Serie A | Lecce 2-1 Torino: Asllani misses last chance to draw level

It was a quickfire double that sent Lecce into a first-half lead at the Via del Mare: Medon Berisha’s 20th-minute corner was met by the head of Coulibaly within the six-yard box for 1-0. 

The Salentini doubled their advantage with their following attack of the game, Berisha involved again. The Albania international wriggled past Cesare Casadei, carried the ball to the edge of the area before crossing to Banda to tap home at the far post. 

The Toro deficit was halved just over 10 minutes into the second half when Banda ran into Guillermo Maripan with a heavy touch. The ball fell for Nikola Vlasic, who carried it from his own half to the edge of the area, where he squared to Adams, whose shot took a big deflection on its way into the far corner. 

Torino had a glorious opportunity to restore their advantage just before the 90th minute. Saul Coco was clipped by Tete Morente in the Lecce penalty area from a corner, which required a three-minute long VAR check before a penalty was awarded.

Asllani stepped up to do the honours for thee visitors, in the 90th minute eventually, but his penalty was poorly hit, right where the goalkeeper wanted it, halfway between the middle of the net and the corner.

This was Eusebio Di Francesco’s first home victory back in charge of Lecce, and just his third in Serie A so far this season. His side are now up to 14th place in the league table, just one point and two positions behind Torino in 14th.

Lecce 2-1 Torino 

Coulibaly (L) 20’, Banda (L) 22’, Adams (T) 57’.  

30-11-2025 11:30 MatchDay 13 Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare

Lecce

Torino 2 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Lassana Coulibaly (Assist: Medon Berisha)		20'
Lameck Banda (Assist: Medon Berisha)		22'

2nd half

57'

Ché Adams (Assist: Nikola Vlasic)     78' Cesare Casadei Ylber Ramadani 80'     Danilo Veiga 81'         83' Saúl Coco     90+1'

Kristjan Asllani     90+3'

Cyril Ngonge

Match statistic

48 Possession % 52 10 Total shots 15 2 Shots on target 6 3 Shots off target 5 5 Blocked shots 4 6 Corners 6 1 Offsides 2 16 Fouls 22 Lecce Torino

Starting lineups

30

Wladimiro Falcone Goalkeeper 25

Antonino Gallo Defender 17 Danilo Veiga Defender 4 Kialonda Gaspar Defender 44 Tiago Gabriel Defender 29

Lassana Coulibaly Midfielder 10 Medon Berisha Midfielder 83' 20

Ylber Ramadani Midfielder 19

Lameck Banda Attacker 65' 9 Nikola Stulic Attacker 90' 50 Santiago Pierotti Attacker 65' 81 Franco Israel Goalkeeper 13

Guillermo Maripán Defender 16

Marcus Pedersen Defender 70' 25 Niels Nkounkou Defender 71' 23

Saúl Coco Defender 61

Adrien Tameze Midfielder 60' 22

Cesare Casadei Midfielder 66 Gvidas Gineitis Midfielder 37' 32 Kristjan Asllani Midfielder 10

Nikola Vlasic Midfielder

70' 19

Ché Adams Attacker

Substitutes

93 Youssef Maleh Midfielder 14 Thórir Jóhann Helgason Midfielder 32 Jasper Samooja Goalkeeper 1

Christian Früchtl Goalkeeper 22

Francesco Camarda Attacker 11

Konan N’Dri Attacker 13 Matías Pérez Defender 21 Christ-Owen Kouassi Defender 28 Olaf Gorter Midfielder 5 Jamil Siebert Defender 6 Álex Sala Midfielder 23

Riccardo Sottil Attacker 65' 7 Tete Morente Attacker 65' 77 Mohamed Kaba Midfielder 83' 3 Corrie Ndaba Defender 90' 1 Alberto Paleari Goalkeeper 14

Tino Anjorin Midfielder 6 Emirhan Ilkhan Midfielder 21 Ali Dembélé Defender 71

Mihai Popa Goalkeeper 91

Duván Zapata Attacker 37' 26

Cyril Ngonge Attacker 60' 7

Zakaria Aboukhlal Midfielder 70' 5

Adam Masina Defender 70' 20

Valentino Lazaro Defender

71'