Lille - Olympique Lyonnais: Small difference between teams in Ligue 1 clash

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50186 seats)

This is the real thing, this is Ligue 1 and this is Lille - Olympique Lyonnais. Read our comprehensive match guide!

Insights:
  • All of Lille's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Lille form and stats

The total Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Lille are 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Lille, who won 3-1 against Wolfsburg. Jonathan Ikoné (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.25/10. Ikoné signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.

Before that, Lille had a Ligue 1 home game versus Troyes which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 two, drawn zero and lost one.

The Lille fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Lille's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

There's been little loot from Olympique Lyonnais's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Ligue 1. Olympique Lyonnais only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Lyon's last game was the home draw against Rangers (1-1). Rayan Cherki got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Cherki hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 9 times and had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).

Before that, Lyon travelled to Bordeaux and returned home with a draw after the Ligue 1 game finished 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Olympique Lyonnais in our archives, and the results are: one win for Lyon, zero draws and one defeat.

The visiting Olympique Lyonnais have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Lyon have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Lille won five, Olympique Lyonnais were winners in zero and we saw five draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
11 goals
Olympique LyonnaisL. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
6 goals
Olympique LyonnaisK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
5 goals

Lille missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Lille Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 4 Played P 3 8 16
6 4 1 Won W 2 2 6
6 3 3 Drew D 0 2 5
5 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
23 11 5 Scored S 2 9 25
24 10 4 Conceded C 3 15 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 75% 88%
59% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 62%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 38%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 19%
76% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 75%
6% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 19%
18% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 6%
 
5.4 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.8
4.8 4.9 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.1 5.4
2.6 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.1 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
11.8 12.2 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 11.9 13.5
4.6 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4 4.8
29% 31% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 32%
 
10.6 9 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15 16.4 14.4
4.3 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 6.8 6
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Lille's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 13 3 1 36 16 8 7 1 0 19 6 9 6 2 1 17 10 20 42
2 Rennes 17 9 4 4 32 14 9 6 1 2 18 6 8 3 3 2 14 8 18 31
3 Olympique Marseille 16 8 5 3 23 14 9 4 3 2 15 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 9 29
4 Nice 17 8 4 5 25 15 9 3 3 3 12 11 8 5 1 2 13 4 10 27
5 Lens 17 7 6 4 30 23 9 4 4 1 18 9 8 3 2 3 12 14 7 27
6 Strasbourg 17 7 5 5 34 22 9 5 2 2 23 10 8 2 3 3 11 12 12 26
7 Monaco 17 7 5 5 27 20 9 4 3 2 17 10 8 3 2 3 10 10 7 26
8 Angers SCO 17 6 7 4 25 22 8 4 1 3 12 11 9 2 6 1 13 11 3 25
9 Montpellier 17 7 4 6 25 23 9 5 2 2 15 9 8 2 2 4 10 14 2 25
10 Brest 17 6 6 5 25 23 8 3 3 2 13 9 9 3 3 3 12 14 2 24
11 Lille 17 6 6 5 23 24 8 4 3 1 11 10 9 2 3 4 12 14 -1 24
12 Olympique Lyonnais 16 6 5 5 25 25 8 4 3 1 16 10 8 2 2 4 9 15 0 23
13 Nantes 17 6 4 7 21 21 8 4 1 3 11 8 9 2 3 4 10 13 0 22
14 Reims 17 4 7 6 19 21 8 2 3 3 9 10 9 2 4 3 10 11 -2 19
15 Troyes 17 4 4 9 16 25 8 2 3 3 9 9 9 2 1 6 7 16 -9 16
16 Lorient 17 3 6 8 13 26 8 3 2 3 7 8 9 0 4 5 6 18 -13 15
17 Bordeaux 17 2 8 7 26 39 9 1 4 4 13 17 8 1 4 3 13 22 -13 14
18 Clermont 17 3 5 9 19 32 8 2 3 3 10 11 9 1 2 6 9 21 -13 14
19 Metz 17 2 6 9 18 37 8 0 4 4 10 18 9 2 2 5 8 19 -19 12
20 Saint-Etienne 17 2 6 9 17 37 9 1 4 4 10 20 8 1 2 5 7 17 -20 12

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.