Ace Football previews the Champions League round 4 match between Lille and Juventus and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Lille hope to live up to their early billing as the Champions League title favourites this coming Tuesday when they welcome Juventus over to the Decathlon Arena-Stade Pierre-Mauroy for a round 4 match.
Lille are number 15 in the table on six points after three matches. Juventus rank as number 14 with six points after three matches played.
Form: Lille vs Juventus
Lille Form
In their last three matches, Lille won 1-3 and 0-2 against first Atletico Madrid then Lens, before drawing 1-1 against Lyon. Lille claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Champions League. They also drew two and lost two, scored three goals and conceded four.
Juventus Form
In their last three matches, Juventus drew 4-4 with Inter, 2-2 with Parma Calcio 1913 and beat Udinese by 0-2. Juventus only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Champions League. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 15 goals to eight.
Betting stats and facts for Lille and Juventus
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Lille and Juventus. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In the last 10 Lille home matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Lille matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Lille home matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Lille home matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Lille have won 5 of the last 7 home matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In 10 of the last 12 Juventus matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Juventus matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Juventus away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Juventus have won 3 of the last 4 away matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- In the last 3 Juventus matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
Players on top: Lille vs Juventus
As the new Champions League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Lille and Juventus this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
Betting markets: Lille vs Juventus
Full-time result
Lille claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Juventus won five of their last 10 games away, while drawing three and losing two in this series of matches. Lille have gone through an impressive 8 games now without losing even once. Juventus didn’t lose any of their 6 most recent away games.
Both teams to score
Lille scored the first goal of the match an impressive eight times in the last ten home games. Juventus scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Lille managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Lille, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Juventus, who managed to score 1.9 times in those matches.
Suggested bet: Lille vs Juventus
To sum up, the upcoming match between Lille and Juventus seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this Champions League game.