Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Bologna and Lille take on each other at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara in what is expected to be a close Champions League encounter. The Rossoblu aim to recover from a 3-0 loss to Lazio, but they face yet another tough challenge against les Dogues. As all Ndoye, Aebischer, Cambiaghi, El Azzouzi, and Ferguson are sidelined through injuries, home win should not be considered. Defender Martin Erlic will be assessed ahead of the kick-off.
Lille, on the other hand, are enjoying yet another successful season. Bruno Genesio is doing a great job with the Stade Pierre-Mauroy outfit and given the number of absentees in the home team, away win should be considered. To make things even better for the French side, talented midfielder Ngalayel Mukau is back from the domestic ban. It has to be noted that the two sides meet for the first time in the elite competition.
Highlighted Player (Benjamin André):
Benjamin Andre is a French footballer, who began his career at Stade Raphaelois youth team. At the age of 16 Andre moved to Ajaccio and he played for the first team from 2008 to 2014. The right-footed midfielder scored 12 goals in 187 appearances in the league for the Corsican team and in the summer of 2014 he moved to fellow French club Rennes.
Andre scored his first goal for les Rouges et Noirs on January 25, 2015, in a 4-1 defeat to Caen. The French player made provided three assists for his teammates in 36 appearances for Rennes in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign and the club chiefs decided to extend his contract in June, 2017. His deal with the Roazhon Park outfit should expire on June 30, 2022.
Benjamin Andre, who was born in Nice on August 3, 1990, has seven caps for France U21 team. The Rennes footballer plays as a central midfielder, but he is often used as both left and right midfielder.
Highlighted Team (Bologna):
Bologna FC 1909 is an Italian football club founded in 1909 and playing in the Serie A. The club hosts its games in the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara which holds a capacity of 40500 seats. The stadium is named after their former chairman. The club plays its home games in the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara since 1927.
The club colors of Bologna are blue and red and is one of the most successful football clubs in Italy winning the Serie A 7times and the Coppa Italia 2 times in the clubs history. Lately Bologna is not performing like their glory times anymore. The club is often relegated to the Serie B but manages to get back to the Serie A on and off. Another important person in the club is Joey Saputo, Canadian but with Italian roots, which is owner of Bologna.
Well known football players that wore the blue red colors of Bologna in their career are: Falcone, Dokovic, Nakata, Gillet, Pagliuca, Vieri and Zagorakis.