Added time for first half na two minutes.
