Matchday

Ligue 1 25/26 · 25 Jan 2026

Lille 1–4 RC Strasbourg

Picked for matchday: Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 22% · Chances everywhere: 5.1 xG · Breakout watch: Mamadou Sarr

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Dec 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.9 – 1.1
Actual xG
1.9 – 3.2
Goals
1 – 4

Footybot made Lille favourites at 55%.

RC Strasbourg won and made the better chances: 3.2 xG to 1.9.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Julio Enciso, 79.0 in 76′.

Well above their usual level: Martial Godo +29.7, Julio Enciso +29.4, Guéla Doué +18.0.

Well below it: Berke Özer −20.5, Tiago Santos −8.2.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Lille

22 Jan 2026L 1–2at Celta Vigo Europa League
16 Jan 2026L 0–3at Paris Saint-Germain Ligue 1
3 Jan 2026L 0–2v Stade Rennais Ligue 1
14 Dec 2025W 4–3at Auxerre Ligue 1
11 Dec 2025L 0–1at BSC Young Boys Europa League

RC Strasbourg

18 Jan 2026W 2–1v Metz Ligue 1
3 Jan 2026D 1–1at Nice Ligue 1
18 Dec 2025W 3–1v Breidablik Kópavogur Conference League
14 Dec 2025D 0–0v Lorient Ligue 1
11 Dec 2025W 1–0at Aberdeen Conference League

Head to head

9 Nov 2025RC Strasbourg 2–0 Lille Ligue 1

Lille

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Calvin Verdonk Defender2100–64.8–
Matías Fernández-Pardo Forward90100.3060.0+12.5
Ayyoub Bouaddi Midfielder90000.0456.6+13.1
Aïssa Mandi Defender69000.0153.5+1.1
Ethan Mbappé Midfielder87000.1552.7+0.3
Marius Broholm Midfielder801–51.7–
Soriba Diaoune Forward21000.5450.1–
Félix Correia Midfielder1000–48.2–
Nathan Ngoy Defender90000.0346.9−2.4
Chancel Mbemba Defender90000.1546.5−2.4
Olivier Giroud Forward80000.2844.7−2.1
Ngal'ayel Mukau Midfielder90000.2944.1−4.2
Romain Perraud Defender69000.1041.9−7.2
Tiago Santos Defender6900–32.8−8.2
Thomas Meunier Defender2100–29.4–
Berke Özer Goalkeeper9000–28.7−20.5

RC Strasbourg

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Julio Enciso Midfielder76111.0879.0+29.4
Martial Godo Midfielder90201.5078.4+29.7
Guéla Doué Defender7601–70.0+18.0
Joaquin Panichelli Forward87110.2762.6+15.5
Mike Penders Goalkeeper9000–62.0+7.9
Ben Chilwell Defender9000–57.0+9.9
Rafael Luis Midfielder1400–56.0–
Valentín Barco Midfielder9000–54.1−0.8
Mamadou Sarr Defender9000–54.0+2.7
Abdoul Ouattara Midfielder29000.0651.0–
Diego Moreira Midfielder76010.2850.0−3.4
Ismael Doukouré Defender9000–50.0+2.4
Samir El Mourabet Midfielder6100–45.8−8.0
Samuel Amo-Ameyaw Forward1400–43.1–
Gessime Yassine Midfielder800–39.1–
Sebastian Nanasi Midfielder1400–39.1–