In a weekend match on Saturday Jan 8th, in week 20, Lille hosts Lorient at Stade Pierre-mauroy in a clash of the Ligue 1. 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. Lille sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 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 . Lille should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while lorient is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Paris Saint Germain. Thomas Monconduit struck first for Lorient in the 40th minute, then Mauro Icardi got the equalizer for Paris Saint Germain in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Achraf Hakimi squeezing out at least the one point for Paris Saint Germain. Lorient looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 2 points in their last 10 matches.
On Friday Sep 10th, Lorient hosted Lille at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir in their last match together. Lorient won by a score of 2 to 1. Armand Lauriente struck first for Lorient in the 7th minute on a feed from Terem Moffi, but Burak Yılmaz got the equalizer for Lille in the 25th minute.
Moritz Jenz and Thomas Monconduit are the top scorers for Lorient in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Lille’s most prolific scorer has been Jonathan David. The attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Lille will be without Jonathan Ikoné, Yusuf Yazıcı, Léo Jardim and Timothy Weah, while Christophe Pélissier’s squad will be without Stéphane Diarra.