Only a win will satisfy the Lille supporters in this Stade Pierre-Mauroy clash with Lorient, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Ligue 1 table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It should be mentioned that Lorient play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Lorient on grass are 20 victories, 7 draws and 13 defeats from 40 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 54-41. You can compare this with overall results below.
Lille form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lille have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
Lille faced defeat in their previous match, away at Brest (2-3). In the game before, an away victory in the Europa League match versus Milan with a 3-0 scoreline.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lille, as the Europa League home game vs Milan is only four days away.
A decent goal production from Lille in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Defensively Lille have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lorient form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Lorient playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Lorient aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 280 league minutes without a goal. T. Moffi was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 1 home defeat versus Nantes with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Dijon.
Lorient have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Lorient struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lille six wins, zero draws and Lorient four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Yılmaz 6 goals |  J. Bamba 4 goals |   Y. Wissa 4 goals |
Lille missing players
Lorient missing players
| Lille | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 90% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 80% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | 63 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 48 | 92 |
| 46 | 22 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 31 |
| 37% | 41% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 39% |
- Lille have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lille have scored in all their matches so far.
- Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| 2 | Lille | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Rennes | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Monaco | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Nice | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Metz | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 11 | Lens | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Brest | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Nantes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Reims | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Lorient | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 8 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | Dijon | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 4 |