Paris Form and Lineup
Paris have sharply improved in April: in their last five Ligue 1 matches the team have three wins and two draws with a goal difference of 11:5. At home the scoring picture is similar: in their last five games on their own pitch the hosts have scored 10 times but also conceded 10. This is open football with a lot of risk. The home Jean Bouin is far from a fortress: against serious attacks the hosts fall apart, having, for example, lost 0:5 to Lens.
Key figures:
- Paris score an average of 1.57 goals at home but concede 1.79.
- In their last five home games there have been an average of 4 goals in Paris matches.
- Ilan Kebbal is the main source of danger: nine goals with 5.71 xG.
Interesting facts: – Since the coaching change the team have not lost a single Ligue 1 match (4 wins, 3 draws), but the balance in defence still does not look reliable (they conceded in 5 of 7 cases).
Potential lineup (4-2-3-1): Kevin Trapp – Hamari Traore, Diego Coppola, Mustafa M'Bow, Noam Sangi – Pierre Lees-Melou, Rabbi Matondo – Marshall Munetsi, Ilan Kebbal, Nanitamo Ikone – Ciro Immobile.
Unavailable: Samir Alakouch, Pierre-Yves Hamel, Timothee Kolodziejczak, Jean-Philippe Krasso, Julien Lopez, Remy Riou, Moses Simon; doubtful: Luca Koleosho.
Lille Form and Lineup
Before the goalless draw with Nice, Bruno Genesio's team put together a run of nine Ligue 1 matches without defeat, in which they put four past Toulouse without reply, three past Lens and knocked out Marseille and Rennes. Away from home the Dogs have four wins in a row, and in three of them they scored two or more. The attack is driven by the partnership of Matias Fernandez-Pardo and Felix Correia.
Key figures:
- Lille score 1.73 goals per away match and have picked up 26 points in 15 away games, which is the second-best figure in the league.
- In their last four away league matches the visitors have four wins with a goal difference of 9:2, which is an average of 2.75 goals per game.
- Matias Fernandez-Pardo has seven goals and five assists with 7.40 xG.
Potential lineup (4-2-3-1): Berke Ozer – Thomas Meunier, Nathan Ngoye, Aissa Mandi, Romain Perraud – Benjamin Andre, Ayoub Bouaddi – Ethan Mbappe, Hakon Arnar Haraldsson, Felix Correia – Matias Fernandez-Pardo.
Unavailable: Nabil Bentaleb, Marc-Aurel Caylar, Hamza Ighamane, Ousmane Toure.
