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

Goals from Lassana Coulibaly and Lameck Banda sent Lecce on their way to a 2-1 victory over Torino in Serie A on Sunday afternoon, despite a second-half strike from Che Adams and an opportunity for Kristjan Asllani to level from the penalty spot in the final minute.

The hosts were without Gaby Jean, Filip Marchwinski, Matias Perez and Balthazar Pierret, while Torino had to do without Ardian Ismajli, Giovanni Simeone and the long-term absentee Perr Schuurs. 

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.

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

30-11-2025 11:30

MatchDay 13

Stadio Ettore Giardiniero – Via del Mare

LEC

TOR

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

LEC

TOR

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′