Lille and Nantes will take on on Saturday the 27th of November at 5:00 pm in the 15th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Villeneuve d’Ascq at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. The referee will be Johan Hamel.
Lille sits in the 12th position in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Monaco in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 5 times, and lost 5 times.
Nantes sits in the 11th place in the table with 18 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 5 times, draw 3 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Lille
Lille has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 85.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (12 times), 4-2-2-2 (once) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Jocelyn Gourvennec is expected to play against Nantes with the following players: I. Grbić, D. Bradarić, T. Embalo Djaló, J. da Rocha Fonte, M. Çelik, T. Weah, B. Yılmaz and J. David.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Lille would be 26.00.
L. Jardim, S. Botman and G. Gudmundsson will definitely miss the match.
Nantes
Nantes has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 57.14%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Lille with the following players: A. Lafont, F. Pereira da Silva, N. Pallois, J. Castelletto, D. Appiah, A. Girotto, P. Chirivella Burgos, R. Kolo Muani, L. Blas, M. Coco and K. Coulibaly.
In case that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Nantes would be 27.00.
Antoine Kombouare will probably not be able to employ S. Corchia because of injury.
A. Limbombe Ekango, M. Simon and R. Emond will definitely miss the match.
