Lille Saint-Étienne betting prediction

The home team is currently in the 19^th position of the league, with 9 points won, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Olympique Marseille, by (0‑1). In the last match, they won in an away match against Metz, by (0‑3). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 17 goals scored and 16 conceded; against 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses at their stadium, with 21 goals scored and 22 conceded. For the league, Lille won 5 points out of 18 possible points, after 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 6 home matches.

In this competition, they haven’t won any of the last 5 home matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, and their offense hasn’t been one of their best features, as they haven’t scored any goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. They haven't been able to score the first goal. In fact, they have only opened up the score in 2 of the last 11 matches for the Ligue 1, they have reached half‑time in advantage in 1 of those 2 matches and held on to the lead until the end of the match in all of them. They have conceded the first goal in 8 of their 11 matches for this competition, and have never been able to turn the score around. In the last 8 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 4 of their 7 goals between minutes (61'‑75').

Lille start for this motivated game after having added their second win in this French championship, having triumphed at Metz by 0-3: goals were scored by Pepe (2) and Bahlouli. We remember that Lille have not won for nine consecutive games in the competition. In this home game, coach Marcelo Bielsa should keep the team at 4-2-3-1, benefiting possession of the ball and attacking the corridors, especially through the corridors: Seri is responsible for setting the rhythm of the game. Right-back Nicolas Pepe is the highlight of the Lille side with 2 goals. For this game the home coach can not count on Edgar Ié, player who is punished.

Confirmed Lineup: Mike Maignan, Kévin Malcuit, Junior Alonso, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Ibrahim Amadou, Thiago Maia, Thiago Mendes, Farès Bahlouli, Anwar El Ghazi, Nicolas Pépé, Yassine Benzia.
Coach: J. Gourvennec.