Ligue 1 – RC Strasburg to face Lille on Match-day 11

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Friday Ligue 1 action from the Stade de La Meinau, as RCSA take on Lille.

Seventh placed Lille, are away to fourteenth placed RCSA on Friday.

RC Strasburg have eight points to their name, going into this tie

Julien Stephan will have impressed upon his team the importance of getting a positive result out of this game, following two successive defeats. First it was Rennes and then Angers SCO, however this is something that their opponents will be aware of going into this fixture.

Also, a draw statistic of five in nine games is not all bad, but unfortunately will not bring the success Julien Stephan’s men wishes for ultimately. With eight points (1W, 4L and 5D), they are established in fourteenth position in the League having won one game, drawn five games, and lost four meetings.

Playing at home, RCSA have drawn three matches and lost two meetings.

A victory for RC Strasburg would put them on 11 points.

Julien Stephan could be missing up to four of their players through injury or illness for the game on Friday.

With the Ligue 1 season well into its stride, Lille have managed to gain 16 points

Following two straight wins for Lille in their most recent games, they will be keen to continue that form going into this fixture.

Also, Lille keep finding ways to win, having secured four victories in their last seven matches is astonishing this season. Their position is seventh in the League and they have 16 points, that is, 5W, 4L and 1D having won five matches, drawn one game, and lost four meetings.

Playing away from home, Lille have won two fixtures, drawn one game, and lost two games.

Lille will have 19 points if they manage to secure a victory.

Good Attacking Performance

Lille have a good scoring record this season, with 18 netted so far (17 from open play and one penalty). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Jonathan David (7), Jonathan Bamba (3), and Ismaily (2). Teams that leak goals on a consistent basis, don’t tend to win anything, such is the situation with Lille so far, having conceded 18 goals in their last games so far.

It is likely that two key players will miss Friday’s fixture, which is something of a concern for Paulo Fonseca and his Lille team.

RC Strasburg v Lille – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels the clubs have previously played each other 34 times with the record being 13 wins and 12 draws for RCSA. In addition, the two sides have drawn the last two matches they have had. In their most recent meeting of this fixture was April 2022, when RC Strasburg walked away as 1-0 winners.

Other players of note for RCSA are Habib Diallo and Kevin Gameiro with five goals both and for Lille are Jonathan Bamba and Ismaily with three goals and two goals respectively.

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