FROSINONE, Italy (Interstat) — Frosinone scored five times and beat Lecce 5-1 at Stadio Benito Stirpe on Thursday. Matteo Cichella gave Frosinone the lead in the 25th minute. Lecce’s Tiago Gabriel was booked in the 38th minute, and Frosinone carried its lead into the break. The home side led at halftime and then added to its advantage after the restart.

Lecce’s Ngom O. was booked in the 51st minute. Antonio Raimondo then made it 2-0 in the 59th minute. Daniel Birligea scored in the 72nd minute, and Lecce’s Siebert J. was booked in the 79th minute. Lecce answered in the 82nd minute when Joel Monteiro scored, with Olaf Gorter credited with the assist. Birligea scored again in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time. Giacomo Calo was also credited with a goal for Frosinone, giving the home side its five-goal total. Frosinone’s scoring came from Cichella, Raimondo, Birligea twice and Calo, while Monteiro supplied Lecce’s lone goal.

The second half unfolded with Frosinone adding to its lead. Raimondo’s goal in the 59th minute came after Ngom’s booking. Birligea’s first goal in the 72nd minute was followed by Siebert’s booking. Monteiro’s goal in the 82nd minute gave Lecce a response, but Birligea’s stoppage-time goal added to Frosinone’s lead. Calo’s goal was part of the home side’s scoring. All three yellow cards in the match went to Lecce.

Among the key performers, Cichella scored for Frosinone, Monteiro scored for Lecce, Calo was credited with a goal and played 77 minutes, and Giorgi Kvernadze had two assists. Raimondo scored and played 70 minutes, Birligea scored twice in 20 minutes, Fares Ghedjemis had an assist in 70 minutes, Romano Schmid had an assist in 77 minutes, and Gorter had an assist in 33 minutes.

Lecce made a halftime change with Ndaba C. and then brought on Esteban P. and Maleh Y. in the 57th minute and Gandelman O. in the 58th. Frosinone substituted Raimondo and Ghedjemis in the 70th minute, Calo and Schmid in the 77th and Calvani G. in the 80th. Monteiro came off in the 83rd minute. Both teams made five substitutions in the match. The match included three yellow cards, all shown to Lecce players.

The result moved Frosinone’s record in the competition to 5 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, while Lecce fell to 3 wins and 6 losses. Across all competitions, Frosinone is now 6 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, and Lecce is 3 wins and 7 losses. Lecce had previously lost 2-0 to Juventus, won 3-0 at Udinese, lost 2-1 to Bologna, lost 3-0 at AC Milan, won 3-2 against AC Monza, lost 1-0 at Cagliari, lost 4-0 to AS Roma, won 2-0 at Venezia and lost 2-0 at Palermo. Frosinone had drawn 4-4 with Atalanta, won 4-2 against Sassuolo, lost 3-0 at Napoli, won 2-1 against Benevento, won 2-0 against Como, drawn 1-1 at Genoa, won 3-2 against Venezia, won 3-0 at Fiorentina and lost 1-0 to Juventus.

Frosinone next hosts Torino and then visits Cagliari, AC Milan, Udinese, AS Roma and AC Monza, with home matches against Parma, Inter, Lazio and Bologna. Lecce next hosts Genoa and then visits Torino, Lazio, Napoli, Como and Fiorentina, with home matches against Atalanta, Sassuolo, Inter and Parma.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Frosinone 2, Lecce 1, and Interstat’s ELO system projected Frosinone with an 80.7 percent probability to win.