Lille vs FC Lorient Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Lille

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Lille will be hoping for a better result following the 3-2 Ligue 1 defeat last time out to Brest.

In that match, Lille managed 64% possession and 22 shots on goal with 7 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Lille was Burak Yılmaz (45', 57'). For their opponents, Stade Brestois 29 got 12 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (15'), Romain Perraud (19') and Irvin Cardona (41') scored for Brest.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Lille have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that LOSC have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 8 goals during that time. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this match, however.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Lille:

• haven't beaten FC Lorient in their previous 2 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 7 league matches at home.

FC Lorient

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Nantes in Ligue 1 action, FC Lorient and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, FC Lorient had 47% possession and 18 shots at goal with 4 on target. On the other side, FC Nantes had 16 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Kader Bamba (80') and Ludovic Blas (83') scored for Nantes.

The stats tell the story, and FC Lorient have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 8 goals in all. Defensively, Les Merlus have seen their frailties exposed.

Coming into this contest, FC Lorient are undefeated in their last 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 23/08/2014, there has been little between the sides with Lille winning 3 of those games, FC Lorient 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.

In all, 9 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for LOSC and 3 belonging to Les Merlus. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.5.

The last league fixture between the two was Ligue 1 match day 23 on 04/02/2017 and the score finished Lille 0-1 FC Lorient.

That day, Lille managed 55% possession and 15 shots on goal with 3 on target.

On the other side, FC Lorient had 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Aliadière (49') was the scorer.

The referee was Jérôme Miguelgorry.

ℹ️ Team News: Lille

Renato Sanches (Muscle Injury), Burak Yilmaz (Ill) and Zeki Celik (Injury to the ankle) are not available for Lille gaffer Christophe Galtier.

📰 Team News: FC Lorient

With a fully healthy squad to choose from, FC Lorient manager Christophe Pélissier has zero fitness concerns whatsoever before this game.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Lille should get a couple of goals in this one against FC Lorient, who might well find it a difficult task to get a goal of their own.

Our selection here is for a decent 2-0 victory for Lille at full-time.

Renata Leite, 00:15 18/11/2020