Week 21 brings us a match on Jan 16th where Lille will travel to Marseille to battle Olympique Marseille in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 3rd placed Olympique Marseille, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Bordeaux. Cengiz Ünder struck first for Olympique Marseille in the 37th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Bordeaux couldn’t muster any offence and Olympique Marseille ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Olympique Marseille should be reasonably happy with their performance, while lille is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Lens. Amadou Mvom Onana scored the first goal for Lille in the 28th minute, then Amadou Mvom Onana added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Jonathan Bamba . With 17 points in their last 10 matches Lille should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on the 3rd of October, Lille was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 45000 excited fans. Jonathan David struck first for Lille in the 28th minute, then Jonathan David added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Timothy Weah In the end, Olympique Marseille couldn’t muster any offence and Lille ran away with the shutout win.
Jonathan David has been the most effective weapon for Lille lately. The attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches. Arkadiusz Milik has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Olympique Marseille.