Lille and Lorient are going to take on on Wednesday the 19th of January at 7:00 pm in the 20th week of the Ligue 1. The match will take place in Villeneuve d’Ascq at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. The chosen referee is Florent Batta.
Lille is in the 10th place in the standings with 29 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Olympique Marseille in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 7 times, draw 8 times, and lost 5 times.
Lorient is in the 18th place in the league with 17 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Angers SCO in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 3 times, draw 8 times, and lost 9 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 (18 times or 90.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (18 times), 4-2-2-2 (once) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Jocelyn Gourvennec is expected to play against Lorient with the following players: I. Grbić, R. Mandava, S. Botman, J. da Rocha Fonte, T. Embalo Djaló, J. Bamba, B. André, R. Luz Sanches, A. Gomes, B. Yılmaz and J. David.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Lille would be 27.36.
L. Jardim and T. Weah will definitely miss the match.
Lorient
Lorient has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 60.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (12 times), 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (once), 5-4-1 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Christophe Pélissier is expected to play against Lille with the following players: P. Nardi, V. Le Goff, M. Jenz, J. Laporte, H. Mendes, E. Le Fée, L. Abergel, T. Monconduit, A. Grbic, T. Moffi and A. Lauriente.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Lorient would be 26.55.
J. Morel, S. Diarra, F. Lemoine and D. Faissal Ouattara will definitely miss the match.