Saint-Etienne is set for a trip to Stade Pierre-Mauroy for a clash with the reigning champions Lille in the Ligue 1 fixture this Friday. Kickoffs at 23: 00 EAT.
Lille is the current champions of the French top flight, and though they have not been at their best this season, they still are a squad to be feared. They are currently placed seventh in the table with 42 points, and they need a surplus of two points to climb to the fifth position – which is the minimum requirement for European qualification. In their last five matches they have three wins, a draw and a loss and both teams scored in none of those fixtures.
Lille comes into this meeting confident following 4-0 Ligue 1 triumph over Clermont Foot in their last fixture. In that game, Lille had48% possession, 15 shots with eight of them on target and goals scored by Jonathan Bamba (3′), Jonathan David (71′), Zeki Çelik (85′) and Edon Zhegrova (90′). Clermont Foot got nine shots with only one of them on target.
On the other hand Meanwhile, Saint-Etienne is one the struggling team this season, currently placed 17th in a table of 20 with 25 points, just one point to the red zone. They are winless in 22 of their last 30 games across all competitions, and they had also lost nine of their last fifteen away fixtures. However in their last five games they have lost just once drawing once and winning thrice. Both teams found the back of the net in four of the five last meetings they have had.
Sainté Les Verts will be looking for another win coming off a 1-0 Ligue 1 victory against FC Metz in their previous fixture. In that game, St Etienne had 54% possession, 13 shots with five of them on target and goal scored by Denis Bouanga (52′). FC Metz got FIVE shots with two of them on target.
Lille vs Saint-Etienne head to head
Lille has the upper hand in the history of this fixture claiming 21 wins out of the 48 meetings since1993. They have recorded draws 15 times and Saint-Etienne claims 12 wins.
- Saint-Etienne 1-1 Lille 21/08/21
- Lille 0-0 Saint-Etienne 16/05/21
- Saint-Etienne 1-1 Lille 29/11/20
- Lille 3-0 Saint-Etienne 28/08/19
- Saint-Etienne 0-1 Lille 10/03/19
Home
- Lille 4-0 Clermont Foot
- Lyon 0-1 Lille
- Chelsea 2-0 Lille
- Lille 0-0 Metz
- Montpellier 0-1 Lille
Away
- Saint-Etienne 1-0 Metz
- PSG 3-1 Saint-Etienne
- Saint-Etienne 2-2 Strasbourg Alsace
- Clermont Foot 1-2 Saint-Etienne
- Saint-Etienne 3-1 Montpellier
Lille team news
The hosts boast a fully fit squad ahead of this meeting.
Saint-Etienne team news
For the visitors, Yvann Macon, Romain Hamouma, Saidou Sow and Enzo Crivelli have been ruled out of this fixture through injuries.
Prediction and odds
Lille has lost just once at home since August, and this sole loss had come against titans PSG while d also Saint Etienne has lost nine of their past fifteen road trips. We predict a comfortable home win here.
- Lille win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
