UEFA Europa League Knockout round play-offs Thu, Feb 19 · 20:00 Decathlon Arena – Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq
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Our take

Lille were slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Lille had 5.1 days of rest, FK Crvena Zvezda 21 and had to travel 1,442 km.

Away travel1,442 kmRest days5.1 · 21Matches / 14d2 · 0
Lille47%
Draw27%
FK Crvena Zvezda26%
Expected goals 1.55 – 1.09
Lille47%
Draw26%
FK Crvena Zvezda27%
Expected goals 1.58 – 1.13
Lille47%
Draw27%
FK Crvena Zvezda26%
Expected goals 1.54 – 1.08
Lille40%
Draw28%
FK Crvena Zvezda32%
Expected goals 1.38 – 1.22
Lille46%
Draw27%
FK Crvena Zvezda26%
Expected goals 1.47 – 1.05
Over 2.5 49% Both score 53% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Villeneuve d'Ascq)

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Referee · GermanySven Jablonski
  • Cards per match 4.0
  • Penalties per match 0.17
  • Matches 99

Team strength

LilleFK Crvena Zvezda
51 L90 StrengthIn forecast 45
54 Current StrengthIn forecast 42
42 AttackIn forecast 40
60 DefenceIn forecast 39
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Lille

Attack—
Defense risk—

FK Crvena Zvezda

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

LilleFK Crvena Zvezda
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
0.80 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.90
1.70 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.90
1.01 xGVia Att/Def 1.22
1.30 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.41
-0.21 Goals minus xGContext -0.32
50% Scored inContext 90%
20% Clean sheetsContext 40%
13.00 ShotsContext 12.80
3.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.30
27% On target shareContext 26%
8.10 Shots in the boxContext 8.80
60% Box shareContext 68%
6% ConversionContext 7%
2.00 OffsidesContext 2.22
10.30 Shots allowedContext 10.90
4.33 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.44
2.60 BlocksContext 2.78
2.75 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.33
60% Save rateContext 68%
56% PossessionIn forecast 49%
489 PassesContext 417
425 Accurate passesContext 338
87% Pass accuracyContext 81%
6.70 Team ratingContext 6.84
8.90 FoulsContext 11.80
13.20 Fouls sufferedContext 13.60
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 2.10
0.40 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Lille
Rest5.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km541 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
FK Crvena Zvezda
Rest21 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel1,442 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load12%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Lille FK Crvena Zvezda
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 12
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match5.1Ligue 1 2025-2026, 14 Feb21UEFA Europa League 2025-2026 - League phase, 29 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km1,442 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways541 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 60 / 0 / 1
Next matchdays after this one2.86.9

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Lille Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1B. Özer(G)
15R. Perraud 23A. Mandi 3N. Ngoy 32A. Bouaddi
21B. André 17N. Mukau
27Félix Correia 10H. Haraldsson 28G. Perrin
7M. Fernandez-Pardo
+9 more reported missing outside this XI
FK Crvena Zvezda Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
1Matheus(G)
30F. Tebo Uchenna 5Rodrigão 25S. Eraković
23N. Tiknizyan 33R. Krunić 20Tomás Händel 66Y. Seol
37V. Lučić 17Bruno Duarte
42J. Enem
+3 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Lille Scores -0.01 · concedes +0.02 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
FK Crvena Zvezda Scores -0.02 · concedes +0.02 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Lille+0.1 pp
  • Draw-0.1 pp
  • FK Crvena Zvezda+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Lille · Home No home games yet this season.
FK Crvena Zvezda · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 1 of 1 meetings

0 Lille wins0 draws1 FK Crvena Zvezda wins
Goals per game0.00 – 1.00 Over 2.50% Both scored0% Clean sheets0% · 100%
  • 6 Nov 2025FK Crvena Zvezda1–0Lille

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Sven Jablonski Germany · 99 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.84league 2.75
Red cards0.11league 0.00
Cards 5+39%league 0%
Fouls20.1league 20.3
Penalties0.17league 0.00
Home wins42%league 0%
Lille1 with this referee
Record1-0-0 Cards · opp.3.0 · 3.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • W30 Nov 23A · Olimpija Ljubljana2–03
FK Crvena Zvezda

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Lille
No complete event data.
FK Crvena Zvezda
No complete event data.
Lille10 games · scored 8 · conceded 17
1 2 0-15
2 16-30
1 31-45
5 46-60
1 5 61-75
6 2 76-90
FK Crvena Zvezda10 games · scored 9 · conceded 9
2 0-15
1 1 16-30
1 31-45
4 2 46-60
1 1 61-75
2 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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