Lille vs Reims Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Lille

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Lille will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-1 Ligue 1 triumph against Nîmes.

In that game, Lille had 52% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Lille was Burak Yılmaz (29'). Nîmes got 7 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

Christophe Galtier's Lille have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 9 times over their last six outings. The number of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures is 5.

Coming into this meeting, Lille haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Reims

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Reims will go into this meeting after a 3-1 Ligue 1 win with the eclipse of St Etienne in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Reims managed 34% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Reims, the goalscorers were Boulaye Dia (12', 37') and Mathieu Cafaro (58'). At the other end, AS Saint-Etienne had 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Charles Abi (72') scored for St Etienne.

The stats tell the story, and Reims have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in total. In defence, Les rouges et blancs have clearly had some problems. That kind of pattern might not follow through here, though.

Their past results show that Reims:

• are winless against Lille when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 25/09/2015, there has been little to separate the clubs with Lille winning 2 of those games, Reims 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

A combined sum of 10 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 of them for LOSC and 5 coming from Les rouges et blancs. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 2 on 30/08/2020 when it finished Reims 0-1 Lille.

That day, Reims had 50% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.

Lille got 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Jonathan Bamba (32') scored.

The referee was Stephanie Frappart.

ℹ️ Team News: Lille

Lille manager Christophe Galtier will be happy not to have any fitness worries at all ahead of this match thanks to a completely healthy squad available to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Reims

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group, there is just a single fitness problem for the Reims manager David Guion to be concerned about. Anastasios Donis (Muscle Injury) won’t be playing here.

💡 Prediction

For this match, we think that Lille will probably get the goals that they need when they play Reims, who might well find it a difficult task to find the back of the net.

We reckon that it will be a comfortable 2-0 win for Lille at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:09 13/01/2021