Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
06/01/2021
21:00
Prediction: 2-1
Angers
Lille and Angers face each other at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in what is expected to be a very exciting game. Les Dogues aim to overtake Olympique Lyon in top position in the standings. Lille are a real force to be reckoned with at home, with the team eyeing their seventh win at Stade Pierre-Mauroy. Defender Zeki Celik, who suffered an injury in a 3-2 win at Montpellier, is unlikely to feature against Angers.
Les Scoistes, on the other hand, did well to beat Olympique Marseille in their last league match. Angers aim to climb to the Europa League berth, but they will have a big fish to fry in the first game of the year. Since Lille have turned their stadium into a real fortress, we predict that the visitors are going to return home empty-handed. In their last meeting in the French top flight Lille defeated Angers 2-0.
Highlighted Player (Jonathan Bamba):
After spending his youth career at CS Paris-Charenton, UJA AlfortVille and Saint-Etienne, Jonathan Bamba started playing for Saint-Etienne II at senior level. In 2015 he was given a chance to prove his worth with the first team and it has to be noted that he scored eight goals in 42 appearances for les Verts in Ligue 1.
Following his loan spells with Paris, Sint-Truiden and Angers, Jonathan Bamba joined Lille in the summer of 2018. The pacey winger born in Alfortville (France) on March 26, 1996, has been playing for les Dogues ever since, but he has yet to earn a cap for the French national team. Nonetheless, Jonathan Bamba has 12 caps with France U21 in which he scored four goals for les Tricolores.
Jonathan Bamba’s main position is left winger, but he is used as a centre-forward as well. The French footballer, whose preferred foot is right, has a contract with Lille until June 30, 2023.
Highlighted Team (Angers):
French Football Federation was founded in 1919, with French football club Angers being founded the same year. Les Scoistes returned to the French top flight at the end of the 2014/2015 season and they finished the 2015/2016 Ligue 1 campaign in ninth place in the standings.
Angers were having their ups and downs in the 2016/2017 season and, as a result, they finished 12th. Les Scoistes are well known for their black jerseys with white stripes, whilst the color of their away kits is white. Stade Raymond Kopa is the team’s home ground and the capacity of the stadium is 17.835.
The venues was opened back in 1912 and the stadium’s record attendance is 22.989 (April 26, 1969 vs. Olympique Marseille). Speaking of the club’s most notable players, we have to mention Fahid Ben Khalfallah, Vladica Kovacevic, Claudiu Keseru, Paul Alo’o, Amar Rouai and Cedric Daury. It has to be noted that the 2017/2018 season will be their 24th in the French top flight.
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