Oct 14th features a match where Lille and Strasbourg will play a match in Strasbourg in a meeting of these two mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Strasbourg sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Angers SCO. Kévin Gameiro struck first for Strasbourg in the 7th minute on a feed from Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, then in the 11th minute, Sofiane Boufal sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Adrien Hunou , but Strasbourg kept scoring and walked away with the win. Strasbourg looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Lille, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Lens. Jonathan David scored the first goal for Lille in the 44th minute on a penalty kick, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lens couldn’t manage to score, and Lille took the shutout win. Lille is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Lille won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Lille is glad to have Jonathan David in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Strasbourg’s most prolific scorer has been Habib Diallo. The Senegalese attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Julien Stéphan’s squad will be without Gerzino Nyamsi, Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel, Ludovic Ajorque, Adrien Thomasson, Maxime Le Marchand, Eiji Kawashima and Nordin Kandil, while Bafode Diakite is unavailable to play for Lille.