Venezia
Lecce
Match summary
Lecce beat Venezia 2-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.
Olaf Gorter put Lecce ahead in the 46th minute, set up by Lassana Coulibaly and Tiago Gabriel made it 0-2 with a header in the 80th minute.
Venezia can feel hard done by, creating 3.28 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Lecce's 2.45 from 12.
Venezia dominated territory and possession on matchday one of the Serie A season, registering seventy-one percent possession and six hundred and thirty-two passes compared to Lecce's two hundred and sixty. The home side also generated nineteen shots, seven of which were on target, and won five corners while launching one hundred and forty-five attacks. Despite finishing with a higher expected goals figure of 3.28 to Lecce's 2.45, Venezia failed to convert their chances. Lecce were more clinical from their twelve shots, applying twenty-one tackles and committing twelve fouls, which resulted in three yellow cards, while Venezia received one caution.
The match remained goalless at the interval following a first half that included a VAR review in the sixteenth minute and a yellow card for Lecce player Gaspar in the third minute. Lecce broke the deadlock immediately after the restart when Olaf Gorter scored with a right foot shot in the forty-sixth minute. A yellow card was shown to Oumar Ngom in the fifty-ninth minute, before Tiago Gabriel doubled Lecce's lead with a header in the eightieth minute from an xG chance of 0.81. Matteo Dagasso received a yellow card for Venezia in the seventy-eighth minute as Lecce secured the away victory.
