Ligue 1 match prediction: Little separates Strasbourg and Lille in quality

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (29200 seats)

The home supporters await a victory in this match, as the home advantage might do the trick against a struggling visitor. Strasbourg are in 9th place while the guesting Lille worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • All of Strasbourg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lille have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Strasbourg nor Lille as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Strasbourg form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Strasbourg at their home stadium (Stade de la Meinau) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Strasbourg after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Matz Sels not having conceded a league goal in 183 minutes.

Strasbourg enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Lens's place. The match ended 1-0 with Ludovic Ajorque scoring. Anthony Caci was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.01 out of 10. The defender Caci served one assist, hit three key passes and won 10 of 14 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Metz in a game that was won 3-0.

A decent goal production from Strasbourg in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Strasbourg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lille form and stats

0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Lille playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. 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.

Impressive finishing from Benjamin André and Jonathan David secured the home win 2-1 against Reims in their previous game. Attacker Burak Yılmaz got a player rating of 7.94 in the game. "Man of the match" Yılmaz signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lens wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Champions League trip to Salzburg.

Lille have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Lille have conceded 7 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Strasbourg, three draws and four wins for Lille. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

StrasbourgL. Ajorque
L. Ajorque
3 goals
StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
3 goals
LilleB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
3 goals

Strasbourg missing players

Lille missing players

Strasbourg Lille
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 3 Played P 0 4 7
3 2 2 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 2 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
11 7 7 Scored S 0 5 9
11 4 2 Conceded C 0 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 86%
57% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 71%
43% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 14%
57% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 71%
29% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
14% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 29%
 
4 3.8 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.4
5.4 5.8 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.8 4.3
2.3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.6 11.8 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
4 5 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.8 4.1
39% 35% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 31%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Strasbourg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lille have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Lille have yet to win a game away.
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 7 7 0 0 20 7 3 3 0 0 10 3 4 4 0 0 10 4 13 21
2 Olympique Marseille 6 4 2 0 12 5 3 2 1 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 14
3 Angers SCO 7 3 3 1 10 6 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 1 2 0 4 2 4 12
4 Lens 7 3 3 1 11 8 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 12
5 Lorient 7 3 3 1 8 7 3 3 0 0 4 1 4 0 3 1 4 6 1 12
6 Olympique Lyonnais 7 3 2 2 12 11 4 2 2 0 10 6 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 11
7 Nice 6 3 2 1 12 3 3 1 2 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 6 1 9 10
8 Nantes 7 3 1 3 10 7 4 2 0 2 5 4 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 10
9 Strasbourg 7 3 1 3 11 11 4 2 1 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 4 7 0 10
10 Montpellier 7 2 3 2 15 13 4 2 1 1 10 7 3 0 2 1 5 6 2 9
11 Clermont 7 2 3 2 10 16 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 1 1 2 5 13 -6 9
12 Rennes 7 2 2 3 9 8 4 2 1 1 8 3 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 8
13 Monaco 7 2 2 3 8 10 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 8
14 Lille 7 2 2 3 9 13 3 2 0 1 4 6 4 0 2 2 5 7 -4 8
15 Reims 7 1 4 2 7 8 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 1 2 1 4 3 -1 7
16 Bordeaux 7 1 3 3 10 16 3 0 1 2 3 6 4 1 2 1 7 10 -6 6
17 Troyes 7 1 2 4 7 11 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 4 6 -4 5
18 Brest 7 0 4 3 8 14 3 0 2 1 4 6 4 0 2 2 4 8 -6 4
19 Saint-Étienne 7 0 3 4 7 14 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 0 1 3 4 10 -7 3
20 Metz 7 0 3 4 7 15 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 0 1 2 2 7 -8 3

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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.