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Frosinone beat Lecce 5-1 while Fiorentina draw with Atalanta

Frosinone beat Lecce 5-1 and Fiorentina drew 2-2 with Atalanta in Serie A on Oct. 29. Daniel Birligea scored twice in the match at Stadio Benito Stirpe.

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Frosinone beat Lecce 5-1 at Stadio Benito Stirpe on Oct. 29, recording the larger winning margin in the two completed Serie A matches, ESPN's scoreboard said.

Fiorentina drew 2-2 with Atalanta at Stadio Artemio Franchi in the other match. The two games produced 10 goals, with six in Frosinone and four in Florence.

Daniel Birligea scored twice in the Frosinone-Lecce match, with goals in the 72nd minute and the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time. He was the only player to score more than once across the two games.

Matteo Cichella scored the first goal of the match in the 25th minute. Giacomo Calo followed with a penalty in the first minute of first-half stoppage time, the second of the game's six goals.

Antonio Raimondo scored in the 59th minute before Birligea's first goal. Joel Monteiro then scored in the 82nd minute, with Birligea adding the final goal in stoppage time.

The match had two goals before the interval and four after it. The final three goals came from the 72nd minute onward, including both of Birligea's goals.

Frosinone finished with a four-goal winning margin. Their five goals accounted for half of the goals scored across the two completed matches, while Lecce scored once.

Fiorentina and Atalanta shared four goals before an attendance of 20,351, according to ESPN's scoreboard. Charles De Ketelaere scored the first goal in the 41st minute, the only goal before halftime.

Alieu Njie scored with a header in the 53rd minute. João Mário followed in the 61st minute, and Nicola Zalewski scored the match's fourth and final goal in the 74th.

That game produced three goals after halftime, with Njie, João Mário and Zalewski each scoring once. The final goal came 13 minutes after João Mário's effort, leaving the teams level at the finish.

Frosinone's record after their victory stood at five wins, two draws and two defeats. Lecce had three wins, no draws and six defeats, with both clubs having played nine matches.

Fiorentina's record stood at one win, two draws and six defeats after the draw. Atalanta had three wins, two draws and four defeats, also from nine matches.

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