The 20th round of the French Ligue 1 will be opened by an encounter between Lille and Saint-Etienne, the two teams from the middle of the tournament table. Both teams are showing swinging results and lacking stability. Wherein both teams can be called home teams, therefore there is no surprise about the fact, that bookmakers consider the Great Danes favorites.
Lille do not perform at their best this season. The Great Danes are on the 12th position after 19 played rounds in the tournament table of the French championship. The team has 21 points in the asset. The lion’s share of the points was gained in the matches at their native Pierre-Mauroy, 16 to be accurate. Lille have had 10 matches within Ligue 1 at their home arena, in which they had five victories with one draw and four defeats.
Saint-Etienne have got away from Lille by five points. Such handicap allows the Greens to be situated on the eighth position in the French Peloton. The future guests have had 9 away matches, in which they had two victories with three draws and four defeats. Generally, the Greens’ performance outside their native walls is hardly can be called confident. Within the last five matches of Ligue 1, Saint-Etienne managed to win only once with two draws and two defeats.
Lille perform pretty good at home, while Saint-Etienne have some troubles with away games. In this situation it is quite risky to bet on the future guests. A variant with the hosts can be considered though, especially taking into account the fact, that the Great Danes didn’t loose a single match in the last four home games.
Prediction for the match: Lille to win with 0.0 Asian handicap.
