Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
17/01/2025
21:05
Prediction: 1-1
Nice
All eyes will be on Stade Pierre-Mauroy when Lille and Nice go head to head in the Ligue 1 derby on Matchday 18. Lille have drawn each of their last three league outings, but a win over Nice will see them climb to the Champions League berth. There are no fresh injury concerns in the home team, but all Ethan Mbappe, Samuel Umtiti, and Tiago Santos remain in the recovery room. Kosovo international Edon Zhegrova faces race against the clock to be fit for Friday’s encounter.
Les Aiglons, on the other hand, couldn’t have wished for a better start to 2025, with the team beating both Rennes and Reims in style. Nice scored seven goals in total in the last two league matches and given Lille’s attacking potential at home, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. All Morgan Sanson, Jeremie Boga, and Terem Moffi miss out with injuries for the away team, while Jean-Clair Todibo is a major doubt.
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 (Nice):
OGC Nice are a football club that participate in French Ligue 1. Les Aiglons welcome their opponents at Allianz Riviera and the club was founded on 9 July, 1904 by Marquis Massengy d’ Auzac.
OGC Nice won their first Ligue 1 trophy back in 1951 and eight years later they clinched their fourth and last domestic title. Speaking of the French Cup, les Aiglons won their third Coupe de France title in 1997. Allianz Riviera has been the home ground of the club since September, 2013 and it has to be noted that the construction of the venue cost €250 million. OGC Nice play their home games in red and black shirts and black shorts, while the colour of their away kits is white.
The Ligue 1 team booked their place in the Europa League group stages for the 2016/2017 season for the first time in the club’s history and they were drawn alongside Schalke 04, Salzburg and Krasnodar in Group I. However, they were beaten by Schalke in their Europa League opener in front of home fans.
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