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Serie A · Regular Season - 2 · 2026-08-31 16:30 UTC · Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce

LecceTeam strength 1568 · projected league finish #18
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Roma
single most likely score: 11 (12.2%)
RomaTeam strength 1793.5 · projected league finish #2
Lecce wins 17.8%Draw — neither team wins 25.5%Roma wins 56.7%Average simulated goals 0.951.83

These three percentages add to 100%. They show what may happen, not what will happen.

Why does Roma have the highest number? Roma currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Lecce playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 0.95for Lecce and 1.83 for Roma. That makes Roma the highest of the three result estimates at 56.7%. For the full league season, Lecce is projected to earn about 38points and Roma about 68. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Lecce a 17.8% chance of beating Roma at home in the Serie A on 2026-08-31, with 25.5% for the draw and 56.7% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (12.2%), with average simulated goals of 0.951.83; the chance of both teams scoring is 52.9% and of three or more total goals 52.6%. Estimates come from an Elo → Dixon-Coles → Monte Carlo model, walk-forward backtested on 913 internationals (ranked probability score 0.175 vs 0.241 for random guessing) with a public prediction record.

Source: The Open Model (theopenmodel.com) · probabilities as of the latest daily build · data reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Possible final scores
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07.610.010.46.42.91.5
14.512.29.96.02.81.4
22.85.14.72.91.30.7
30.91.61.50.90.40.2
40.20.40.40.20.10.1
5+0.00.10.10.00.00.0

Home-team goals run down the left; away-team goals run across the top. Each cell is that score's estimated chance.

Most likely scores
11 12.2%02 10.4%01 10.0%12 9.9%00 7.6%03 6.4%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score52.9%
2 or more total goals78.0%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Lecce avoids defeat43.3%
Roma avoids defeat82.2%
Lecce allows no goals16.0%
Roma allows no goals38.7%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Lecce3846.8%
Roma689.3%62.4%

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