Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Strasbourg
Match Time & Date:
20/12/2023
03:00 PM
Prediction: 1-1
Lille
Buoyed by back-to-back wins over Le Havre and Lorient, Strasbourg will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on Lille on Matchday 17. Le Racing have been in a fine form of late and, as a result, they climbed to top ten in the Ligue 1 standings. Thomas Delaine limped off with injury in the last league match, with Marvin Senaya likely to step up.
Les Dogues, on the other hand, aim to stay in the Champions League berth. Lille did well to hold PSG to a 1-1 draw at the weekend and given Strasbourg’s fine form in December, yet another share of spoils is on the horizon. There are no fresh injury worries in the visiting team, but defender Tiago Djalo has yet to overcome an ACL injury. You should bear in mind that Lille are undefeated in the previous eleven meetings with Strasbourg in the French top flight.
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 (Strasbourg):
Founded back in 1906, Strasbourg is a professional football team that compete in French Ligue 1. Le Racing did remarkably well to win the 1979 Ligue 1 trophy and that is considered the biggest success in the history of the club. Strasbourg won Coupe de France on three occasions (1951, 1966, 2001) and they have three Coupe de la Ligue trophies as well (1964, 1997, 2005). Strasbourg’s main rivals are Metz and the two teams face each other in the Derby de l’Est (The Eastern derby).
Le Racing recorded their biggest victory over Valenciennes (10-0) in the 1937-1938 season, whilst they suffered their biggest loss to Limoges (0-8) in the 1959/1960 season. Paraguayan goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert, who is well known for his free-kick abilities, played for the club from 2000 to 2003, but he failed to score in a league match during his spell with the Stade de la Meinau outfit. Speaking of Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg’s home ground was opened back in 1914 and the capacity of the venue is 29,320.
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