Olympique Lyonnais favourites for feisty fight facing Lille

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 27.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (59186 seats)

A tale of good and bad for these squads so far this campaign, situated in positions near the center of the Ligue 1 table. Here's the Olympique Lyonnais - Lille latest:

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

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais as Olympique Lyonnais have scored 23 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 7-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Olympique Lyonnais here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Olympique Lyonnais manager Bosz and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Lens (placed 10th). The forward Kadewere was announced as "man of the match" for Lyon with a rating of 7.7/10. Kadewere scored one goal and hit three key passes.

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

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lyon handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and one defeat.

Olympique Lyonnais have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais with 23 goals in 13 league matches.

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Lille form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.

203 minutes! That's how long the Lille goalkeeper Leonardo Cesar Jardim and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Bamba got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Bamba hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Metz in the Ligue 1.

Lille are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of five matches.

Lille find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 13 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. Lille have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Lille - Olympique Lyonnais 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympique Lyonnais zero wins, six draws and Lille four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
12 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
8 goals
Olympique LyonnaisL. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
7 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Lille missing players

Olympique Lyonnais Lille
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 2 Played P 3 13 25
10 7 1 Won W 1 4 9
9 5 1 Drew D 0 4 9
6 1 0 Lost L 2 5 7
34 23 3 Scored S 1 17 32
31 13 2 Conceded C 3 19 35
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
80% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 77% 80%
44% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 54% 52%
24% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 24%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 12%
64% 77% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 69% 68%
28% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 8% 16%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 23% 24%
 
4.8 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.2 5.4
4.8 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 4.8
1.8 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.7
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.7 14.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12.1 12.2
4.5 5.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.8 4.5
30% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 27% 29%
 
12.4 10.3 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 13.1 12
4.9 4.1 7.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 PSG 25 18 5 2 53 22 12 11 1 0 28 6 13 7 4 2 25 16 31 59
2 Olympique Marseille 25 13 7 5 38 23 13 5 5 3 22 15 12 8 2 2 16 8 15 46
3 Nice 25 14 4 7 37 21 13 6 3 4 17 14 12 8 1 3 20 7 16 45
4 Strasbourg 25 12 6 7 48 31 12 7 2 3 27 13 13 5 4 4 21 18 17 42
5 Rennes 25 12 4 9 47 23 13 9 1 3 31 9 12 3 3 6 16 14 24 40
6 Monaco 25 10 8 7 38 27 13 7 4 2 25 11 12 3 4 5 13 16 11 38
7 Nantes 25 11 5 9 34 29 13 8 2 3 22 13 12 3 3 6 12 16 5 38
8 Olympique Lyonnais 25 10 9 6 34 31 13 7 5 1 23 13 12 3 4 5 11 18 3 38
9 Montpellier 25 11 4 10 39 34 13 7 2 4 22 14 12 4 2 6 17 20 5 37
10 Lens 25 10 7 8 40 36 13 6 5 2 23 14 12 4 2 6 17 22 4 37
11 Lille 25 9 9 7 32 35 12 5 5 2 15 16 13 4 4 5 17 19 -3 36
12 Brest 25 8 8 9 34 37 12 5 3 4 20 17 13 3 5 5 14 20 -3 32
13 Angers SCO 25 7 8 10 30 36 12 5 1 6 14 15 13 2 7 4 16 21 -6 29
14 Reims 25 6 10 9 28 29 12 4 4 4 17 12 13 2 6 5 11 17 -1 28
15 Clermont 25 7 6 12 26 41 12 3 4 5 13 16 13 4 2 7 13 25 -15 27
16 Saint-Etienne 25 5 7 13 26 47 13 2 5 6 16 26 12 3 2 7 10 21 -21 22
17 Troyes 25 5 6 14 22 40 12 2 5 5 11 13 13 3 1 9 11 27 -18 21
18 Lorient 25 4 9 12 20 39 12 4 4 4 10 10 13 0 5 8 10 29 -19 21
19 Metz 25 4 9 12 25 45 12 1 4 7 15 25 13 3 5 5 10 20 -20 21
20 Bordeaux 25 4 9 12 37 62 13 2 5 6 20 25 12 2 4 6 17 37 -25 21

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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.