Daniel Birligea’s two goals complete Frosinone’s 5-1 win over Lecce

Birligea turns a 5-1 lead into Frosinone’s statement win

How did Daniel Birligea shape Frosinone’s victory? The substitute scored twice, turning a 4-0 advantage into the 5-1 final score against Lecce in Serie A.

Birligea strikes after coming on

Frosinone led 2-0 at half-time after Matteo Cichella opened the scoring in the 25th minute, assisted by Farès Ghedjemis, and Giacomo Calò converted a penalty in the 45th minute. Antonio Raimondo then made it 3-0 in the 59th minute, with Giorgi Kvernadze providing the assist.

Birligea replaced Raimondo in the 70th minute and scored two minutes later, making the score 4-0 after an assist from Romano Schmid. Joel Almada Monteiro pulled one back for Lecce in the 82nd minute, assisted by Olaf Gorter, but Birligea scored again in the 90th minute to complete the 5-1 result.

Frosinone control the contest

The statistics supported Frosinone’s emphatic win. They had 60% possession, 26 total shots to Lecce’s 15, and 10 corners to 3. Their expected goals figure was 2.96, compared with Lecce’s 1.3, while Frosinone also recorded 361 total passes to Lecce’s 246.

Lecce collected all three yellow cards, shown to Tiago Gabriel, Oumar Ngom and Jamil Siebert. Frosinone had none, and neither team received a red card.

Table impact and standout performers

Frosinone moved from 14 points to 17 and are provisionally sixth, having gone into the match ranked seventh. Lecce remain on 9 points and are provisionally 14th. Frosinone now hold an 8-point advantage over Lecce and trail leaders Inter by 8 points.

Birligea’s two goals made him the defining figure of the finish, while Raimondo was the highest-rated player at 8.2 after one goal, one shot on target and 2 key passes in 70 minutes.