Ligue 1: Lille expected to win home game against Nîmes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sun 28.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50083 seats)

Lille perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Nîmes can look both up and down from their 9th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It's quite the trip for Nîmes when visiting Lille as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Lille form and stats

Lille are steadily winning games and points here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy. 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 16 games.

Lille manager C. Galtier and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Toulouse in the Ligue 1. Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against PSG.

The Lille fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 16 matches. Lille are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 16 matches.

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Nîmes form and stats

As the visiting team Nîmes have produced an overall stat of 5-2-9 so far. It's all red in the travel logs of Nîmes, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Nîmes are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Ligue 1 against Bordeaux. A 1-2 defeat away at Olympique Marseille before that.

Nîmes find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 22 goals from 16 away fixtures. Nîmes have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Nîmes - Lille 2-3 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Lille, 0 draws and 0 wins for Nîmes.

Top Goalscorers

N. Pépé
19 goals / 11 assists
J. Bamba
11 goals / 2 assists
Rafael Leão
8 goals / 2 assists

Lille missing players

Nîmes missing players

Lille Nîmes
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
54 31 Scored 22 49
28 11 Conceded 31 48
88% 88% Over 0.5 100% 94%
67% 69% Over 1.5 88% 79%
52% 62% Over 2.5 69% 58%
27% 31% Over 3.5 31% 33%
12% 6% Over 4.5 19% 15%
52% 50% Both teams to score 50% 52%
36% 44% Clean Sheet 12% 24%
24% 19% Failed To Score 38% 30%
 
4.4 4.5 Corners For (avg) 4.8 5.2
4.7 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 5.3 4.3
1.9 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.9 1.9
3 0 Red Cards (total) 1 5
Key stats this season:
  • Nîmes hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nîmes is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Lille is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 33 27 3 3 95 27 17 16 1 0 58 9 16 11 2 3 37 18 68 84
2 Lille 33 19 8 6 54 28 16 10 4 2 31 11 17 9 4 4 23 17 26 65
3 Olympique Lyonnais 33 17 8 8 55 41 17 11 3 3 32 17 16 6 5 5 23 24 14 59
4 Saint-Étienne 33 16 8 9 50 37 16 11 2 3 29 13 17 5 6 6 21 24 13 56
5 Olympique Marseille 33 16 6 11 52 44 16 10 4 2 29 12 17 6 2 9 23 32 8 54
6 Montpellier 33 13 12 8 47 37 16 7 6 3 26 16 17 6 6 5 21 21 10 51
7 Reims 33 11 15 7 32 34 17 7 7 3 18 14 16 4 8 4 14 20 -2 48
8 Nice 33 13 9 11 23 30 16 8 3 5 13 13 17 5 6 6 10 17 -7 48
9 Nîmes 33 13 7 13 49 48 17 8 5 4 27 17 16 5 2 9 22 31 1 46
10 Strasbourg 33 10 14 9 55 43 17 6 7 4 30 22 16 4 7 5 25 21 12 44
11 Rennes 33 11 10 12 45 46 16 7 5 4 21 14 17 4 5 8 24 32 -1 43
12 Angers SCO 33 9 14 10 40 40 16 5 7 4 21 18 17 4 7 6 19 22 0 41
13 Nantes 33 11 7 15 41 44 17 8 4 5 32 23 16 3 3 10 9 21 -3 40
14 Bordeaux 33 9 11 13 31 36 16 7 6 3 22 16 17 2 5 10 9 20 -5 38
15 Toulouse 33 8 12 13 30 46 17 4 8 5 16 19 16 4 4 8 14 27 -16 36
16 Monaco 33 7 11 15 32 49 17 3 6 8 15 26 16 4 5 7 17 23 -17 32
17 Amiens SC 33 8 8 17 28 48 16 6 3 7 18 21 17 2 5 10 10 27 -20 32
18 Dijon 33 7 7 19 27 50 17 4 4 9 14 27 16 3 3 10 13 23 -23 28
19 Caen 33 5 11 17 25 47 16 2 5 9 12 24 17 3 6 8 13 23 -22 26
20 Guingamp 33 5 9 19 24 60 17 3 5 9 14 25 16 2 4 10 10 35 -36 24

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