Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
14/09/2021
21:00
Prediction: 1-1
Wolfsburg
Lille play host to Wolfsburg at their Stade Pierre-Mauroy in the Champions League Group G round 1. Les Dogues made a slow start to the new Ligue 1 campaign, and given their shaky defence, it is no wonder the odds for away win have been dropping. Canada international David should be recalled to the starting XI, while all Bamba, Sanchez, and Weah are out of contention with injuries.
The Wolves, on the other hand, aim to impress in their first Champions League game since April 2016. The Bundesliga side have been producing fine displays at the start of the new domestic campaign, but beating Lille on the road is easier said than done. Taking everything into account, we believe that punters from all around the globe can find value in betting on draw. All Bialek, Otavio, and Schlager should miss out for the visiting team.
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 (Wolfsburg):
Wolfsburg are a German football club founded in the aftermath of the World War II (1945). Die Wolfe (The Wolves) wear green and white shirts and they play their home games at Volkswagen Arena. The capacity of the stadium is 30,000 and it was opened on 13 December, 2002.
It is well known that German car manufacturer Volkswagen are the club’s main sponsors. Wolfsburg won the Bundesliga trophy in 2009 and the likes of Edin Dzeko, Grafite and Zvjezdan Misimovic were part of the club’s golden generation.
You should bear in mind that Grafite and Dzeko scored 54 goals between each other in the 2008/2009 Bundesliga campaign and that the team clinched the trophy thanks to a 5-1 win over Werder Bremen on 23 May, 2009. Die Wolfe won the German Cup trophy in 2015, with the team beating star-studded Borussia Dortmund 3-1 in the title game. Wolfsburg are a team that has no bitter rivals in German football.
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