Lecce vs Atalanta: a clash of extremes at the Via del Mare 
The home side are scrapping for their lives in the top flight. Atalanta are gunning for a direct Champions League spot. The table leaves the 18th-place side chasing the 7th, and the pressure here couldn’t be much higher.
Lecce’s survival mission 
Coach Eusebio Di Francesco is dealing with a full-blown mess. The club sit in the relegation zone, two points behind Fiorentina. Recent defeats to Napoli and Roma have done a proper number on morale. Lecce’s attack has been dreadful since August. It’s the worst in the country, level with Parma. That kind of bluntness at the sharp end will hurt the Apulians badly. Not a single home player has reached three league goals this season.
Atalanta’s European push under Raffaele Palladino 
They’ve lost just once in the league since the turn of the year. Atalanta have just edged past Hellas Verona by the odd goal. Davide Zappacosta got the winner before the break and that mattered. Even so, the away record is still giving the coaching staff plenty to grumble about. They’ve collected only eighteen points on the road this season. Still, recent trips to this ground have usually gone Atalanta’s way.
Probable line-ups
Lecce : Falcone ; Veiga, Gabriel, Siebert, Gallo ; Ramadani, Ngom ; Pierotti, Gandelman, Banda ; Stulic
Atalanta : Carnesecchi ; Scalvini, Djimsiti, Kolasinac ; Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Bernasconi ; De Ketelaere, Zalewski ; Krstovic
Football prediction Lecce vs Atalanta
Atalanta to win
The need to close the gap on the European top four should drive the visitors on. Atalanta’s attacking power ought to punish the huge holes in the home defence.
Lecce look short on belief against the heavyweights in this league. Their chronic lack of cutting edge up top should make life a lot easier for the away back line.
Overall technical quality, plus a one-sided head-to-head record, should be enough to send the visitors home with all three points.
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