Lille vs Saint-Étienne Preview & Prediction 16 May 2021

Lille perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Saint-Étienne can look both up and down from their 11th position.

Insights:

Lille have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Ligue 1
Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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!

Lille are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Saint-Étienne is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Lille form and stats

36 points is a decent return from 18 Ligue 1 games here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy for Lille. The data says 10 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Lille, as their goalkeeper Mike Maignan has completely shut out the opponents for 235 minutes in the Ligue 1.

Before that, Lille had a home game versus Nice which ended with a victory 2-0.

Lille are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew zero and lost one.

A decent goal production from Lille in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 18 league matches. Lille have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Saint-Étienne form and stats

Playing away, Saint-Étienne have won 7 games, drawn 3 and suffered 8 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Montpellier.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Saint-Étienne played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Saint-Étienne have scored 22 goals in 18 league games away. As opposed to that, Saint-Étienne have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Saint-Étienne - Lille 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Lille wins - draws - Saint-Étienne wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Yılmaz

15 goals

J. David

12 goals

Y. Yazıcı

7 goals

Lille missing players

Saint-Étienne missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Lille				Saint-Étienne
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	5	18	36
23	10	3	Won	W	1	7	12
10	6	2	Drew	D	1	3	9
3	2	1	Lost	L	3	8	15
62	28	8	Scored	S	7	22	42
22	11	5	Conceded	C	9	25	53
92%	89%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	94%	94%
75%	78%	83%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	78%	78%
39%	39%	33%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	60%	50%	47%
17%	11%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	40%	28%	31%
11%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	20%	11%	14%
44%	50%	67%	BTTS	BTTS	60%	50%	50%
56%	50%	33%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	33%	31%
8%	11%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	20%	22%	25%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
1.8	1.5	2.3	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.8	2	2
2	1	1	Red cards	R C	2	2	2

12.8	14.8	11.5	Shots (avg)	S (	11.2	10.9	10.8
4.7	4.6	4.2	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	4.2	3.4	3.5
37%	34%	32%	Goal Efficiency	G E	33%	35%	33%

Lille			First Half	Saint-Étienne
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	5	18	36
17	7	2	Won	W	3	7	13
11	6	1	Drew	D	1	6	11
8	5	3	Lost	L	1	5	12
25	11	3	Scored	S	4	11	21
16	9	4	Conceded	C	2	12	25
72%	72%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	78%	81%
22%	22%	17%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	20%	28%	31%
17%	17%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	11%	11%
3%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	6%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	6%	3%
19%	22%	17%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	22%	22%
69%	61%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	60%	56%	50%
39%	44%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	40%	44%	47%

Lille			Second Half	Saint-Étienne
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
36	18	6	Played	P	5	18	36
20	10	4	Won	W	1	7	11
15	7	1	Drew	D	0	4	13
1	1	1	Lost	L	4	7	12
37	17	5	Scored	S	3	11	21
6	2	1	Conceded	C	7	13	28
67%	61%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	83%	78%
36%	28%	17%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	40%	28%	42%
14%	17%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	11%	11%
3%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	6%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	20%	6%	3%
11%	6%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	17%	19%
86%	89%	83%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	56%	53%
36%	44%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	60%	44%	50%

Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:

Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Lille have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Ligue 1
Lille have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Ligue 1
Lille have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
Lille have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in Ligue 1
Lille have the most clean sheets (20) in Ligue 1
Lille have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Ligue 1
Lille is in the best form (5-1-0)
Saint-Étienne 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	Lille	36	23	10	3	62	22	18	10	6	2	28	11	18	13	4	1	34	11	40	79
2	PSG	36	24	4	8	80	28	18	12	1	5	40	14	18	12	3	3	40	14	52	76
3	Monaco	36	23	5	8	74	41	18	11	5	2	41	20	18	12	0	6	33	21	33	74
4	Olympique Lyonnais	36	21	10	5	74	38	18	11	3	4	40	20	18	10	7	1	34	18	36	73
5	Olympique Marseille	36	15	11	10	50	44	18	9	5	4	29	21	18	6	6	6	21	23	6	56
6	Lens	36	15	11	10	55	51	18	7	6	5	28	26	18	8	5	5	27	25	4	56
7	Rennes	36	15	10	11	49	38	18	8	4	6	24	21	18	7	6	5	25	17	11	55
8	Montpellier	36	13	11	12	58	61	18	7	3	8	34	35	18	6	8	4	24	26	-3	50
9	Nice	36	14	7	15	47	49	18	7	3	8	25	28	18	7	4	7	22	21	-2	49
10	Metz	36	12	10	14	42	45	18	5	4	9	18	25	18	7	6	5	24	20	-3	46
11	Saint-Étienne	36	12	9	15	42	53	18	5	6	7	20	28	18	7	3	8	22	25	-11	45
12	Angers SCO	36	12	8	16	37	53	18	6	3	9	19	25	18	6	5	7	18	28	-16	44
13	Reims	36	9	15	12	41	44	18	4	8	6	15	19	18	5	7	6	26	25	-3	42
14	Brest	36	11	7	18	50	64	18	8	4	6	32	31	18	3	3	12	18	33	-14	40
15	Bordeaux	36	11	6	19	37	55	18	6	4	8	16	21	18	5	2	11	21	34	-18	39
16	Strasbourg	36	10	8	18	46	57	18	4	4	10	20	28	18	6	4	8	26	29	-11	38
17	Lorient	36	10	8	18	47	66	18	9	2	7	29	28	18	1	6	11	18	38	-19	38
18	Nantes	36	8	13	15	42	53	18	3	8	7	20	27	18	5	5	8	22	26	-11	37
19	Nîmes	36	9	8	19	38	64	18	3	5	10	20	34	18	6	3	9	18	30	-26	35
20	Dijon	36	3	9	24	24	69	18	1	6	11	8	27	18	2	3	13	16	42	-45	18

Lille:

Lille OSC

Saint-Étienne:

AS Saint-Étienne

Table

		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	36	23	10	3	62	22	18	10	6	2	28	11	18	13	4	1	34	11	40	79
2	PSG	36	24	4	8	80	28	18	12	1	5	40	14	18	12	3	3	40	14	52	76
3	Monaco	36	23	5	8	74	41	18	11	5	2	41	20	18	12	0	6	33	21	33	74
4	Olympique Lyonnais	36	21	10	5	74	38	18	11	3	4	40	20	18	10	7	1	34	18	36	73
5	Olympique Marseille	36	15	11	10	50	44	18	9	5	4	29	21	18	6	6	6	21	23	6	56
6	Lens	36	15	11	10	55	51	18	7	6	5	28	26	18	8	5	5	27	25	4	56
7	Rennes	36	15	10	11	49	38	18	8	4	6	24	21	18	7	6	5	25	17	11	55
8	Montpellier	36	13	11	12	58	61	18	7	3	8	34	35	18	6	8	4	24	26	-3	50
9	Nice	36	14	7	15	47	49	18	7	3	8	25	28	18	7	4	7	22	21	-2	49
10	Metz	36	12	10	14	42	45	18	5	4	9	18	25	18	7	6	5	24	20	-3	46
11	Saint-Étienne	36	12	9	15	42	53	18	5	6	7	20	28	18	7	3	8	22	25	-11	45
12	Angers SCO	36	12	8	16	37	53	18	6	3	9	19	25	18	6	5	7	18	28	-16	44
13	Reims	36	9	15	12	41	44	18	4	8	6	15	19	18	5	7	6	26	25	-3	42
14	Brest	36	11	7	18	50	64	18	8	4	6	32	31	18	3	3	12	18	33	-14	40
15	Bordeaux	36	11	6	19	37	55	18	6	4	8	16	21	18	5	2	11	21	34	-18	39
16	Strasbourg	36	10	8	18	46	57	18	4	4	10	20	28	18	6	4	8	26	29	-11	38
17	Lorient	36	10	8	18	47	66	18	9	2	7	29	28	18	1	6	11	18	38	-19	38
18	Nantes	36	8	13	15	42	53	18	3	8	7	20	27	18	5	5	8	22	26	-11	37
19	Nîmes	36	9	8	19	38	64	18	3	5	10	20	34	18	6	3	9	18	30	-26	35
20	Dijon	36	3	9	24	24	69	18	1	6	11	8	27	18	2	3	13	16	42	-45	18