Lille vs Angers Predictions

Lille were beaten 2-0 in their last match as their trip to Reims didn’t finish the way they had expected. Lille weren’t aided by the red card of Yusuf Yazici but les Dogues can take some solace from the fact that Reims only really started to create chances after the dismissal. This result will have disappointed fans as Lille had entered the match straight off the back of a confident 3-0 beating of Saint-Étienne. 

Lille’s season so far has been dominated by an inconsistency of results when away from home. At the Stade Pierre-Mauroy they have been great this campaign with two wins and five goals in two games really showing the extent of their quality in front of their own fans. At home this season Lille have conceded the third smallest xGA value in the league, showing the strength of their defence. The hosts have lost three of their last five matches against Angers but this Lille side are clearly a much stronger outfit than the one that almost got relegated in 2018. This is evident when you realise that Lille beat Angers 5-0 in the last clash between these sides. 

Angers have been very good at the start of this campaign with three wins in their first four matches. Bordeaux (3-1), Dijon (2-0) and Metz (3-0) have all been swept aside but each of these opponents have been fairly beatable, with the former two finishing 14th and 18th respectively last season while the latter is one of two newly promoted sides. 

Angers have only really faced one side of quality so far and that was Lyon who they lost 6-0 to. This defeat came in their only away game so far this campaign and we feel a similar outcome could occur again, as Angers were also very poor on the road last season as they won just three of their final 17 matches on foreign soil. 

With this game seeing a team great at home going against a side awful on the road, we’re going to back the hosts to get the win here. Angers have scored seven goals in their last seven away games so we expect them to net here, as they have in four of their last five matches against Lille, but ultimately we’re backing this one to finish 3-1 to Lille.