Parma, 18 September 2024 – Parma will face Lecce on matchday 5 of the Serie A Enilive 2024/25 season on Saturday, 21 September, at the Stadio Via del Mare in Lecce (kick-off at 20:45 CEST, live on Dazn and Sky Sport). Here are the match statistics and historical data:

• Among the teams faced more than 20 times in Serie A, Lecce is the team against which Parma has the highest win percentage: 54%, with 13 victories in 24 encounters (9 draws, 2 losses). Notably, Parma has won the last three matches against the Pugliese team and has never achieved four consecutive wins against them.
• Lecce has scored only one goal in their last seven Serie A matches (Krstovic against Cagliari), and no team from the top five European leagues, present in both seasons in the top flight, has scored less during this period since May 13.
• Lecce won their last home match in Serie A (1-0 against Cagliari) and has not achieved at least two consecutive home wins in the competition since the start of the 2023/24 season (three consecutive wins with Roberto D’Aversa as coach).

• After remaining unbeaten in the first two rounds of the league (1 win, 1 draw), Parma has lost their last two matches. In the previous two Serie A seasons (2019/20 and 2020/21), the Gialloblù also suffered three defeats in the first five games.
• Lecce has accumulated a value of 5.2 Expected Goals (xG) at the start of this season, scoring only one goal and thus falling over four goals short of the expected tally; this 4.2 difference is the highest so far in Serie A 2024/25.
• Among the top five European leagues, only Lamine Yamal (13/07/2007) is younger than Ange-Yoan Bonny (25/10/2003) among players who have made at least four starts and have been involved in at least three goal contributions (goals and assists). The Parma forward has so far registered 2 goals and 1 assist.