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Lille vs Caen Prediction & Betting tips
In the hunt for the sixth home victory in a row, Lille takes on Saturday night against the ailing Caen. Does the team from Lille, like Paris Saint-Germain, win the first six home matches of the season and thus equal the total number of home wins from last season already in October?
Lille:
Last weekend, the game seemed to be visiting Dijon after half of it had already been played by a 0-2 lead from Lille through goals by Nicolas Pépé and Luiz Araujo. In the second half, however, the Lille organization collapsed completely, making it a small miracle that there was 1-2 on the scoreboard after ninety minutes and not 2-2 or even 3-2. Good saves by Mike Maignan, who failed to stop a penalty, however, kept Christophe Galtier’s team in the second half, making Lille even stronger on the second stretch.
After having played only 44 minutes in a total of five matches, Thiago Maia was allowed to play a full match against Dijon next to his namesake Thiago Mendes. In the first half, the Brazilian two-man line in the 4-2-3-1 system of Galtier formed a solid block in the midfield with an accuracy percentage of passes of eighty percent, something that was equaled in the second half by Boubakary Soumaré over ninety percent of his passes saw a teammate arrive. As far as defensive midfielders are concerned, Galtier has a lot to spare and remains guessing which players can play against Caen, but the chemistry of the Brazilian duo that listens to the name Thiago seems to be of decisive importance.
Caen:
Together with Stade Reims, Caen is at the top of the ranking in equal games; no less than five games of the team from the port city ended undecided, including the home game of last round of play against the last team and Avant Guingamp. Both teams seemed to find it more important not to get a goal than to score and partly because of this the match eventually resulted in a goalless draw. Caen often had the ball (thick sixty percent possession of ball) but did not succeed in removing the wall of En Avant Guingamp, while the visitors managed to produce a few more fans.
Fabien Mercadal chose Guingamp to change his defense once in terms of organization. Aleksander Djiku and Paul Baysse remained the central duo with Caen, but Frederic Guilbert moved from the right flank to the left flank to make room for Jonathan Gradit. The 25-year-old French defender was taken over from Tours in the summer and made a meritorious debut in the Ligue 1 against En Avant Guingamp. The Frenchman was unable to catch big mistakes, but due to lack of race rhythm he was allowed to go on for another fifteen minutes. make clock spot for Yoël Armougom, one of his competitors for a place as a defender.
Lille vs Caen head to head matches
13.01.18 L1 Caen Lille 0 : 1
20.08.17 L1 Lille Caen 0 : 2
18.02.17 L1 Caen Lille 0 : 1
29.11.16 L1 Lille Caen 4 : 2
03.02.16 L1 Lille Caen 1 : 0