Saint-Étienne - Lille predictions

While Saint-Étienne winning is still technically possible, we wouldn’t hold our breath. They are severely outmatched compared to Lille, so even a draw result would be quite surprising.

Though Lille are the stronger team between the two, we wouldn’t call an away bet at the odds of 2.02 a safe one. It’s shaping up to be quite an exciting match.

Saint-Étienne want to forget their previous Ligue 1 match. Playing away from home they conceded early in the first half and never recovered. As a result, the Brest away defeat is definitely something they want to put behind them as soon as possible.

Unlike in this match, Lille had the support of their home fans in the previous matchup. Unfortunately, they were still the clear underdogs compared to Paris Saint Germain and predictably lost the game 1:3 after spending most of the runtime playing from behind.

The biggest issue the hosts have is a lacklustre backline. They’re currently on a bit of a trend of conceding a lot of goals – over 5 across their 3 previous matches, to be exact.

Lille’s position as favourites is hard to question, but their roster has been battered by a string of injuries. They’ll have to make do without Hákon Haraldsson, Ismaily, Nabil Bentaleb, Samuel Umtiti, Ngal'ayel Mukau, Mitchel Bakker, which will make things considerably more difficult than they would have been otherwise.

Our advice is to stay on the safe side and go for the Over 2.5 Goals market. It’s reliable, very probable, and available at odds of 1.92 if you use the 1xbet sportsbook.