Ligue 1 preview: Can Lille edge out victory against Strasbourg?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 28.February
Match begins: 16:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50186 seats)

The league table in Ligue 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Lille leading Strasbourg by 29 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Lille have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 1
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Lille have less rest than Strasbourg in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Ajax, so at least Lille are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Lille form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy as Lille, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 1, have scored 21 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 8-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Lorient and winning 4-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Lille matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and one defeat (from three games).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lille, as the Ligue 1 home game vs Olympique Marseille is only three days away.

Lille have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy with 21 goals in 13 league matches. Lille are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches.

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Strasbourg form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.

There were no winners in Strasbourg's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs Angers SCO (placed 10th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Metz at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Strasbourg when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning zero games.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Monaco in just three days.

The travelling fans enjoy Strasbourg's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Strasbourg have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Strasbourg - Lille 0-3 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Lille wins - draws - Strasbourg wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StrasbourgL. Ajorque
L. Ajorque
10 goals
LilleB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
9 goals
LilleY. Yazıcı
Y. Yazıcı
7 goals

Lille missing players

Strasbourg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lille Strasbourg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 5 13 26
17 8 3 Won W 2 5 8
7 4 0 Drew D 0 1 5
2 1 0 Lost L 3 7 13
46 21 7 Scored S 5 20 34
16 7 0 Conceded C 11 23 40
92% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
73% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 92% 77%
42% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 69% 54%
19% 15% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 35%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 15%
46% 46% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 46% 38%
54% 54% 100% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 31%
8% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 23% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.4 13.6 21.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 9.5 11
4.4 4.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.3 3.2
40% 38% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 47% 40%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • 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.
  • Lille have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 1
  • Lille have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Ligue 1
  • Lille have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Lille 26 17 7 2 46 16 13 8 4 1 21 7 13 9 3 1 25 9 30 58
2 Olympique Lyonnais 26 16 7 3 54 24 13 8 3 2 28 12 13 8 4 1 26 12 30 55
3 PSG 26 17 3 6 57 17 14 10 1 3 34 8 12 7 2 3 23 9 40 54
4 Monaco 26 16 4 6 54 37 13 8 4 1 30 17 13 8 0 5 24 20 17 52
5 Lens 26 11 7 8 37 35 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 6 3 4 18 17 2 40
6 Metz 26 10 8 8 31 25 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 5 4 4 15 12 6 38
7 Olympique Marseille 25 10 8 7 33 29 12 5 3 4 18 16 13 5 5 3 15 13 4 38
8 Rennes 25 10 8 7 32 28 13 5 3 5 15 17 12 5 5 2 17 11 4 38
9 Montpellier 26 11 5 10 43 46 14 6 1 7 26 28 12 5 4 3 17 18 -3 38
10 Angers SCO 26 10 5 11 30 40 12 5 1 6 13 17 14 5 4 5 17 23 -10 35
11 Bordeaux 26 9 6 11 27 31 13 5 4 4 12 12 13 4 2 7 15 19 -4 33
12 Brest 26 9 4 13 39 47 13 7 1 5 26 24 13 2 3 8 13 23 -8 31
13 Reims 26 7 9 10 32 34 12 4 4 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 21 22 -2 30
14 Saint-Etienne 26 7 9 10 26 37 13 3 6 4 12 18 13 4 3 6 14 19 -11 30
15 Strasbourg 26 8 5 13 34 40 13 3 4 6 14 17 13 5 1 7 20 23 -6 29
16 Nice 26 8 5 13 31 38 13 3 2 8 14 24 13 5 3 5 17 14 -7 29
17 Nimes 26 7 3 16 25 51 13 3 1 9 15 27 13 4 2 7 10 24 -26 24
18 Nantes 26 4 11 11 26 41 13 2 7 4 13 20 13 2 4 7 13 21 -15 23
19 Lorient 26 6 5 15 31 50 13 5 1 7 19 25 13 1 4 8 12 25 -19 23
20 Dijon 26 2 9 15 18 40 13 0 6 7 4 14 13 2 3 8 14 26 -22 15

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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 Lille 26 17 7 2 46 16 13 8 4 1 21 7 13 9 3 1 25 9 30 58
2 Olympique Lyonnais 26 16 7 3 54 24 13 8 3 2 28 12 13 8 4 1 26 12 30 55
3 PSG 26 17 3 6 57 17 14 10 1 3 34 8 12 7 2 3 23 9 40 54
4 Monaco 26 16 4 6 54 37 13 8 4 1 30 17 13 8 0 5 24 20 17 52
5 Lens 26 11 7 8 37 35 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 6 3 4 18 17 2 40
6 Metz 26 10 8 8 31 25 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 5 4 4 15 12 6 38
7 Olympique Marseille 25 10 8 7 33 29 12 5 3 4 18 16 13 5 5 3 15 13 4 38
8 Rennes 25 10 8 7 32 28 13 5 3 5 15 17 12 5 5 2 17 11 4 38
9 Montpellier 26 11 5 10 43 46 14 6 1 7 26 28 12 5 4 3 17 18 -3 38
10 Angers SCO 26 10 5 11 30 40 12 5 1 6 13 17 14 5 4 5 17 23 -10 35
11 Bordeaux 26 9 6 11 27 31 13 5 4 4 12 12 13 4 2 7 15 19 -4 33
12 Brest 26 9 4 13 39 47 13 7 1 5 26 24 13 2 3 8 13 23 -8 31
13 Reims 26 7 9 10 32 34 12 4 4 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 21 22 -2 30
14 Saint-Etienne 26 7 9 10 26 37 13 3 6 4 12 18 13 4 3 6 14 19 -11 30
15 Strasbourg 26 8 5 13 34 40 13 3 4 6 14 17 13 5 1 7 20 23 -6 29
16 Nice 26 8 5 13 31 38 13 3 2 8 14 24 13 5 3 5 17 14 -7 29
17 Nimes 26 7 3 16 25 51 13 3 1 9 15 27 13 4 2 7 10 24 -26 24
18 Nantes 26 4 11 11 26 41 13 2 7 4 13 20 13 2 4 7 13 21 -15 23
19 Lorient 26 6 5 15 31 50 13 5 1 7 19 25 13 1 4 8 12 25 -19 23
20 Dijon 26 2 9 15 18 40 13 0 6 7 4 14 13 2 3 8 14 26 -22 15

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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.