On Sun Feb 6th, Lille will host Paris Saint Germain in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 11th placed Lille is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Brest. Tiago Djaló struck first for Brest on an own goal in the 3rd minute, then Steve Mounié added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a penalty At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lille couldn’t manage to score, and Brest took the shutout win. Lille should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Paris Saint Germain, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Nice. Neither Paris Saint Germain nor Nice could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Paris Saint Germain should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 29th, Paris Saint Germain hosted Lille at the Parc Des Princes in their last match together. Paris Saint Germain won by a score of 2 to 1. Jonathan David struck first for Lille in the 31st minute on a feed from Burak Yılmaz, but Marquinhos got the equalizer for Paris Saint Germain in the 74th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 88th minute on a goal by Ángel Di María.
Paris Saint Germain is fortunate enough to have Kylian Mbappé in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Lille’s top weapon lately has been Amadou Mvom Onana, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches
Lille will be without Léo Jardim and Jérémy Pied, while Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero’s Paris Saint Germain squad will be without Lionel Messi, Juan Bernat, Keylor Navas, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Denis Franchi.