LOSC Lille vs. FC Lorient 11/22/20 - Ligue 1 Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 11/19/2020 at 10:14 AM ET

Second place Lille  hosts 17th place Lorient on Sunday in a Ligue 1 clash. Lille is 5-4-1 on 19 points with a goal difference +10. Lille is five points adrift of first place Paris Saint-Germain in the top-flight French league table. Just prior to the international break, Lille lost 3-2 on the road to Brest for its first loss of the campaign. Scoring for Lille in the loss was Burak Yilmaz, who scored during stoppage time in the first half and again in the 57th minute.

Lille has one win, three draws and one loss in its last five matches played across all competitions and during that span has scored nine goals and allowed seven. The leading goal scorer for Lille is Burak Yilmaz with six, while Jonathan bemba has scored four. The leader in assists is Bamba with four, while Yilmaz has two.

Lorient is 2-2-6 on eight points, with a goal difference of -5. Lorient is tied on points with 18th place Nimes but has a better goal difference and therefore is not in the relegation zone. However, if Lorient cannot take all three points in its match with Lille, it risks being passed by Nimes or Strasbourg and falling into the dreaded drop zone after only one third of the way through the season.

Lorient has one win, one draw and three losses in its last five matches played in the top-flight French league. Over that span, Lorient has scored four goals and allowed seven. Lorient has been held scoreless in its last three straight matches. The leading goal scorer for Lorient is Yoane Wissa with four and Pierre-Yves Hamel has scored three. Hamel is the leader in assists with two and three other teammates each have one.

Over the last five matches played between these two Ligue 1 rivals, Lille has won two and Lorient has won three. However, the two have not played head-to-head for almost four years. Lille lost its last match prior to the international break, but is in second place behind only Paris Saint-Germain in the top-flight French league and will be playing on its home pitch. Lille will  push forward from the start and put pressure on a leaky backline for Lorient. Final Score Prediction, Lille wins 3-0

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