On the 12th of December, in this week 18 match, Lille plays host to Olympique Lyonnais in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Lille is fresh off their 3-1 win against Wolfsburg. Burak Yılmaz struck first for Lille in the 11th minute on a feed from Jonathan Ikoné, then Jonathan David added another in the 72nd minute. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Lille should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 12th placed Olympique Lyonnais is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Bordeaux. Jason Denayer scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 29th minute, but Gusto got the equalizer for Bordeaux on an own goal in the 36th minute . Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Lille won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Olympique Lyonnais is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Rayan Cherki and Lucas Paquetá each having 2 goals in their last 5. Lille’s most prolific scorer has been Jonathan David. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Renato Sanches, Sven Botman, Jonathan Bamba, Léo Jardim and Reinildo are unavailable to play for Jocelyn Gourvennec’s team, while Olympique Lyonnais will be without Léo Dubois, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, Damien Da Silva and Sinaly Diomande.