Novara and Lecce played out a goalless draw in a game which does not help either team's chances of survival.

The home side were perhaps the more enterprising and peppered the Lecce goal with plenty of attempts.

However, it was David Di Michele who nearly broke the deadlock after 38 minutes when his shot came back off the frame of the goal.

Giuseppe Mascara brought a decent save from a Massililiano Benassi stroke of half time before Andrea Esposito had a shot blocked at the other end.

Novara twice hit the woodwork in the dying seconds, firstly from Andrea Caracciolo and then from Takayuki Morimoto.

However, the scores remained level and both sides had to be content with a draw.