Lille v Crvena Zvezda

On paper you would have to fancy Lille, but Crvena Zvezda have a habit of upsetting the form book, can they do it again?

Lille v Crvena Zvezda – Decathlon Arena 21:00 CET

Team News:

Lille have a huge missing list with Ayyoub Bouaddi suspended and Meunier, Sahraoui, Igamane and Mbappe all out.

Full squad available for the visitors.

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Formations:

4-2-3-1 is the usual outlet for the home side but with injuries to key men they may have to shuffle the deck.

4-2-3-1 for Crvena Zvezda under Dejan Stankovic.

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Statistics:

Referee: Sven Jablonski (GER) (Average cards 3.88 Yellow 0.07 Red)

Match Preview:

Lille ended the group stage in 18^th place after 4 wins from 8 games. In France Ligue 1 they sit in 5^th after a poor run of results. In the last 8 games in all competitions, they have just 1 win to go with 5 losses.

Crvena Zvezda ended the group stake 3 points and 3 places above the home side. They had 4 wins also. Domestically they sit atop the Serbia Superliga by 1 point over Partizan. They are on a 6-game unbeaten run that has 5 wins in it, scoring 17 goals in that time.

Betting Preview:

Lille with some injuries in key areas and in poor form. The Serbian visitors arrive full of confidence and with a full squad of players.  Odds are short on the home side so we can take the handicap of Crvena Zvezda +1 at good odds.