Lecce vs Juventus Predictions

• Lecce have avoided defeat in eight of their 10 home Serie A games this term, including each of their last four
• Juventus have failed to win three of their last eight away league games, winning by a single goal on the other five occasions
• Juve have failed to win on two of their last four visits to Lecce

Lecce can scupper Juve’s summit plans

Juventus would leapfrog Inter Milan at the top of Serie A with a win against mid-table Lecce on Saturday, but the trip to Via del Mare could leave the Old Lady feeling seasick.

This will be Lecce’s fourth game against top-six opponents in a tough run of five games that began just before Christmas. I Giallorossi lost back-to-back road games against Inter and Atalanta without scoring before being held to a 1-1 draw at home by lowly Cagliari.

But Roberto D’Aversa’s men looked far from jaded by their winless sequence at the Olimpico last weekend when they gave Lazio a real scare in a narrow 1-0 loss.

Turin giants have been reliant on late winners

Returning to Stadio Ettore Giardiniero – where they have lost just twice all season – should give them enough of a lift to be competitive against the Turin giants, who are on a six-game winning streak.

Juventus have been ruthlessly efficient on the road, claiming victories by a single goal in five of their last six away assignments. But they slipped up at Genoa last month and have needed late goals to secure three points in three other visits to lower-half opponents recently.

The value in the market is with Lecce to win or draw while a 1-1 scoreline is advised because two of the hosts’ last three home games have finished that way.