SM
Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano: 21 hrs 58 mins
Upcoming predictions and previews
Collect News Data
S
Ligue 1 | Gameweek 19
Jan 25, 2025 at 6pm UK
Stade de la Meinau
L

Strasbourg
2 - 1
Lille

Santos (70'), Emegha (74')
Doukoure (19'), Santos (37'), Diarra (64'), Ouattara (65')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Sahraoui (8')
Gudmundsson (33'), Bakker (76')

Preview: Strasbourg vs. Lille - prediction, team news, lineups

:Headline: Preview: Strasbourg vs. Lille - prediction, team news, lineups:
Sports Mole previews Saturday's Ligue 1 clash between Strasbourg and Lille, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Sports Mole

In Ligue 1 on Saturday, in-form Strasbourg host a Lille side reeling from losing their club-record unbeaten streak in midweek.

Both clubs have been in excellent form domestically over the past month or so, and both have European qualification in their sights.


Match preview

For Strasbourg and their manager Liam Rosenior, qualifying for Europe would represent a phenomenal season, and if current results continue, that looks a real possibility.

After a run of five defeats in six league games, Strasbourg's form has been completely transformed, having now taken 11 points from their last five matches, following an impressive draw away at Marseille last week.

Only league leaders Paris Saint-Germain have taken more in that time (13), and it comes after the Alsace club managed just 13 points in their opening 13 games of the campaign.

Home form in particular has been crucial in their rise up the table, with just one defeat at the Stade de la Meinau this season, taking 15 points from eight games, their best tally at this stage of a Ligue 1 season in over two decades.

Strasbourg are still in the bottom half, but sit just three points off the top seven, which could be enough for European qualification at the end of the season.

However, their only home defeat of the season came against Monaco, and fellow Champions League participants Lille are up next, and will provide a huge test.

The hosts have won just two of their 12 home league matches against Lille in the 21st century, and even though they won the last meeting here back in 2023, they have not gone back-to-back since the 1990s.

Lille do enter the game on the back of their first defeat in four months though, ending a club-record 21-game unbeaten streak, losing 2-1 at Anfield to Liverpool in the Champions League.

Despite going behind and being reduced to 10 men, Lille still battled back to equalise through Jonathan David, but a huge slice of misfortune saw them lose narrowly, with Liverpool's winner finding the net via a massive deflection.

That was Lille's first defeat in any competition since losing to Sporting Lisbon on matchday one back in mid-September, and they are still in the hunt for the top eight, as a win over Feyenoord could be enough next week.

Manager Bruno Genesio can still extend their unbeaten run in the league though, which now stands at 14 matches, just three shy of the club's longest ever in Ligue 1, set when they were reigning champions in 2011.

Getting more wins on the board is more important than simply keeping that unbeaten streak going, though, because Lille have drawn four in a row on the road - their longest run for 17 years.

Nevertheless, last weekend did see them record an impressive 2-1 win over in-form Nice, to leapfrog Monaco into third, but this will be another big test, against a side playing at the top of their game.

Strasbourg Ligue 1 form:


Strasbourg form (all competitions):


Lille Ligue 1 form:


Lille form (all competitions):



Team News

There are just two injury concerns for Strasbourg, with Thomas Delaine (knee) and Junior Mwanga (thigh) set to miss this encounter.

While not being a regular start by any means this season, Ukrainian full-back Eduard Sobol has still managed to hit the yellow card limit, meaning he will be unavailable for this one.

The hosts will hope that Chelsea allow Andrey Santos to remain at the club for the rest of the season, with his excellent form sparking rumours he could be recalled, after seven league goals this season, and an assist last weekend.

Lille will be without hugely influential duo David and Edon Zhegrova due to suspension and injury respectively, losing the source of over half of their league goals this season.

David has reached the yellow card, like defender Alexsandro, who will also miss out, but Aissa Mandi will be available despite being sent off in midweek, with the Algerian set to miss the Champions League clash with Feyenoord instead.

There are further absentees in defence too, with Samuel Umtiti and Tiago Santos both out with knee injuries, and on the wing, Mathias Fernandez-Pardo is also sidelined at present, due to an ankle issue.

Strasbourg possible starting lineup:
Petrovic; Doue, Sarr, Doukoure, Ouattara; Bakwa, Diarra, Andrey Santos, Lemarechal, Nanasi; Emegha

Lille possible starting lineup:
Chevalier; Meunier, Mandi, Diakite, Ismaily; Andre, Andre Gomes, Angel Gomes; Bouaddi, Bayo, Sahraoui


We say: Strasbourg 1-1 Lille

Lille manager Genesio has only lost three of his 12 previous meetings against Strasbourg, but the Alsace club have not been playing at such a level for quite some time, and it should be a challenging evening for the visitors.

Now five games unbeaten, Strasbourg will fancy their chances of another result given their superb home form, and the fact that Lille enter the game on the back of a rare defeat.


For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.




body check tags ::

Previews by email

Click here to get Sports Mole's daily email of previews and predictions for every major game!


amp_article__563679 : Collect and Make Data not in DataBase  : 
last updated article - 2025-02-02 02:10:46:
html db last update - 2025-02-02 02:10:46 :

ex - 7200 : read : write cache and make html
Read more!
Share this article now:


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
AL
Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!
Recommended Next on SM
Planning ahead: Chelsea agree €20m fee for Strasbourg defender?
More pain for Amorim: Man United lose again as Spurs make history in hard-fought success
Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Paris Saint-GermainPSG22175059203956
2Marseille22144450262446
3Nice22117444271740
4MonacoMonaco22124644291540
5Lille22108436221438
6Lyon22106640271336
7StrasbourgStrasbourg229673732533
8Lens229672522333
9Brest22102103538-332
10Toulouse227692325-227
11Angers2275102331-826
12Auxerre226793137-625
13Rennes2272132932-323
14Reims2257102634-822
15NantesNantes224992539-1421
16Saint-EtienneSt Etienne2253142050-3018
17Le HavreLe Havre2252151843-2517
18Montpellier HSCMontpellier2243152152-3115
Scroll for more - Tap for full version


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
AL
Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!

Loading ...

Failed to load data.

history www

Greek Gunners: Arsenal 'initiate contact' for 'new Iniesta'?

1

GG

Three minutes for Obi: Amorim explains reluctance to use bench vs. Spurs

2

TM

Team News: Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano injury, suspension list, predicted XIs

3

TN

Worrying times: Man United's struggles laid bare by damning statistic

4

WT

Real Madrid 'desperate' to beat Prem trio to Dutch wonderkid

5

RM

'Not a soft knock': Could Liverpool's Gakpo miss two crucial fixtures?

6

'A

'Revealed': How many Man United games will Mainoo miss through injury?

7

'H

Arsenal to rival Chelsea for £17m-rated attacker?

8

AT

Relief for Raducanu! British wild card ends career-worst losing streak

9

RF

Scare survived: Cunha cracker inconsequential as leggy Liverpool best Wolves

10

SS


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .