Fabio Pisacane is once again banking on Andrea Belotti and Sebastiano Esposito for Lecce vs. Cagliari tonight, the early match of Serie A's fourth matchday. The strike pairing is the one chosen by the coach for the match, which kicks off at 8:45 PM. This is a relegation battle for the Rossoblu, which comes on the back of last Saturday's victory over Parma, which allowed them to move ahead of the Salento side, coached by former coach Eusebio Di Francesco, in the standings. They had played together against the Gialloblu, with promising results. Gennaro Borrelli, Semih Kılıçsoy, and Leonardo Pavoletti, who is available again after four months , will be on the bench.
Cagliari's formation against Lecce is expected to be 4-3-2-1, with Michael Folorunsho on the same line as Esposito, as seen against Parma. However, Gianluca Gaetano was also there, and tonight he'll start from the bench to bring on an additional midfielder: Alessandro Deiola, who is also a former player . In defense, the new addition is Marco Palestra, who made a good substitution six days ago (starting the move that led to the final 2-0), replacing Gabriele Zappa.
Here are the official lineups for Lecce-Cagliari: kick-off is at 8:45 PM , live on unionesarda.it and live radio commentary on Lele Casini's Radiolina, with pre- and post-match commentary hosted by Carlo Alberto Melis. The referee is Luca Zufferli of the Udine section .
Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Kouassi, Tiago Gabriel, Gaspar, Gallo; L. Coulibaly, Ramadani, Sala; Pierotti, Štulić, Sottil.
On the bench: Früchtl, Samooja, Ndaba, Siebert, Pérez, Veiga, Berisha, Tete Morente, Helgason, Dramé, Kovač, N'Dri, Banda, Camarda.
Coach: Eusebio Di Francesco.
Cagliari (4-3-2-1): Caprile; Palestra, Mina, Luperto, Obert; Adopo, Prati, Deiola; S. Esposito, Folorunsho; Belotti.
On the bench: Ciocci, Sarno, Idrissi, Mazzitelli, Kılıçsoy, Gaetano, Rodríguez, Felici, Di Pardo, Rog, Cavuoti, Zappa, Borrelli, Pavoletti, Zé Pedro.
Coach: Fabio Pisacane.
