Lyon – Lille, French Ligue 1 Prediction

Lyon has to beat Lille to secure third place. The difference with St. Etienne is only three points and the goal difference is very flat. At the same time, the kids have a match with Marseille as a guest in the next round, so that their season will be determined here. Definitely St. Etienne have an easier program in theory, and even in a case of draw it would not be a very successful result for Lyon.

Lille has done the job, and Les Dogues are 99% sure they will finish in the top 3. The goal is to finish in the top 2 and it will be much easier if they do not lose today from Lyon. If they do it, however, the difference with the kids will be three points, so we expect Lille to go defensive in this game and defend the zero-zero score by testing counter attacks and taking advantage of the Pepe speed, for example.

There is no way, however, that this game does not have many goals. Both teams have terrible attacks and score goals easy. Lyon’s defense has not been so good lately, and it will have to be higher on the pitch, because Lyon has not much choice, but to put everything in attack. The last 4 games between the two teams ended with BTTS + over 2.5 goals, so our forecast for this match is BTTS at 1.59.

Lille scored 10 goals in their last 3 league games

10 of the last 11 games in Lyon have ended with BTTS