Ligue 1 Gameweek 21 Sat, Feb 20 · 16:00 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
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Away travel566 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Lille—%
Draw—%
Lorient—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Lille)

Forecast from 5 Feb

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Lille and Lorient. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

LilleLorient
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
54 Current StrengthIn forecast 34
42 AttackIn forecast 28
60 DefenceIn forecast 45
39 Form indexContext 69
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—

Lorient

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

LilleLorient
1.43 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
0.71 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.86
1.42 xGVia Att/Def 1.16
1.40 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.08
+0.01 Goals minus xGContext -0.16
100% Scored inContext 86%
57% Clean sheetsContext 57%
12.00 ShotsContext 9.86
5.57 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.43
46% On target shareContext 35%
8.14 Shots in the boxContext 6.71
67% Box shareContext 70%
12% ConversionContext 10%
3.00 OffsidesContext 1.25
15.00 Shots allowedContext 13.86
3.57 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.71
3.50 BlocksContext 4.71
2.86 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.33
80% Save rateContext 83%
51% PossessionIn forecast 46%
480 PassesContext 482
417 Accurate passesContext 408
87% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.99 Team ratingContext 6.86
11.57 FoulsContext 9.29
14.43 Fouls sufferedContext 15.14
1.29 Yellow cardsContext 1.14
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.30
1.30 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.24 xGVia Att/Def 1.24
1.36 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.16
-0.04 Goals minus xGContext +0.06
80% Scored inContext 80%
40% Clean sheetsContext 50%
10.50 ShotsContext 9.80
4.89 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.40
42% On target shareContext 35%
7.00 Shots in the boxContext 6.10
63% Box shareContext 65%
11% ConversionContext 13%
3.11 OffsidesContext 1.43
14.80 Shots allowedContext 13.60
4.20 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.80
4.00 BlocksContext 4.78
2.90 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.22
69% Save rateContext 81%
51% PossessionIn forecast 46%
480 PassesContext 458
417 Accurate passesContext 390
87% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.86 Team ratingContext 6.83
10.90 FoulsContext 9.10
14.30 Fouls sufferedContext 13.40
1.40 Yellow cardsContext 1.30
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
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
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel8 km532 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 39 · 7 pts vs 8.2 for an average club · -1.6 vs expected
  • D17 OctH · Stade Brestois 291–11.8 xPts
  • L13 OctA · Arsenal0–30.4 xPts
  • W10 OctH · LE Havre1–02.2 xPts
  • L20 SepA · Nice1–21.9 xPts
  • W13 SepH · Estac Troyes2–02.4 xPts
Lorient
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel566 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
Form 69 · 10 pts vs 7.7 for an average club · +4.0 vs expected
  • W18 OctH · Monaco1–01.2 xPts
  • W10 OctH · Paris FC1–01.4 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Le Mans1–21.3 xPts
  • D12 SepH · Toulouse2–21.6 xPts
  • W5 SepA · Lens1–00.6 xPts

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 Lorient
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Ligue 1 2026-2027, 13 Feb7Ligue 1 2026-2027, 13 Feb
Travel to venuefrom home stadium8 km566 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways532 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 51 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

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 Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Stade Brestois 29 (H) 1–1, 17 Oct
12O. Gill(G)
15R. Perraud 23T. Nianzou 3N. Ngoy 38Maxima Goffi
17N. Mukau 21B. André
7D. Bakwa 10H. Haraldsson 8E. Mbappé
9O. Giroud
Lorient Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Monaco (H) 1–0, 18 Oct
38Y. Mvogo(G)
95S. Touré 3M. Talbi 32N. Adjei
43Arsène Kouassi 62A. Avom 8Noah Cadiou 20D. Sylla
33Gabin Bernardeau 17J. Makengo
18I. Baldé

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 Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Lorient Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Lille · Home 2.00points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
2-2-0
Scored
1.50
Conceded
0.75
Lorient · Away 1.33points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
1-1-1
Scored
0.67
Conceded
0.67

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

Common opponents 3 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 8 of 8 meetings

4 Lille wins1 draws3 Lorient wins
Goals per game2.50 – 1.50 Over 2.588% Both scored88% Clean sheets13% · 0%
  • 8 Mar 2026Lille1–1Lorient
  • 30 Aug 2025Lorient1–7Lille
  • 14 Jan 2024Lille3–0Lorient
  • 27 Aug 2023Lorient4–1Lille
  • 2 Apr 2023Lille3–1Lorient
  • 2 Oct 2022Lorient2–1Lille

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.

Goal timing

Lille7 games · scored 10 · conceded 5
2 1 0-15
2 1 16-30
1 31-45
46-60
2 1 61-75
3 2 76-90
Lorient7 games · scored 7 · conceded 6
1 0-15
1 16-30
2 1 31-45
2 2 46-60
2 1 61-75
1 76-90
Lille10 games · scored 12 · conceded 13
3 1 0-15
2 1 16-30
2 2 31-45
2 46-60
2 4 61-75
3 3 76-90
Lorient10 games · scored 13 · conceded 10
1 2 0-15
1 1 16-30
2 2 31-45
2 2 46-60
2 3 61-75
5 76-90

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

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.