Ligue 1 "Li" family, and this season has a sense of pity for each other, Lille and Lyon will fight on the 12th, that is, the prime time of 20:00 Beijing time on Sunday evening.
This season, Lille and Lyon are typical of "foreign war insiders", performing mediocrely in Ligue 1 but striking hard in European competitions. As defending champions of Ligue 1, Lille completed a super counterattack in the Champions League, qualifying for the first time in the history of the team with the top spot in the group; Lyon came out in the first place in the Europa League with a crushing posture.
In contrast, the rankings of both teams in the Ligue 1 standings have fallen to the bottom half of the standings, and this encounter may also determine the subsequent trend of the two teams in Ligue 1 this season!
Recent developments of the two teams
This season Lille and Lyon have been in almost a surprisingly consistent position, in mediocre form in Ligue 1, but in European competition for Ligue 1 to earn face. However, defending champion Lille has indeed rebounded in the near future, and in the last three official matches, Lille has won three consecutive games. In the middle of this week, the Champions League qualifier away to Wolfsburg was crucial, with Lille winning 3-1 away and then reaching out with his head held high.
The defending Ligue 1 champions have not won one of the first three rounds of the Champions League group stage, but after a 2-1 away win over Sevilla in the fourth round, Lille took three consecutive Champions League wins and eventually qualified as the top of the group, which will also be the first time since the 2006/07 season that Lille has reached the Champions League knockout stage. Lille finished second in the group that season to reach the round of 16 and was eliminated by United in the quarter-finals.
In Ligue 1, the defending champions have also found some form in the recent past, the last two rounds they have beaten Rennes and Troyes 2-1, the excellent David is currently leading the Ligue 1 top scorer list with 11 goals, the veteran Irmaz also scored a goal in the Champions League this week, his recovery will be the key to Lille's recovery, Icaone, Sanchez and other important players have performed well in recent times.
Lyon ended last season with a fourth-place finish in Ligue 1, just one step away from the Champions League, and this season's Europa League Lyon was invincible in the group stage, with an impressive result of 6 games, 5 wins and 1 draw.
But in ligue 1 this season, Bosch-led Lyon has not performed well and is currently 12th in the table with only one fewer match. In the last four rounds of Ligue 1, Lyon won only one victory, and the battle with Marseille was interrupted, and Bosch's team desperately needed a victory to reverse the decline.
Head-to-head records
Lille and Lyon are both traditional powerhouses in Ligue 1, with Lyon achieving an unprecedented seven-time Ligue 1 title in the first decade of the century, and Lille competing as defending champions in this season's Ligue 1, reaching the top of Ligue 1 five times in their history.
Looking at the two teams in recent years, Lille has had the absolute upper hand, and the last time Lyon beat Lille in Ligue 1 was in November 2016, when Lyon beat Lille 1-0 with Corne's only goal of the game. After that, Lyon have never beaten Lille in an official match except for the 2019/20 French League Cup, which eliminated Lille on penalties.
One of the most classic clashes between the two teams in recent seasons has been in the 34th round of last season, when the Ligue 1 title battle has entered a white-hot stage, when Lyon and Lille meet in a narrow way.
Lyon, who played at home, once led Lille 2-0 in the first half with Slimani's goal and Fonte's oolong goal, but then Ilmaz and David stubbornly equalized, and Ilmaz staged a final kill, Lille let two chases and three reverse Lyon, Irmaz two shots and one pass shined the whole field, this game is also the most classic battle in Ligue 1 last season.
It was after this game that Lille did not let the top spot fall behind, they finally won the Ligue 1 crown with a single blow, while Lyon was only two points away from the Champions League at the end of the season and could only go to the Europa League this season.
Grudges
In recent seasons, Lille has been the nemesis of Lyon, with Lyon finally finished third in the table in the 17/18 season, and Lille has always struggled on the edge of the relegation zone, and finally only ranked 17th and barely relegated, but in the two games against Lyon in the season, Lille still has the upper hand with a record of 1 win and 1 draw.
In the 18/19 season that followed, both teams ended in a 2-2 goal battle between the two teams, when Lyon veteran Remy, who played for Lille, always broke out against his old club, scoring both legs against Lyon in the 18/19 season.
In the round before the suspension of the 19/20 season, Lille once again won the home game to beat Lyon 1-0, and it was still Remy who scored the winning goal, and in that season, Lille completed a double against Lyon in Ligue 1, and also avenged the elimination of Lyon in the League Cup.
In the current Lyon squad, Slimani, Dembele and Avar have all scored lille's goal, while Ilmaz contributed a total of 2 goals and 2 assists in the two-legged match against Lyon in lille last season.
The two teams have not played well in Ligue 1 this season, and the two teams with similar positions in the standings in this game will usher in the battle of the card slots, this key battle, in the end, is Lille, who plays at home, continues to be strong against Lyon, or Lyon finally completes his revenge?
Match Preview
Ligue 1 Round 1
Lille vs Lyon
Tonight at 10:00
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