Serie A | Lecce 0-3 Atalanta: Impressive Dea back in hunt for top four

Atalanta closed the gap on fourth place to just five points and plunged Lecce closer to relegation trouble with Giorgio Scalvini, Nikola Krstovic and Giacomo Raspadori goals.

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La Dea made the trip without Isak Hien and Gianluca Scamacca, so Nikola Krstovic faced his old club. The Salentini were increasingly in danger of the drop after losing four of their last five games, missing Antonino Gallo, Riccardo Sottil, Francesco Camarda, Medon Berisha and Kialonda Gaspar.

There was a mixed atmosphere before kick-off, as while Lecce ultras left the Curva Nord empty for the first 15 minutes in protest at limitations, the players brought out puppies from a local rescue centre as mascots.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Sadik Fofana should’ve done much better on 11 minutes when shinning the half-volley well over from 14 yards relatively undisturbed, so at the other end Wladimiro Falcone made a great one-handed save to deny Charles De Ketelaere on the Krstovic lay-off.

Lameck Banda had an effort charged down, but Atalanta scored on the counter-attack, as Giorgio Scalvini ran from his own box to meet the De Ketelaere pass, shrug off a defender, and smash into the net from 12 yards.

It was nearly 2-0, as De Ketelaere rolled across for Krstovic to sweep first time, forcing a sensational save out of Falcone. On the resulting corner, Danilo Veiga charged down Ederson’s scorcher with his face.

Atalanta had the ball in the net again after the restart with Ederson tapping in the De Ketelaere pass to the back post, but the offside flag went up for a very tight decision.

When Lecce did get into promising situations, they were wasteful with rushed crosses from Walid Cheddira and Lameck Banda, and were made to pay for it with a second goal on the counter-attack.

Ederson started the move and De Ketelaere threaded through for Krstovic to fire in from 12 yards. The former Lecce striker did not celebrate, instead bowing in apology to his former fans.

Falcone made another strong save to deny Ederson from close range, but the move kept going and he could do nothing as Giacomo Raspadori rifled it into the roof of the net from 12 yards for 3-0.

Banda was the last to give up for Lecce, curling just over the bar, while Krstovic’s acrobatic overhead kick was off target from a Raspadori assist.

Lecce 0-3 Atalanta

Scalvini 29 (A), Krstovic 59 (A), Raspadori 73 (A)

06-04-2026 14:00

MatchDay 31

Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare

Lecce

Atalanta

Live

0 - 3

Player statistic

1st half

29'

Giorgio Scalvini (Assist: Charles De Ketelaere)

2nd half

		47'		Berat Djimsiti
		59'		Nikola Krstovic (Assist: Charles De Ketelaere)
		70'		Davide Zappacosta
		73'		Giacomo Raspadori (Assist: Mario Pasalic)

Lecce

Atalanta

Starting lineups

30

Wladimiro Falcone

Goalkeeper

3

Corrie Ndaba

Defender

17

Danilo Veiga

Defender

67'

5

Jamil Siebert

Defender

8

Sadik Fofana

Defender

46'

44

Tiago Gabriel

Defender

79

Oumar Ngom

Midfielder

20

Ylber Ramadani

Midfielder

68'

19

Lameck Banda

Attacker

50

Santiago Pierotti

Attacker

99

Walid Cheddira

Attacker

78'

29

Marco Carnesecchi

Goalkeeper

19

Berat Djimsiti

Defender

70'

77

Davide Zappacosta

Defender

70'

42

Giorgio Scalvini

Defender

47

Lorenzo Bernasconi

Defender

23

Sead Kolasinac

Defender

13

Éderson

Midfielder

15

Marten de Roon

Midfielder

63'

59

Nicola Zalewski

Midfielder

63'

17

Charles De Ketelaere

Attacker

90

Nikola Krstovic

Attacker

80'

Substitutes

14

Thórir Jóhann Helgason

Midfielder

32

Jasper Samooja

Goalkeeper

1

Christian Früchtl

Goalkeeper

36

Filip Marchwinski

Midfielder

18

Gaby Jean

Defender

13

Matías Pérez

Defender

28

Olaf Gorter

Midfielder

6

Álex Sala

Midfielder

16

Omri Gandelman

Midfielder

46'

11

Konan N’Dri

Attacker

67'

29

Lassana Coulibaly

Midfielder

68'

9

Nikola Stulic

Attacker

78'

10

Lazar Samardžić

Midfielder

57

Marco Sportiello

Goalkeeper

5

Mitchel Bakker

Defender

6

Yunus Musah

Midfielder

69

Honest Ahanor

Defender

98

Albert Navarro

Defender

99

Piotr Pardel

Goalkeeper

8

Mario Pasalic

Midfielder

63'

18

Giacomo Raspadori

Attacker

63'

16

Raoul Bellanova

Defender

70'

3

Odilon Kossounou

Defender

70'

7

Kamaldeen Sulemana

Midfielder

80'