Lille and Celtic get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lille and Celtic.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Lille form and stats
Last season, Lille's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Lille have to build on here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in the Ligue 1. Lille has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Olympique Marseille defeat 255 days ago. It’s been three wins in a row for Lille here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Lille manager C. Galtier and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Nice in the Ligue 1. In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Sparta Praha.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Lille matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and zero defeats (from two games).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Olympique Lyonnais are coming to town in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Lille's attacking play is working. Lille have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 16th finals.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Livingston game have they lost an away game, meaning Celtic has taken points from 16 away matches in a row.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Aberdeen in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 3-3. A 1-3 loss hosting Milan before that.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Celtic, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Celtic when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
A new game in only two days for Celtic, the Premiership home match versus St. Mirren. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ajeti 5 goals |   B. Yılmaz 4 goals |  O. Édouard 4 goals |
Lille missing players
Celtic missing players
| Lille | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Scored | S | 22 | 52 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 249 | 125 | Total Shots | T S | 185 | 355 | ||
| 88 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 144 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lille | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Milan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Celtic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Sparta Praha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| 2 | Lille | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Rennes | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Nice | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Lens | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 9 | Bordeaux | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Metz | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Monaco | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Saint-Etienne | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Brest | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 | Nantes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 16 | Nimes | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Lorient | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 19 | Reims | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 20 | Dijon | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -14 | 2 |