Ligue 1 fixture preview and numbers: Lille welcome Strasbourg

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 15:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50186 seats)

Lille will want to use their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The hosting team are currently 8 points behind Strasbourg.

Insights:
  • Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lille and Strasbourg.

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Lille form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lille have managed 6 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 16 games.

No payout for Lille in their previous match, an away game at Reims that ended in defeat 1-2. The defeat against Reims was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Abdelhamid). Sanches (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.24/10. Sanches scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 79 successful passes (of 87 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Lens with the scoreline 1-2.

The Lille fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Lille's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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

The visitors are W5-D7-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. In general it has been a productive period now for Strasbourg as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

Diallo and Ajorque scored in Strasbourg's previous match, the home game against Rennes that ended 2-1. The attacker Ajorque got a match rating of 8.15 in that game. Ajorque scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 22 total).

Before that, Strasbourg travelled to Troyes and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Strasbourg find the net regularly in their away games. 23 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Strasbourg have conceded 20 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Strasbourg - Lille 1-2. Lille-Strasbourg H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lille five wins, Strasbourg two wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
13 goals
StrasbourgL. Ajorque
L. Ajorque
12 goals
StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
11 goals

Lille missing players

Strasbourg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lille Strasbourg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 5 16 33
12 6 1 Won W 1 5 15
12 7 0 Drew D 3 7 11
9 3 2 Lost L 1 4 7
41 20 3 Scored S 6 23 55
40 18 9 Conceded C 7 20 35
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
73% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 76%
48% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 42%
21% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 30%
9% 6% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
61% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 56% 55%
27% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 38% 36%
24% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 15%
 
5.5 5.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.4 4.9
4.8 3.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 5.1
2.5 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.7 1.9
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.8 13.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 11.8 13
4.3 4.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.3
29% 29% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 37% 39%
 
11.8 10.1 13 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 11.5 10.8
4.2 3.4 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 33 24 5 4 75 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 77
2 Olympique Marseille 33 18 8 7 55 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 16 10 3 3 26 14 22 62
3 Rennes 33 17 5 11 70 36 16 11 1 4 41 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 34 56
4 Strasbourg 33 15 11 7 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 15 16 5 7 4 23 20 20 56
5 Monaco 33 16 8 9 51 34 17 10 4 3 32 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 17 56
6 Nice 33 16 7 10 42 29 16 8 4 4 21 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 13 54
7 Lens 33 15 8 10 52 41 17 9 5 3 31 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 11 53
8 Olympique Lyonnais 33 13 11 9 51 43 17 9 5 3 34 21 16 4 6 6 17 22 8 49
9 Lille 33 12 12 9 41 40 16 6 7 3 20 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 1 48
10 Nantes 33 13 8 12 43 38 16 9 3 4 25 15 17 4 5 8 18 23 5 47
11 Montpellier 33 12 6 15 44 46 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 2 9 19 26 -2 42
12 Brest 33 11 9 13 42 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 17 5 5 7 18 24 -6 42
13 Reims 33 9 13 11 36 36 16 5 6 5 22 17 17 4 7 6 14 19 0 40
14 Angers SCO 33 8 10 15 36 49 17 6 2 9 17 22 16 2 8 6 19 27 -13 34
15 Lorient 33 8 10 15 33 52 16 6 5 5 18 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -19 34
16 Troyes 33 8 9 16 30 46 17 4 7 6 15 16 16 4 2 10 15 30 -16 33
17 Clermont 33 8 8 17 33 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 32
18 Saint-Étienne 33 7 10 16 37 64 17 4 6 7 22 32 16 3 4 9 15 32 -27 31
19 Bordeaux 33 5 12 16 44 79 17 3 6 8 25 32 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 27
20 Metz 33 4 12 17 29 59 16 1 7 8 17 28 17 3 5 9 12 31 -30 24

Lille:
Strasbourg:
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 Paris Saint Germain 33 24 5 4 75 30 16 15 1 0 41 9 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 77
2 Olympique Marseille 33 18 8 7 55 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 16 10 3 3 26 14 22 62
3 Rennes 33 17 5 11 70 36 16 11 1 4 41 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 34 56
4 Strasbourg 33 15 11 7 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 15 16 5 7 4 23 20 20 56
5 Monaco 33 16 8 9 51 34 17 10 4 3 32 14 16 6 4 6 19 20 17 56
6 Nice 33 16 7 10 42 29 16 8 4 4 21 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 13 54
7 Lens 33 15 8 10 52 41 17 9 5 3 31 16 16 6 3 7 21 25 11 53
8 Olympique Lyonnais 33 13 11 9 51 43 17 9 5 3 34 21 16 4 6 6 17 22 8 49
9 Lille 33 12 12 9 41 40 16 6 7 3 20 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 1 48
10 Nantes 33 13 8 12 43 38 16 9 3 4 25 15 17 4 5 8 18 23 5 47
11 Montpellier 33 12 6 15 44 46 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 2 9 19 26 -2 42
12 Brest 33 11 9 13 42 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 17 5 5 7 18 24 -6 42
13 Reims 33 9 13 11 36 36 16 5 6 5 22 17 17 4 7 6 14 19 0 40
14 Angers SCO 33 8 10 15 36 49 17 6 2 9 17 22 16 2 8 6 19 27 -13 34
15 Lorient 33 8 10 15 33 52 16 6 5 5 18 16 17 2 5 10 15 36 -19 34
16 Troyes 33 8 9 16 30 46 17 4 7 6 15 16 16 4 2 10 15 30 -16 33
17 Clermont 33 8 8 17 33 61 16 3 5 8 17 28 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 32
18 Saint-Étienne 33 7 10 16 37 64 17 4 6 7 22 32 16 3 4 9 15 32 -27 31
19 Bordeaux 33 5 12 16 44 79 17 3 6 8 25 32 16 2 6 8 19 47 -35 27
20 Metz 33 4 12 17 29 59 16 1 7 8 17 28 17 3 5 9 12 31 -30 24

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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.