Salzburg will travel to France this Tuesday to face Lille in a crunch UEFA Champions League group game.
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Villeneuve d’Ascq).
Key Statistics
Lille have lost one of their last six competitive games.
At home, the hosts are unbeaten in seven games (W3, D4).
But they are winless in their last three home games (D3).
RB Salzburg are top of their UCL group.
They have scored seven goals and conceded five in the UCL group stage this season.
Head to head
Both teams have met just once in their history, which was the reverse fixture. Salzburg won that game 2-1.
Latest Performances in all competitions
Lille: D-D-W-L-D
Salzburg: D-W-L-D-W
Lille
French Ligue 1 defending champions Lille turn their attention to the UCL this Tuesday where they welcome Austrian side Salzburg.
The hosts have performed better in the UCL than they have in the domestic league and are entering this tie sitting in second place. Although they began their first three UCL games with a draw, a 2-1 win over Sevilla on matchday four propelled them into the top two.
A win here could guarantee them a place in the next round, which will be a big achievement given that they have failed to progress to the next round for 15 years.
However, Lille are getting a reputation as a team that loves to draw games and a team that does not score goals. They have hosted two scoreless draws in this group stage against the other two Group G clubs to date (Wolfsburg and Sevilla) and have also registered a further three draws from their last four Ligue 1 fixtures.
They will desperate to get a win this time and push themselves over Salzburg at the top of the table.
Possible Lille starting line-ups
Ivo Grbic, Zeki Celik, Jose Fonte, Tiago Djalo, Reinildo Mandava, Isaac Lihadji, Cheikh Niasse, Amadou Onana, Yusuf Yazici, Burak Yilmaz, Jonathan David.
Injured: None
Doubtful: Sven Botman, Jonathan Bamba, Renato Sanches
Suspended: Benjamin Andre, Jonathan Ikone
RB Salzburg
Austrian Bundesliga leaders Salzburg will travel to France looking to continue their stay at the top of the Group G table.
The visitors have taken seven points from their first four UCL group games and are two points ahead of the rest in this very competitive group.
However, Matthias Jaissle’s young side are struggling to keep their momentum going in recent games. They come into this tie with just one win from their last four games in all competitions.
Their last league outing ended in a goalless draw with Admira Wacker on Saturday. They will be desperate to avoid a draw there and take home all three points as a win here will be enough for progression with Lille and Wolfsburg – both two points behind – facing off on the final matchday.
Although all their Champions League group-stage wins this season have come on home soil, they have developed a hot scoring streak on the road, netting in each of their last 10 away Champions League games since drawing a blank at Red Star Belgrade in 2018.
Possible RB starting line-ups
Philipp Kohn, Rasmus Nissen Kristensen, Jerome Onguene, Maximilian Wober, Andreas Ulmer, Mohamed Camara, Maurits Kjaergaard, Nicolas Seiwald, Brenden Aaronson, Karim Adeyemi, Chukwubuike Adamu.
Injured: Albert Vallci, Zlatko Junuzovic, Kamil Piatkowski, Sekou Koita
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Lille 2-2 Salzburg
