Overview
- Roma beat Lecce 2-0 at the Via del Mare, with Evan Ferguson scoring early and Artem Dovbyk adding the second after coming on.
- Dovbyk later left with a leg problem and Bryan Cristante was booked, a caution that rules him out of Roma’s next match against Sassuolo.
- The victory lifts Roma to 36 points to end the first half of the season, moving them ahead of Juventus and Como in the fight for fourth place.
- Como defeated Pisa 3-0 to reach 33 points, their third straight win, intensifying pressure on the traditional contenders for European spots.
- Juventus, held 1-1 by Lecce in their previous outing, travel to Sassuolo with multiple absences reported, including Lloyd Kelly, Francisco Conceição, Jonas Rouhi, Arkadiusz Milik, Federico Gatti, Daniele Rugani and Dušan Vlahović.