Lille take on the visitors Lille in the round 27 match of French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Friday, March 29th at Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Villeneuve d'Ascq).
Lille are playing fairly optimistically this season. In 2021, the Dogs finished second after Monaco, becoming the team to interrupt PSG's dominance. Of course, no one expected them to maintain the top spot in French football. However, ambitions remain, and to realize them, they brought in Paulo Fonseca in the summer of 2022. The former coach of Donetsk's Shakhtar and Roma started by breaking into the top 5 of Ligue 1. This allowed them to enter the Conference League, where Fonseca's proteges are quite good and geared for success. They have already reached the quarter-finals, where they will potentially face a central confrontation against Aston Villa under the guidance of Unai Emery. Additionally, there are hopes for the club to finish in the top 3 domestically. However, after drawing with Rennes and Brest in March, they are currently in fourth place, trailing Monaco by 3 points.
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Lens predictably are not a powerhouse of French football. However, the project was a champion at the end of the last century and had many other trophies. But in the new century, they spent a long time in Ligue 2. It was only in 2020 that Franck Haise managed to elevate the team to the top division – incidentally, aided by the coronavirus realities, with the premature end of the season. But after settling in, a couple of years later, in 2022/2023, the team surprised everyone by becoming the country's vice-champion. PSG finished with a minimal advantage. However, it was immediately foreseeable that there would be a decline after such a leap. As a result, they only outperformed the crisis-ridden Sevilla in the Champions League. Finishing in 3rd place and moving to the Europa League, the French were eliminated by Freiburg in the first round. Despite leading 2-0 in Germany after a goalless draw at home, they lost 2-3, albeit in extra time. Even though they won 2 out of the last 3 matches in the spring round, the silver holder is currently in 6th place in the championship.
Last season, despite finishing second, they only managed to earn 1 point against Lille in two head-to-head matches. And even in this championship, they settled for a draw at home. Under the guidance of Paulo Fonseca, the hosts are solid, playing at home against a convenient opponent. So, let's bet on the victory of the home team.
Prediction for the match: Lille to win.
