Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
28/08/2019
01:00 PM
Prediction: 3-2
St Etienne
The penultimate Ligue 1 round 3 fixture, features Lille who host Saint Etienne at the Stade Pierre Mauroy. Lille, who currently occupy the 10th spot, will look to climb over a well-rounded Saint Etienne side who sit four places above them in 6th. Both teams have made relatively decent starts to their league campaigns with Lille having won at home and lost away whilst Saint Etienne drawing at home and winning away.
Head to head favor Lille, who’ve won 5 of the previous 10 games between the two teams with Etienne winning 3 and the remaining 2 ending in a draw. Additionally, Lille is unbeaten at home to Etienne in their last 5 meetings. A total of 26 goals were scored in these 10 matches, giving us an average of 2.6 goals being generated per match.
Both teams are extremely evenly matched and in strong positions on the league table however we feel that the onus here falls on Lille, to perform in front of its home crowd and get the three points and that factors in to make them Slight favorites for this match.
Lille vs St Etienne H2H
Lille
58%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
67%
Curent Form
St Etienne
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Average Goals Per Match
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Average Goals Per Match
Lille vs St Etienne H2H Last Matches
10/03/19
St Etienne
Lille
06/10/18
Lille
St Etienne
19/05/18
St Etienne
Lille
17/11/17
Lille
St Etienne
Total Score
Lille
St Etienne
Lille vs St Etienne H2H
LIL
58%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
67%
Curent Form
STE
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Avg Goals/Match
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Avg Goals/Match
Lille vs St Etienne H2H Last Matches
10/03/19
STE
LIL
06/10/18
LIL
STE
19/05/18
STE
LIL
17/11/17
LIL
STE
Total Score
LIL
STE
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 (St Etienne):
Saint Etienne are a professional football club that compete in French Ligue 1. Les Verts were founded in 1919 by employees of a grocery store chain based in Saint Etienne. Saint Etienne wear green shirts and white shorts when playing at home ground and they play their home matches at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
The stadium was opener on 13 September, 1931 and following the renovation the capacity of the venue increased to 42 000. In 1981 les Verts won their tenth Ligue 1 trophy, but they have been in the shadow of Ligue 1 giants Lyon and PSG in the 21st century.
Speaking of the club’s European success, Saint Etienne made it to the European Cup (Champions League) final in 1976, but Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich proved to be a big catch for the French outfit. Anyhow, that is regarded as the club’s biggest success. It has to be noted that the likes of Michel Platini, Jacques Santini, Laurent Blanc and Aime Jacquet all played for Saint Etienne in the past.
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