Anticipation builds as Lyon prepare to host Lille at Groupama Stadium on 2026-02-01 (kick-off 14:00 GMT), in week 20 of the 2025-2026 Ligue 1.
Referee F. Letexier has dished out around 2-3 yellows and 0 reds, plus 19 fouls per match across 1 game.
Recent managerial H2H between Paulo Fonseca and Bruno Genesio over 1 match, record stands at 1-0, with no draws.
Lyon have accumulated 36 points to lie 4th whereas Lille have 32 points to sit 5th.
Lyon misses 8 players: M. Fofana (Ankle Injury), R. Ghezzal (Muscle Injury), H. Hateboer (Inactive), O. Mangala (Injury), E. Nuamah (Knee Injury), P. Sulc (Knock), N. Tagliafico (Ankle Injury), C. Tolisso (Muscle Injury) but Lille misses 7 players: N. Bentaleb (Injury), M. Caillard (Inactive), H. Igamane (Knee Injury), T. Meunier (Muscle Injury), O. Sahraoui (Injury), O. Toure (Knee Injury), A. Gomes (Inactive).
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-3-3, Lyon should be met by Lille's expected 4-4-2.
Last time out, M. Niakhaté registered the best mark for Lyon - 7.3 - and H. Igamane did likewise for Lille with an 6.5 score.
Lyon came off a win (4-2 vs PAOK) and Lille also triumphed (1-0 vs Freiburg).
Lyon look strong (5-0-0) over the last 5 matches, whereas Lille have 1-0-4 in the same span.
Lille lead this rivalry - 16 wins from 48 matches versus Lyon (who've won just 15 games), alongside 17 draws.
TheyScored users favour 2-1 (18.7%) over all other scorelines - 2-0 sits second at 13.4%.
We predict Lyon to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (7-0-2) and 1.78 goals/game.
Lyon is going head to head with Lille on 1/2/2026 14:00 GMT at Groupama Stadium for the France Ligue 1. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Lyon v Lille H2H statistics!