📊 Form Guide

Lille

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Lille will be hoping for a better result following a 2-0 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Brest.

In that match, Lille managed 61% possession and 18 shots on goal with 2 on target. Brest got 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Ludovic Ajorque (42') and Kamory Doumbia (64') scored for Brest.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Lille have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Lille have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 7 goals on the way.

Pre-game facts show that Lille:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Reims in their last 2 games.
• are undefeated in their last 5 home league matches.

Reims

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After being beaten in their last game against St Etienne in Ligue 1 action, Reims and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Reims had 48% possession and 19 shots at goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Saint-Etienne got 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Florian Tardieu (3') and Irvin Cardona (41') scored for St Etienne.

The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Reims has become fairly consistent in recent matches. Checking on their last six games shows that it has happened 6 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal total of 4 and Reims have scored 3. We will just have to see if that trend can be sustained in this game.

Pre-game facts show that Reims:

• remain unbeaten by Lille when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 20/04/2022 shows that Lille have won 2 of them & Reims 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

A sum of 12 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 of them from LOSC and 6 being from Les rouges et blancs. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 1 on 17/08/2024 and the score finished Reims 0-2 Lille.

In that match, Reims had 31% possession and 2 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

At the other end, Lille had 22 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Bafodé Diakité (45') and Jonathan David (93') scored.

The match was refereed by Eric Wattellier.

ℹ️ Team News: Lille

Edon Zhegrova (Adductor pain) and Tiago Santos (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be taking part for Lille manager Bruno Génésio.

It seems likely that LOSC will probably kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one and select Geronimo Rulli, Michael Murillo, Leonardo Balerdi, Derek Cornelius, Ulisses Garcia, Valentin Rongier, P. Hoejbjerg, Mason Greenwood, Adrien Rabiot, Jonathan Rowe and Amine Gouiri.

📰 Team News: Reims

Reims manager Samba Diawara has a number of players out of action. Mamadou Diakhon (Injury to the ankle), Mohamed Daramy (Knee injury) and Reda Khadra (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be playing here.

We are inclined to think that Les rouges et blancs might elect for a 3-4-2-1 system, starting the game with Brice Samba, Jeremy Jacquet, Anthony Rouault, Lilian Brassier, Adrien Truffert, Djaoui Cisse, Ismael Kone, Mousa Tamari, Ludovic Blas, Azor Matusiwa and A. Kalimuendo-Muinga.

💡 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Lille should score more than once when they come up against Reims, who may well find it hard to score.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a comfortable 2-0 victory for Lille by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Renata Leite, 18:01 17/05/2025