Juventus, eight players injured, go to Lecce after a week that kept Spalletti silent
Juventus were beaten 3-0 at home by Lazio last weekend and Spalletti skipped his press conference. Lecce won 3-0 at Udinese last time out but have not beaten Juventus in five meetings.
Luciano Spalletti did not hold a press conference before Juventus's trip to Lecce, and the week explains why. Juventus have gone two Serie A matches without a win, the second a 3-0 home defeat by Lazio, and on Thursday a late Lucumì goal against Rennes was ruled out by VAR, leaving them with a 2-2 draw. "If I don't win matches, I'm not happy," Spalletti said afterwards.
Juventus have the slightly better chance with two goals or fewer in all.
Line-ups
Lecce 4-3-3
Substitutes Marco Bleve, Alexandru Borbei, Ali Dembélé, Corrie Ndaba, Jamil Siebert, Fofana, Nikola Stulic, Omri Gandelman, Gaby Jean, Esteban, Olaf Gorter, Elijah Scott, Joel Monteiro
Juventus 3-4-1-2
Substitutes Carlo Pinsoglio, Neto, Lloyd Kelly, Edon Zhegrova, Jérémie Boga, Kerim Alajbegovic, Daniele Rugani, Pape Matar Sarr, Juan Cabal
He has eight players injured: Celik and Nico González with muscle strains that will keep them out for around three weeks, Francisco Conceição with a dislocated shoulder, Kenan Yildiz with a broken bone in his foot, and Manuel Locatelli, Khéphren Thuram, Ekhator and Grabara on longer absences. Bremer may be rested.
Lecce are twelfth after a 3-0 win at Udinese, their best result of the season. Eusebio Di Francesco is without Ilić, who has surgery on a thigh tendon on Tuesday, Pierotti, out until January with a broken ankle, Coulibaly and Berisha.
Juventus are unbeaten in their last five meetings with Lecce, three wins and two draws, and won 1-0 at the Via del Mare in May.
