Lille vs Strasbourg Prediction & Betting Tips (21 April)

This year, this Lille team was one of the last representatives of French football in Europe where they faced Aston Villa in the quarter-finals of the Conference League. Beaten last week in England 2-1, they were able to fall behind in the return match 2-1 before giving in during the penalty shootout 3-4. On the national scene, Losc is on very good track to finish in the top 4 of this Ligue 1 championship and it could even aim for a place on the podium which would be synonymous with qualification for the Champions League since it only has 4 points behind the 2nd which has a match in advance. Undefeated for 5 days, the Dogues remain on 2 fairly convincing victories won against Lens in the Northern derby 2-1 and against Marseille 3-1 15 days ago. Opposite, Strasbourg should rather rank among the disappointments of the season when doing the accounts in a few weeks.

Nevertheless, after having experienced several difficult days to the point of flirting with the red zone, Racing preserved the essentials by distancing itself from the fight for maintenance during the last matches. Patrick Vieira's men have indeed won 3 victories in 4 contested days against Nantes 1-3, Rennes 2-0, Toulouse 0-0 and finally Reims 3-1 last week. In the standings, Patrick Vieira's men now occupy 12th place with 10 lengths ahead of the play-off who has a match in hand.

Among the Mastiffs, the former world champion Umtiti, the winter recruit Ilic and the usual replacement Miramon will still have to withdraw. In addition, starting midfielder Bentaleb is suspended this Sunday as is young striker Dago. The interesting winger Zeghrova (5 goals, 5 assists), withdrawn on Thursday, is hoped for. In any case, he is in the group. A priori, the forefront of the attack should still be occupied by Canadian center forward Jonathan David who has scored 16 goals this year in Ligue 1 and who occupies 2nd place in the championship scorers ranking behind Mbappé. Captain André had a contrasting evening on Thursday, scoring his team's second goal then missing the last shot on goal. Racing will travel to the North without long-term injured full-back Fila and South African striker Mothiba (3). goals) and the often starting winger Angelo who are still stuck in the infirmary.

The last city will not play again this season. Young defender Baseya completes the injured list. Absent in Reims last week, the young Dutchman Emegha, who is the top scorer in this team with 7 goals, returns to the group. During this match, the young winger Diarra, his replacement Sebas and defender Sylla all gave up their places due to injury but they too are traveling to the North. Replacement goalkeeper Dreyer is still suspended. Decisive from the penalty spot, the experienced Gameiro scored his 4th goal of the season against the Champenois while Bakwa delivered his 4th assist in as many days.