Lecce to stay up in the Italian Serie A has shortened to 4/11 with Paddy Power, in from 8/13, as all three bookmakers cut their odds. Read the full move.
The odds on Lecce to stay up in the Italian Serie A have been slashed from 8/13 to 4/11 with Paddy Power after a statement clean-sheet win away at Udinese.
Three of three bookmakers have cut their odds on Lecce, with Paddy Power now offering 4/11.
Skybet and Betfair Sportsbook match that 4/11 best price, so there is no edge to be found by shopping around.
Lecce cruised to a 3-0 win at Udinese, with Kialonda Gaspar, Konan N'Dri and Jamil Siebert all on the scoresheet.
Bologna are the favourites at a best price of 1/50 with Paddy Power, with Lecce ninth-shortest in the market.
This was Lecce at their most ruthless. They were 2-0 up by the break at Udinese, and both goals came from dead balls. Gaspar rose to head home a corner for his maiden Serie A goal, and N'Dri added the second before half-time from another set piece. Siebert, on as a substitute, then finished off a late counter-attack to put the result beyond doubt. Di Francesco's side never looked like cracking at the back, and the hosts were left nursing a fifth straight Serie A defeat.
The response matters here, coming off the back of a narrow Serie A loss on home soil the previous weekend. It was direct, organised and, crucially, built on a set-piece threat that gives Lecce a route to goal even when open play gets messy. That is exactly the kind of weapon sides in a survival scrap lean on, and the bookmakers have reacted accordingly, with all three firms cutting Lecce into 4/11 with Paddy Power. Our take is simple: the move is earned, not a knee-jerk overreaction.
Italian Serie A To Stay Up odds
Best odds 4/11 with Paddy Power, worst 4/11 with Skybet. Betfair Sportsbook sits at the same price, so all three firms are level on Lecce after cutting their odds.
Last updated: 18 October 2026, 23:27 UK time
Odds below are live and may have changed since publishing this article.
Who is favourite to stay up in the Italian Serie A?
Bologna are the favourites at a best price of 1/50 with Paddy Power, and Saturday's home defeat to Inter Milan has done nothing to shift that view, even though Tommaso Pobega had given them an early lead. Lecce are ninth-shortest at 4/11 with Paddy Power, which tells you the firms still see a bit of work to do before the log settles. The gap between the leading group and Lecce is real, but the direction of travel is clear, and it points towards safety for the Giallorossi rather than away from it.
Bologna – 1/50 with Paddy Power, top of the market despite losing 3-1 to Inter at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara.
Torino – 1/40 with Paddy Power, barely a price at all for punters.
Cagliari – 1/40 with Paddy Power, level with Torino.
Sassuolo – 1/20 with Paddy Power, the longest of the leading four.
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How do Lecce stay up in the Italian Serie A?
Lecce now hold three wins from their seven Serie A outings under Di Francesco, and the next few days will test whether the Udinese performance was a turning point or a one-off. Juventus come to the Via del Mare next, a fixture where a stubborn shape and that dead-ball threat could be enough to nick something. The trip to Frosinone that follows looks the bigger one for survival purposes, the type of outing where Gaspar and company winning their duels in both boxes can decide the afternoon. Keep defending set pieces as well as they attack them, keep producing clean sheets on the road, and the shorter price on Lecce to stay up in the Italian Serie A will look like the bookmakers simply catching up with the football.
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