Football betting preview: Lille expected to win when Strasbourg visit

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50186 seats)

The Ligue 1 league table tells the truth about these participants to this date, with Lille in front of Strasbourg by 20 points. Here's our preview:

Insights:
  • Strasbourg have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Ligue 1

There have been little to rest for the home team, as they played a Coupe de France fixture only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Olympique Lyonnais, so at least Lille are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Lille form and stats

Lille have played 11 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Lille coach Fonseca and his crew return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Olympique Lyonnais in the Coupe de France.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Rennes.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have contained two goals or less.

Lille have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy with 21 goals in 11 league matches. Lille have conceded 17 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Strasbourg form and stats

Strasbourg have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-3-5 (10 played).

Strasbourg won their last game, 2-0 versus Montpellier played at home. The attacker Diallo got a match rating of 8.14 in that game. Diallo scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Rennes's place.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 13 of this side's 15 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

The visiting Strasbourg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. Strasbourg have conceded 19 goals in these games. Strasbourg has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Lille have managed a sequence of 9 consecutive matches without defeat (6-3-0) when playing Strasbourg.

The teams involved encountered each other previously this season: Strasbourg - Lille 0-3.

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
12 goals
StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
10 goals
StrasbourgK. Gameiro
K. Gameiro
7 goals

Lille missing players

Strasbourg missing players

Lille Strasbourg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 10 22
11 6 3 Won W 0 2 3
5 3 0 Drew D 0 3 9
6 2 0 Lost L 2 5 10
38 21 10 Scored S 1 13 27
27 17 2 Conceded C 5 19 39
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
73% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 91%
55% 55% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 64%
32% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 32%
18% 36% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 14%
64% 73% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 77%
27% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
18% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 18%
 
5.5 5.4 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.7 3.5
3.5 4.1 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.6 5
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.1 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
15.4 16.3 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.7 10.6
5.5 6.1 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 4 4
32% 31% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 31%
 
9 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9 13.4 13.3
3.5 4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Strasbourg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Strasbourg have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Ligue 1
  • Strasbourg 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 22 17 3 2 54 17 11 9 2 0 26 10 11 8 1 2 28 7 37 54
2 Olympique Marseille 22 14 4 4 43 20 12 7 2 3 23 13 10 7 2 1 20 7 23 46
3 Lens 22 13 7 2 34 16 11 10 0 1 22 8 11 3 7 1 12 8 18 46
4 Monaco 22 13 5 4 48 29 11 6 2 3 26 18 11 7 3 1 22 11 19 44
5 Rennes 22 12 4 6 41 25 12 10 0 2 28 10 10 2 4 4 13 15 16 40
6 Lille 22 11 5 6 38 27 11 6 3 2 21 17 11 5 2 4 17 10 11 38
7 Lorient 22 10 6 6 35 34 11 5 3 3 16 14 11 5 3 3 19 20 1 36
8 Nice 22 9 7 6 27 21 10 4 3 3 13 10 12 5 4 3 14 11 6 34
9 Olympique Lyonnais 22 9 5 8 33 24 11 5 3 3 17 9 11 4 2 5 16 15 9 32
10 Reims 22 6 12 4 26 26 10 4 4 2 14 13 12 2 8 2 12 13 0 30
11 Clermont 22 8 6 8 24 29 11 4 2 5 10 18 11 4 4 3 14 11 -5 30
12 Toulouse 22 8 5 9 36 38 11 5 4 2 20 16 11 3 1 7 16 22 -2 29
13 Nantes 22 5 10 7 23 26 10 3 5 2 12 11 12 2 5 5 11 15 -3 25
14 Brest 22 4 8 10 24 35 11 2 5 4 12 18 11 2 3 6 12 17 -11 20
15 Montpellier 22 6 2 14 31 45 11 3 1 7 13 21 11 3 1 7 18 24 -14 20
16 Troyes 22 4 7 11 33 48 11 1 7 3 12 17 11 3 0 8 21 31 -15 19
17 Strasbourg 22 3 9 10 27 39 12 1 6 5 14 20 10 2 3 5 13 19 -12 18
18 Ajaccio 22 5 3 14 18 39 11 2 1 8 7 18 11 3 2 6 11 21 -21 18
19 Auxerre 22 3 5 14 18 46 11 2 4 5 9 19 11 1 1 9 9 27 -28 14
20 Angers SCO 22 2 3 17 18 47 11 1 1 9 12 24 11 1 2 8 6 23 -29 9

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Read more about Ligue 1

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.