Lorient vs Lille Prediction, 2/21/2021 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 2/15/2021

Game: Lorient vs Lille

Date: Sunday, February 21, 2021

Location: Stade du Moustoir in Lorient, France

TV: beIN Sports

Odds/Point Spread: Lorient (+333) Lille (-120)

Stade du Moustoir is the site where Adrian Grbic and Lorient (6-5-13, 17th in Ligue 1) will play Lille (16-7-2, 1st in Ligue 1) on Sunday. The goalies protecting the net are Matthieu Dreyer for Lorient and Mike Maignan for Lille. Lorient are at +333 while Lille OSC are at -120. The over/under has been set at 2.5.

Lorient faced off with Monaco in their last match and got the draw with a final of 2-2. When talking about passing the ball, they earned a 77.0% passes received rate by connecting on 241 out of their 313 passing attempts in their last match. Lorient tried 20 dribbles in this outing and were successful in 12 of those tries for a percentage of 60.0%. Regarding shot accuracy, Lorient wrapped this game up at a 25.0% clip by putting 1 shot on target of 4 total shots. Lorient averages 1.17 g/90 (28 goals in total) and have tallied 12 assists in all competitions for the season.

Adrian Grbic is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lorient. He has totaled 4 assists while earning 9 yellow card warnings thus far in his career. Grbic has been given a starting assignment in 54 outings during his pro soccer career and scores 0.51 goals per 90 minutes. The forward hailing from Austria has earned 31 goals in 5,464 minutes. One more guy who should impact this match is Yoane Wissa, the forward representing France. Wissa has been on the pitch for 9,606 mins in 111 career starts and has been given a total of 21 yellow cards. He has helped on a goal 13 times in his career while he has scored 41 goals. He is averaging 0.38 goals per 90 mins so far in his career.

The guy protecting the net for Lorient will be Matthieu Dreyer. Dreyer has defended the goal for a total of 5,140 mins and has 218 stops during his soccer career. His GA/90 is 1.61 (92 total goals allowed) and he has earned a save % of 71.3%. The keeper from France has had 307 shots sent in his direction in 56 starts. Dreyer (18-10-30 mark during his career) has accumulated 13 shutouts, which leaves him with a 23.2% clean sheet percentage.

In their last outing, Lille went home with a draw by a final score of 0-0 against Brest. They wrapped up this contest by completing 623 of the 715 pass attempts earning a rate of 87.1%. Lille earned a 63.6% successful dribble rate by converting 7 of the 11 dribbles they tried. Lille connected on 1 SoT out of their 14 shots attempted which had them sitting at a 7.1% clip in their last outing. Having a total of 41 goals and 27 assists for all their games, Lille averages 1.64 goals and 1.08 assists per 90 minutes.

Jonathan David will be someone to watch for Lille. He scores 0.60 G/90 and has been a starter in 63 contests in his pro soccer career. The forward representing Canada has been on the field for 5,556 minutes and has earned 37 goals. He has accounted for 5 yellow card warnings during his pro soccer career and has assisted on a goal 14 times. You should also watch out for Jonathan Bamba, the forward representing France. Bamba has been given a total of 10 yellow card cautions in 12,582 professional minutes played (141 starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average so far in his career is 0.24. He has earned 33 goals during his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 26 different times.

Mike Maignan will reside in front of the goal for Lille. Maignan has totaled 50 clean sheets while seeing 464 shots attempted against him in 12,078 career minutes. He has a save percentage of 73.1% and his clean sheet rate sits at 37.3%. He has allowed 1.04 goals per 90 mins while he holds a mark of 67-27-40. So far in his career, Maignan has conceded 139 goals and has earned 345 saves in 134 starts.

Who will win tonight's Ligue 1 game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lille (-120)

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