Week 23 features a match on Sun Feb 12th, where Strasbourg will travel to Villeneuve d’Ascq to battle Lille in a clash 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 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 6th placed Lille is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Olympique Lyonnais. Rayan Cherki struck first for Olympique Lyonnais in the 8th minute on a feed from Alexandre Lacazette, then Alexandre Lacazette added another in the 21st minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Lille should be reasonably happy with their performance, while strasbourg sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Montpellier. Habib Diallo struck first for Strasbourg in the 1st minute, then Habib Diallo added another in the 45th minute In the end, Montpellier couldn’t muster any offence and Strasbourg ran away with the shutout win. Strasbourg looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
Lille and Strasbourg last played eachother at the Stade De La Meinau on Fri Oct 14th. Lille won by a score of 3 to 0. Jonathan David struck first for Lille in the 41st minute on a penalty kick, then Jonathan David added another in the 76th minute on a feed from Timothy Weah In the end, Strasbourg was frustrated by Lille’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Lille ended the match with the shutout victory.
Habib Diallo has been the most prolific scorer on Strasbourg in the last 5 matches with three goals. Lille’s most prolific scorer has been Edon Zhegrova. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches
Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca’s Lille squad will be without Jonathan David, Ismaily, André Gomes, Jonathan Bamba, Benjamin André and Adam Ounas, while Mathieu Le Scornet’s squad will be without Gerzino Nyamsi, Jean-Eudes Aholou, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Dimitri Liénard, Lucas Perrin and Eiji Kawashima.