On Wed Mar 16th, Lille plays host to Chelsea in a Champions League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. Lille is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Saint-Étienne. Neither Lille nor Saint-Étienne could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Lille should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Chelsea recorded a 3-1 win against Norwich City. Trevoh Chalobah scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 3rd minute, then Mason Mount added another in the 14th minute on a feed from Kai Havertz. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Stamford Bridge, Chelsea was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Kai Havertz scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 8th minute, then Christian Pulišić added another in the 63rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lille couldn’t manage to score, and Chelsea took the shutout win.
Kai Havertz has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored four goals for Chelsea. Lille hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Gabriel Gudmundsson and Edon Zhegrova, and they each have 1 goal.