Strasbourg - Lille: Small difference between teams in Ligue 1 clash

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 14.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (29200 seats)

Loyal fans at Stade de la Meinau haven’t enjoyed many home wins this season, with Strasbourg lying uncomfortably in the 14th place. The guesting Lille will believe to protect their higher league place in this game.

Insights:
  • Strasbourg have yet to win a game at home.
  • Lille have scored at least twice as many goals away as Strasbourg have scored home.

This has all the signs of an action-packed fixture with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Strasbourg form and stats

The total Ligue 1 results at home this season for Strasbourg are 0-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Strasbourg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Angers SCO away with the result 3-2. Diallo and Gameiro found the net in that victory. This was their first victory after ten straight league fixtures not winning! Strasbourg goalkeeper Sels did an outstanding job against Angers SCO with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Bellegarde (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Bellegarde served one assist, hit four key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Rennes that was lost 1-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Strasbourg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Sports bettors should know that 8 of the latest 10 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.

Strasbourg aren't scoring a lot here at Stade de la Meinau in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Lille form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Lille have lost on their last two travels.

Lille won their last game, 1-0 versus Lens played at home. David has found the net for this team three fixtures in a row. The efficiency! Chevalier (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.94. Chevalier saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Lille manager Fonseca faced defeat when travelling to Lorient and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Lille in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Lille, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Lille's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Lille have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Lille have managed a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (5-3-0) when facing Strasbourg.

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
7 goals
StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
5 goals
LilleJ. Bamba
J. Bamba
3 goals

Strasbourg missing players

Lille missing players

Strasbourg Lille
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 5 10
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 5
5 3 1 Drew D 1 1 1
4 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
10 4 0 Scored S 4 9 18
14 7 0 Conceded C 2 7 18
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
40% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 80%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 40%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
80% 80% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 90%
10% 20% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
20% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.8 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 7.4 6.2
5.7 5.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 3.2 4.1
1.6 1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.4
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 10.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12 15.6 15
4.3 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.8 4.9
23% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 47% 37%
 
13.6 16.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 8 9.6
5 6.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3 3.6
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Lille's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lille have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Lille have scored at least twice as many goals away as Strasbourg have scored home.
  • Lille have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Lille have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Strasbourg have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Strasbourg have yet to win a 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 10 8 2 0 28 5 4 3 1 0 9 4 6 5 1 0 19 1 23 26
2 Lorient 10 8 1 1 21 14 4 4 0 0 10 5 6 4 1 1 11 9 7 25
3 Olympique Marseille 10 7 2 1 20 7 6 4 1 1 11 6 4 3 1 0 9 1 13 23
4 Lens 10 6 3 1 17 8 5 5 0 0 12 5 5 1 3 1 5 3 9 21
5 Monaco 10 6 2 2 19 13 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 4 1 0 9 2 6 20
6 Rennes 10 5 3 2 20 9 5 4 0 1 13 3 5 1 3 1 7 6 11 18
7 Lille 10 5 1 4 18 18 5 3 0 2 9 11 5 2 1 2 9 7 0 16
8 Clermont 10 5 1 4 14 15 5 3 0 2 6 9 5 2 1 2 8 6 -1 16
9 Olympique Lyonnais 10 4 2 4 17 12 6 4 1 1 14 5 4 0 1 3 3 7 5 14
10 Montpellier 10 4 0 6 21 21 6 3 0 3 9 10 4 1 0 3 12 11 0 12
11 Toulouse 10 3 3 4 14 16 5 2 2 1 8 8 5 1 1 3 6 8 -2 12
12 Troyes 10 3 2 5 18 21 4 1 2 1 6 7 6 2 0 4 12 14 -3 11
13 Nice 10 3 2 5 9 13 5 1 1 3 4 8 5 2 1 2 5 5 -4 11
14 Strasbourg 10 1 5 4 10 14 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 1 2 2 6 7 -4 8
15 Reims 10 1 5 4 12 19 5 0 3 2 4 9 5 1 2 2 8 10 -7 8
16 Auxerre 10 2 2 6 10 22 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1 0 4 5 14 -12 8
17 Angers SCO 10 2 2 6 11 24 6 1 1 4 7 14 4 1 1 2 4 10 -13 8
18 Ajaccio 10 2 1 7 7 15 5 0 1 4 2 8 5 2 0 3 5 7 -8 7
19 Nantes 10 1 4 5 9 18 4 1 2 1 4 5 6 0 2 4 5 13 -9 7
20 Brest 10 1 3 6 10 21 5 0 2 3 3 12 5 1 1 3 7 9 -11 6

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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.