Lille has its destiny in hand. Despite their very poor current series, five defeats in as many matches in all competitions including a setback on the last day against Celta Vigo (2-1), the Mastiffs still have a 99% chance of qualifying for the round of 32 of the Europa League on the sidelines of this 8th day.
But be careful all the same of the disaster scenario which would deprive the people of Lille of a European spring. In order to avoid it, it will be a matter of winning this evening’s match against Friborg (3rd, 17 points). Club which, in the event of victory, can still obtain first place in the ranking if Aston Villa (2nd, 18 points) and Lyon (1st, 18 points) fail to win their respective confrontations.
Lille-Fribourg, the probable lineups
LOSC: Özer – Santos, Ngoy, Mandi, Perraud – André (cap.), Bouadi – Correia, Haraldsson, Fernandez-Pardo – Giroud
Fribourg: Atubolu – Treu, Ginter, Ogbus, Günter (cap.) – Eggestein, Osterhage – Beste, Suzuki, Scherhant – Adamu
How to follow the match live and streaming?
The kickoff for this match counting for the 8th day of the Europa League between Lille and Friborg will be given this Thursday, January 29 at 9 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Decathlon Arena Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50,000 seats) and will be followed live and exclusively on Canal+. A channel also accessible in streaming from the myCanal platform for subscribers.
