Ligue 1 preview: Can Olympique Lyonnais edge out victory against Lille?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Tue 03.December
Match begins: 20:05 (UTC)
Venue: Groupama Stadium (59186 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Ligue 1 table so far. Here's the Olympique Lyonnais - Lille latest:

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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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Olympique Lyonnais has recorded two wins in a row here at Groupama Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Olympique Lyonnais, who won 2-1 against Strasbourg (placed 13th). A Champions League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Zenit.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olympique Lyonnais handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D0-L1.

The manager R. Garcia will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nîmes in only three days.

A decent goal production from Olympique Lyonnais in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Olympique Lyonnais have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lille form and stats

Lille have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-2-5 (7 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on C. Galtier, the Lille manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Lille won their last game, 1-0 versus Dijon played at home. The game before that, in the Champions League, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Ajax.

We have checked recent matches where Lille have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were W1-D1-L3.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lille as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Lille have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Olympique Lyonnais victories, 4 draws and 4 Lille wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
10 goals
LilleV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
8 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Depay
M. Depay
7 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Lille missing players

Olympique Lyonnais Lille
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 3 7 15
6 3 1 Won W 0 0 6
4 2 0 Drew D 2 2 4
5 2 0 Lost L 1 5 5
24 11 2 Scored S 2 4 19
15 4 1 Conceded C 4 11 15
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
67% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
53% 29% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 47%
27% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
13% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 29% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 47%
27% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 27%
 
4.1 4.7 3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 5.3 5.6
4.9 5.4 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.3
1.5 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.5
3 2 1 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
 
190 95 9 Total Shots T S 40 79 186
75 39 4 Shots on Target S O 16 28 65
32% 28% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 14% 29%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille has the fewest points (2) away
  • Lille have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lille have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Lille have yet to win a game away.
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lille have scored 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 14 11 0 3 30 8 7 6 0 1 18 2 7 5 0 2 12 6 22 33
2 Olympique Marseille 15 8 4 3 20 18 8 5 2 1 11 7 7 3 2 2 9 11 2 28
3 Angers SCO 15 7 3 5 19 19 8 6 1 1 15 4 7 1 2 4 4 15 0 24
4 Montpellier 15 6 5 4 18 12 8 6 1 1 14 5 7 0 4 3 4 7 6 23
5 Bordeaux 15 6 5 4 21 17 7 3 2 2 9 6 8 3 3 2 12 11 4 23
6 Nantes 15 7 2 6 14 14 8 5 1 2 8 5 7 2 1 4 6 9 0 23
7 Olympique Lyonnais 15 6 4 5 24 15 7 3 2 2 11 4 8 3 2 3 13 11 9 22
8 Lille 15 6 4 5 19 15 8 6 2 0 15 4 7 0 2 5 4 11 4 22
9 Saint-Étienne 15 6 4 5 16 19 7 2 4 1 7 6 8 4 0 4 9 13 -3 22
10 Rennes 14 6 3 5 19 16 7 4 1 2 12 9 7 2 2 3 7 7 3 21
11 Reims 15 5 6 4 11 8 8 2 5 1 5 3 7 3 1 3 6 5 3 21
12 Nice 15 6 2 7 20 22 8 4 2 2 13 11 7 2 0 5 7 11 -2 20
13 Strasbourg 15 5 3 7 16 16 8 4 2 2 12 9 7 1 1 5 4 7 0 18
14 Monaco 14 5 3 6 21 24 7 4 1 2 16 13 7 1 2 4 5 11 -3 18
15 Brest 15 4 6 5 16 19 8 3 4 1 10 6 7 1 2 4 6 13 -3 18
16 Amiens SC 15 4 4 7 19 28 7 3 1 3 9 12 8 1 3 4 10 16 -9 16
17 Metz 15 3 6 6 13 20 7 2 3 2 10 9 8 1 3 4 3 11 -7 15
18 Dijon 15 4 3 8 9 16 7 3 2 2 6 6 8 1 1 6 3 10 -7 15
19 Nîmes 14 2 6 6 12 18 6 2 2 2 7 5 8 0 4 4 5 13 -6 12
20 Toulouse 15 3 3 9 16 29 7 3 0 4 8 11 8 0 3 5 8 18 -13 12

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.