📊 Form Guide

Lille

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Lille will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 0-2 Ligue 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of Rennes.

In that game, Lille managed 38% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Rennes had 18 shots at goal with 4 on target. Przemysław Frankowski (49') and Quentin Merlin (56') scored for Rennes.

An interesting feature of more recent Lille games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their previous sextet of clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a losing one.

Lyon

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Lyon go into this meeting following a 1-3 Ligue 1 win over Monaco in their previous match.

In that match, Lyon managed 56% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 9 on target. For Lyon, the goals were scored by Pavel Šulc (38', 57') and Abner (79'). For their opponents, Monaco had 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. Mamadou Coulibaly (45') scored for Monaco.

A sequence of reliable showings by the Lyon defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their previous 6 fixtures overall. Over that same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 12. That aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern might be sustained in this next game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 26/11/2023 shows that Lille have won 1 of these & Lyon 4, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

An aggregate of 18 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 of them for LOSC and 10 being from Lyon. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The previous league game between these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 6 on 28/09/2025 when it ended Lille 0-1 Lyon.

That time, Lille managed 54% possession and 14 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Lyon got 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Tyler Morton (13') was the scorer.

The referee was Mathieu Vernice.

📋 Team News: Lille

Ousmane Touré (Cruciate ligament tear) and Marc-Aurèle Caillard (Elbow injury) will be missing for Lille gaffer Bruno Génésio. Alexsandro is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

⚡ Prediction

In our view, Lyon will have their work cut out to score goals against this Lille side who will likely be able to grind out a win.

That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 1-0 winning margin for Lille at the end of the match.

Little in this one.

Peter Guest, 19:00 11/01/2026