http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lille-OSC-c39800 vs Caen: French Ligue 1 - Preview
With just ten games remaining in the season, French Ligue 1 leaders Lille OSC will host Caen on Saturday the 2 of April at Stadium Lille Metropole. A win for the hosts would help them stretch their lead at the top of the table. A visitor’s win could get
them in to the top half of the table.
Lille OSC
Rudi Garcia’s side are currently leading the Ligue 1 flight with fifty five points and four points clear of the second placed Olympique Marseille. A win at home could ease the pressure upon the Les Dogues once their lead is stretched at the top. The leaders
have fifteen wins in the League so far and have lost just thrice. They have also been the top scoring side with forty nine goals in the League. In their last five games, Lille have registered three wins while the other two games ended in a draw.
Caen
Patrice Garande’s side have been very much inconsistent this season and find themselves in the thirteenth place with thirty five points. They are level on points with Stade Brest and FC Sochaux. They have managed just nine wins in the League so far and lost
eleven times. They have scored thirty one times so far this season as compared to the thirty eight times they have conceded. In their last five games, Caen have registered two wins and two draws. One of their games against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AS-Nancy-c38468 ended in a loss.
Team News
Lille OSC
The home team are expected to go in with a 5-4-1 formation. The Senegalese http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Rozehnal-c10594 and Aurelien Chedjou are certain to start in the central defence. Mickael Landreau will be guarding the net for Les Dogues.
Caen
The visitor’s are set to follow the same 5-4-1 formation. Ivorian Kandia Traore would start upfront as a lone striker. Youssef El-Arabi and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yohan-Mollo-c37429, who is on-loan from Monaco would provide support on the flanks. Thomas Bosmel is certain to start in
goal for the visitors.
Players to Watch
Lille would pin a lot of their hopes upon their Senegalese striker Sow, who is currently the leading goal scorer in Ligue 1 with nineteen goals from twenty eight appearances. If the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Senegal-c3001 international could add more to his tally on Saturday, Lille could
find themselves in a more comfortable position.
The visitors on the other hand would rely heavily upon their Moroccan international El-Arabi, who has ten League goals under his belt so far this season from sixteen appearances. He also has made two assists and is currently the second-leading goal scorer
in Ligue 1 behind Moussa Sow. If the visitor’s are to win, Moroccan will have to be on his toes right from the word go.
Prediction
Lille, playing on their home strip are very much likely to win and stretch their lead at the top. Caen’s away form has also not been great and taking that into account, Lille OSC could turn out to be an easy 2-0 winners on Saturday.
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