Overview
- Kick-off is at 18:00 CET at the Stadio Via del Mare, with coverage carried by DAZN in several markets and by TNT Sports in the UK/Ireland and Paramount+ in the USA.
- Inter arrive top with 61 points and 12 wins from their last 13 league matches after a midweek Champions League setback in Bodo.
- Lautaro Martínez is out for roughly a month with a calf injury, Nicolò Barella and Hakan Çalhanoğlu are suspended, and Denzel Dumfries remains sidelined.
- Reports indicate Francesco Pio Esposito is favoured to start alongside Marcus Thuram, though Ange-Yoan Bonny is also under consideration, with midfield options including Andy Diouf or Petar Sucic alongside Piotr Zieliński and Davide Frattesi.
- Federico Dimarco is expected to return at wing-back, Stefan de Vrij is set to rotate into a back three with Yann Bisseck, and Lecce sit 17th and likely line up 4-2-3-1 with Walid Cheddira up front.