Lille vs Strasbourg Prediction 21 April 2024

As part of the 30th round of the French championship, a meeting between Lille and Strasbourg will take place. The game will be held at "Pierre Mauroy", which is located in the city of Villeneuve-d'Ascq. Lille is having an excellent season and is actively fighting for a spot in the Champions League next season. Strasbourg, in turn, has played well in recent matches and has moved away from the relegation zone.

Lille's infirmary currently houses five footballers. Among the significant losses is the injury of Edon Zhegrova — the Kosovan winger creates several dangerous moments at the opponents' goal in each match. Due to a suspension, one of the key midfielders, Nabil Bentaleb, will miss the match. Strasbourg's situation is no better — four players will not be able to help their team in the upcoming confrontation, including Angelo and Emmanuel Emegha.

Referee statistics. The match will be officiated by the Frenchman Benoit Millot. The referee has shown fewer than five yellow cards in 8 of the last 10 matches. During this period, he has not awarded any penalties. The average number of fouls over the last 10 matches is 28, and over the last 100 matches is 26.

On average, matches involving Lille record 26.6 fouls (11.2 by Lille itself). In Strasbourg's matches, this figure is 26.9 fouls (13.8 by the team itself). Regarding yellow cards: Lille receives an average of 2.0 warnings, Strasbourg – 1.7. Considering the referee's statistics, it is worth paying attention to total under 4.5 yellow cards.

Lille proves to be a very tough opponent for Strasbourg, as evidenced by the results of their last head-to-head encounters: Lille celebrated victory in four out of five matches. Betting on another home win can be done at 1.66.

This season, Lille is demonstrating very high-quality football, creating a huge number of goal-scoring opportunities and often delighting its fans with a plethora of goals. Despite their attacking style, Lille has problems with earning corners — in four out of the last five matches, the team had fewer than six corners. Sportsbooks offer to bet on Corners - Lille Total under (5.5) at 2.09.

Strasbourg has noticeably improved in recent matches, approaching the upcoming confrontation with a series of four games without defeat. The main reason for such success has been quality play in the opponent's penalty area — in three out of the last four matches, the team scored at least two goals. Betting on Strasbourg to score can be done at an odds of 1.69.

We have considered all aspects of the match and noticed a very interesting trend — in the last five head-to-head encounters between these teams, which took place at Lille's home stadium, fewer than three goals were scored. And we believe that the most profitable bet is "Total goals under (2.5)". The odds for this event are 1.96.

📊To understand the possible outcomes of the match, let's turn to the history of head-to-head meetings. Officially, the clubs have played in 37 match, where today's home team won 15, and the guests have accumulated 10 victories.

⚽The numbers for goals scored are as follows:

• For the Lille team – 50;
• For the Strasbourg Alsace club – 43.

🏁Regarding the last match, it took place on 20 December 2023 at the Strasbourg Alsace team's field and ended with a score of 2:1.