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Ajax vs Lille Prediction & Betting tips
Last week Ajax escaped a painful defeat in the first leg by completely turning the score in the final minutes. On Thursday evening, it will be visited in Amsterdam by LOSC Lille, who in turn are out for revenge.
Ajax:
Ajax spilled points in four league matches this year and the Champions League did not go well. In a group with Atalanta, Liverpool and FC Midtjylland, only the Danish champion was won. That brought the team from Amsterdam into third place of Group D in the Champions League. As a result, the team moved on to the Europa League. From that moment on, administrative chaos began. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar left and shortly afterwards it became known that Julian Rijkhoff and Brian Brobbey also found their way out of Amsterdam. Ajax did attract new striker Sebastien Haller from the Premier League, but forgot to register him for the Europa League. André Onana’s story became world news, so I will spare you that.
Suddenly, Lille seemed the favorite in the first leg in Lille. For a long time the question was which names Erik ten Hag would put on the line-up form. In the end he chose to put Lisandro Martinez and Jurriën Timber in the center of the back with Devyne Rensch as right back. David Neres played left winger. After a late goal against Ajax managed to turn the score around in the final minutes with two goals from Dusan Tadic and Brobbey. Ajax escaped and Ten Hag was able to take a seat in the golden seat for the return match in Amsterdam. Last Sunday Ajax defeated Sparta 4-2 with a completely different line-up. Partly because of this, the team from Amsterdam managed to win the last ten games and is even fifteen games unbeaten.
Lille:
LOSC Lille also has a very strong season this year. In 26 rounds 58 points were won and there is no club that could match that number. Lyon is approaching at 55 points, while Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco are approaching at 54 and 52 points respectively. The 0-2 defeat of the Parisians against AS Monaco was received with cheers in Lille. Especially considering the fact that Lille showed enormous strength in the away match against Lorient last weekend. Thanks to goals from José Fonte, Jonathan Ikoné and Domagoj Bradaric, Lille managed to win 0-4.
Nevertheless, the team of trainer Christophe Galtier does not leave for Amsterdam with the best feeling, but the confidence is still there. The trainer does promise a different approach. “We played way too carefully. We showed too little aggression and didn’t make enough use of our speed.” he explains. Ajax must be warned, because earlier this season it already defeated AC Milan 0-3 and Slavia Prague 1-4 in away matches. Lille only lost one away game this season.
Ajax vs Lille head to head matches
18.02.21 EL Lille Ajax 1 : 2
27.11.19 CL Lille Ajax 0 : 2
17.09.19 CL Ajax Lille 3 : 0
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Prediction: | Ajax to win |
Selection odds: | 2,00 |