Result Inter vs Lecce, Wednesday 14 January 2026, Recovered Serie A Week 16

Inter triumphed over Lecce on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, during the Recovered Serie A Week 16 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy. With this victory, Inter now leads Napoli by +6 points, establishing a notable advantage. They also hold the same lead over Milan, who still have a match against Como and could potentially narrow the gap to three points.

This marks Francesco Pio Esposito's second goal in Serie A this season (fourth when including the Champions League and Coppa Italia), and it's a vital one. It secures three hard-earned points against the tough Salento defense, allowing Inter to sit six points clear at the top of the standings.

⚫️🔵 Inter 1 - 0 Lecce 🟡🔴

⚽️ Inter gained the upper hand in the 78th minute with the sole goal of the game. Francesco Pio Esposito netted it with a left-footed strike to the top left corner. The breakthrough goal came from a substitute for Inter. Lautaro attempted a shot, but it was straight at Falcone and blocked. However, the ball bounced back into the penalty area, and Pio Esposito was quicker than anyone else: he reached it, fired with his left foot, and sent the San Siro crowd into a frenzy.

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 Stats BEFORE the game

Inter has triumphed in all of their last six league encounters with Lecce, netting at least two goals in each match (16 goals total - averaging 2.7); the Nerazzurri have only managed to secure seven straight wins against Lecce in Serie A once: from 1991 to 1999.

Inter has maintained a clean sheet in their last five league matches against Lecce, and they only have a longer active streak of consecutive clean sheets in Serie A against Como (six).
Lecce is the team against which Inter boasts the highest winning percentage in home matches in their Serie A history: 95% - 18 wins out of 19 (with 1 draw), having played a minimum of 15 home games.

Lecce has suffered defeats in their last five Serie A matches against teams that were at the top of the standings prior to the match, failing to score in any of those games: among these five losses, two were against Inter, with scores of 2-0 in December 2023 and 4-0 in February 2024.

Inter official starting lineup against Lecce

It's our time 😎
Forza Inter 🖤💙@play_eFootball pic.twitter.com/dkDtUpddr8

— Inter ⭐⭐ (@Inter_en) January 14, 2026

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Lecce official starting lineup against Inter



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The Giuseppe Meazza Stadium is set for Inter vs Lecce

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2025– 2026 Recovered Italian Serie A Week 16

Inter 1 - 0 Lecce
Wednesday 14 January 2026
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Milan, Italy

20:45

Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: PASSERI – DI GIOIA
IV: MANGANIELLO
VAR: MAGGIONI
AVAR: CHIFFI

⚽️ Goals: 78' Francesco Pio Esposito (I)

🟨 Yellow Cards: 17' Marcus Thuram (I), 63' Danilo Veiga (L), 93' Luis Henrique (I)

✅ Official Lineups - Formations - Tabellino:

Lineup INTER (3-5-2): 1 Sommer; 25 Akanji, 15 Acerbi, 95 Bastoni; 17 Diouf (11 Luis Henrique 57'), 23 Barella (16 Frattesi 57'), 7 Zielinski, 22 Mkhitaryan (10 Lautaro 72'), 30 Carlos Augusto; 14 Bonny (94 Esposito 57'), 9 Thuram (8 Sucic 87').

Subs:  40 Calligraris, 60 Taho, 6 De Vrij, 31 Bisseck, 32 Dimarco, 36 Darmian, 43 Cocchi, 44 Berenbruch, 45 Bovo.

Coach: Cristian Chivu.

Lineup LECCE (4-2-3-1): 30 Falcone; 17 Veiga, 5 Siebert, 44 Tiago Gabriel, 25 Gallo; 29 Coulibaly, 93 Maleh (6 Sala 86'); 50 Pierotti (11 N'Dri 82'), 16 Gandelman (77 Kaba 69'), 23 Sottil (7 Tete Morente 69'); 9 Stulic.

Subs: 1 Fruchtl, 32 Samooja, 3 Ndaba, 13 Perez, 14 Helgason, 18 Jean, 21 Kouassi, 28 Gorter, 36 Marchwiński, 79 Ngom.

Coach: Eusebio Di Francesco.



Click the video to watch Inter 1 - 0 Lecce highlights on Wednesday 14 January 2026



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