Lorient and Strasbourg are going to play on Sunday the 20th of March at 3:00 pm in the 29th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Lorient at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir. The chosen referee is Benoît Millot.
Lorient sits in the 17th place in the league with 27 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against Clermont in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 6 times, draw 9 times, and lost 13 times.
Strasbourg sits in the 5th place in the table with 47 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Monaco in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 13 times, draw 8 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Lorient
Lorient has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 42.86%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (12 times), 4-1-4-1 (6 times), 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-3-3 (once), 5-4-1 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Christophe Pélissier is expected to play against Strasbourg with the following players: M. Dreyer, V. Le Goff, L. Pétrot, B. Innocent, Q. Boisgard, T. Monconduit, A. Lauriente and T. Moffi.
If the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Lorient would be 27.50.
There are doubts about the presence of J. Laporte, H. Mendes and E. Le Fée.
Christophe Pélissier will probably not be able to employ I. Silva de Almeida because of injury.
S. Diarra and F. Lemoine will definitely miss the match.
Strasbourg
Strasbourg has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (19 times or 67.86%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (19 times), 3-5-2 (8 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Julien Stéphan is expected to play against Lorient with the following players: M. Sels, D. Liénard, A. Djiku, G. Nyamsi, L. Perrin, F. Guilbert, J. Bellegarde, I. Sissoko, S. Prcić, K. Gameiro and L. Ajorque.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Strasbourg would be 28.18.
M. Le Marchand and A. Thomasson will definitely miss the match.