Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
03/12/2020
12:55 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Sparta Prague
Stade Pierre-Mauroy will host Thursday’s Europa League game between Lille and Sparta Prague. Les Dogues are sitting in top position in Group H ahead of the visit of Sparta Prague, and they are on the right track to book their place in the Europa League knockout stages. Lille shared the spoils with Milan in their last group game, but it has to be noted that they dominated the match.
Les Dogues are a real force to be reckoned with at home, and we predict that they are going to pick up all three points from Thursday’s clash. Sparta Prague, on the other hand, aim to build on a thrilling 4-1 win over Celtic, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against Lille. Christophe Galtier’s troops are more of a team than the Czechs, and we are tempted to put our money on the Ligue 1 side.
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 (Sparta Prague):
Established in 1893, Sparta Prague is one of Europe’s oldest clubs and the most successful side in Czech Republic, having won no fewer than 36 league titles and 27 Czech Cup trophies. The club play their games at the Generali Arena in Prague and hold a long-lasting rivalry with Slavia Prague.
Sparta Prague enjoyed their Golden Years in the 1960’s, when average attendance was nearly 40,000 and players like Jiri Tichy, Andrej Kvasnak and Vaclav Masek entertained the crowds week in week out. Rudi largely impressed in the maiden Champions League campaign during the 1991/92 season as they finished second in the semi-final group, meaning they were among top 4 European sides at the moment.
Nevertheless, Sparta Prague have enjoyed little to no success on the European stage since, reaching the Champions League knockout stages on just one occasion, with their latest major coup the return of prodigal son Tomas Rosicky from Arsenal.
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