3️⃣ shots, little excitement: 0-0! Lecce safe, Lazio 1 win in 7! | OneFootball

Just three total shots on target and no goals. This is the snapshot of the match between Lecce and Lazio, the opening game of the 22nd round of the 2025/26 Serie A.

At the Via del Mare, the two teams share the spoils and the two halves.

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In the first half, the Salentini did better, coming close to scoring with a shot from Coulibaly and a crossbar hit by Ramadani. In the second half, it was Lazio’s turn to try for a goal with Dia and Taylor, but without luck or precision.

Lecce moves up in the standings after four straight defeats and leaves the relegation zone, pulling away from Fiorentina.

Lazio climbs to 29 points, just one behind Bologna while waiting for their match against Genoa, but extends their negative streak: for Sarri’s team, just one win in the last 7 matches.

🔄 Cheddira's Debut, Forfeit and Substitution for Gila 🚑

A flurry of substitutions from both coaches, who try to shake up their teams and make some changes.

For Lecce, it’s the debut of Walid Cheddira, while for Lazio, Provstgaard comes on for Gila, who is forced to withdraw due to stomach problems.

😱 Lazio, ZERO shots after 13 years! Lecce 🧱 22 years!

Lecce hadn’t finished a first half without conceding a shot in Serie A since May 2004.

It hadn’t happened to Lazio to not take a shot on target since 2013, against Milan at San Siro.

💥 Coulibaly + RAMADANI Hits the Crossbar

Lecce becomes dangerous with their midfielders.

In the 18th minute, Coulibaly tries from distance, Provedel stretches and saves.

The Lazio goalkeeper can do nothing in the 39th minute, when Ramadani shoots from distance: Sarri’s Biancocelesti are saved by the crossbar.

💥 Sarri: "Tough week, Romagnoli is indispensable!"

Before the match against Lecce, Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri spoke to Sky Sport and DAZN microphones

"It’s been a tough week after a complicated match in which we lost heavily. But it’s not the time to make a drama out of it, we have to react without nervousness but with clarity […] I expect a strong but clear-headed reaction, I don’t want to see a nervous and tense team.”

"Romagnoli is the player who leads our defensive line, for me he’s indispensable. He’s available and will play [...] I had no doubts about starting him, for me he’s decisive, he leads the defensive line.”

⛔ Lotito and Fabiani ABSENT in Lecce

Sporting director Fabiani and president Lotito did not travel with the team, but stayed in Rome.

As reported by LaLazioSiamoNoi, the club did not travel with the group to Salento. A bad sign after the tensions and discontent of recent days. 

✅ The official line-ups

LECCE (4-2-3-1): Falcone; Veiga, Siebert, Tiago Gabriel, Gallo; Ramadani, Coulibaly; Pierotti, Gandelman, Banda; Stulic.

LAZIO (4-3-3): Provedel; Lazzari, Gila, Romagnoli, Marusic; Vecino, Basic, Taylor: Cancellieri, Dia, Zaccagni.

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