The Lille & Olympique Lyonnais managers C. Galtier and R. Garcia are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligue 1 league table.
Olympique Lyonnais could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Coupe de France game only four sleeps ago.
Lille form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy as Lille have scored 23 goals to get 32 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 10-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mike Maignan not having conceded a league goal in 201 minutes.
A strong away win for Lille against Nantes the last match, as Benjamin André were on target. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Toulouse.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lille have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won zero, drawn three and lost zero.
A decent goal production from Lille in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Lille have conceded only 9 goals.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
6 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Olympique Lyonnais playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Olympique Lyonnais have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Anthony Lopes. It's been 228 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 1.
Olympique Lyonnais might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Paris Saint Germain proved too strong as Olympique Lyonnais slumped to a 1-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Groupama Stadium. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Saint-Étienne in the Ligue 1.
Olympique Lyonnais lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympique Lyonnais playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Olympique Lyonnais win, two draws and two defeats.
Olympique Lyonnais has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games. 19 goals have been conceded by Olympique Lyonnais in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Olympique Lyonnais - Lille 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Lille won four, Olympique Lyonnais won one and five draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Dembélé 16 goals |  V. Osimhen 13 goals |  M. Depay 9 goals |
Lille missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Lille | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 14 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 25 | 42 |
| 27 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 70% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 70% |
| 44% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 48% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 22% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 11% |
| 41% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 44% |
| 41% | 57% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 33% |
| 22% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 30% |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 336 | 186 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 179 | 345 |
| 129 | 73 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 69 | 135 |
| 26% | 32% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | 31% |
- Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 51 | 68 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 55 |
| 3 | Rennes | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | Lille | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 46 |
| 5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | Monaco | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Reims | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Nice | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 38 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 38 |
| 11 | Nantes | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 37 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 36 |
| 13 | Angers SCO | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -7 | 36 |
| 14 | Brest | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -2 | 34 |
| 15 | Metz | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 31 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 29 |
| 17 | Dijon | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -11 | 27 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -14 | 27 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -19 | 22 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -35 | 13 |