Lille vs Lorient Predictions

Lille to make home edge count

Lille should be backed to secure a home win over Lorient on Sunday.

Lille are five places and seven points above Lorient, with both teams having won more games than they’ve lost this season. The hosts are fifth with 12 wins and eight defeats, while the visitors are tenth with eight wins and seven losses.

Lille maintained their winning habit with a 1-0 victory over Nantes last weekend, thanks to Nathan Ngoy’s goal in the 90th minute. Lille have now won ten of the 12 games in which they’ve scored first this season (83%), and this win makes it nine victories in the 12 matches in which they have been odds-on.

Lille seem to be firing on all cylinders and are going for a third successive Ligue 1 win. They have lost just one of the last ten head-to-heads at home to Lorient.

Lille have kept three clean sheets in their last four Ligue 1 outings.

Lille have been prolific in attack against the weaker sides. They have scored an average of 2.42 goals a game in their 12 Ligue 1 games against bottom-half teams this season, and that rises to 2.80 goals a game in their five home games.

Lorient have been finding it hard to keep out their opponents lately, failing to keep a clean sheet in six of their last eight Ligue 1 games.

Lille may be able to edge out Lorient in a close game, with a 2-1 home win the correct-score pick. Eight of Lille’s 12 Ligue 1 victories this season have been by one goal and, with the league averaging 2.8 goals a game overall, there should be goals for both sides here.

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