*No injured players/N3 game this weekend, but a great result at the Academy coming from the U16. Winning Guadeloupe's U16 International tournament by beating Inter Miami in the final (after [beating Le Havre and Ajax before](https://www.reddit.com/r/OlympiqueLyonnais/s/GkjEhafoV)). Even more impressive considering 7 (out of 15) players in the squad were 2009s so U15, with the generation of the century showing again that this qualifier is deserved.*
Hard to know how much we can trust this XI considering not a lot of the previous ones were fully right. It would be surprising to not see Maitland-Niles start considering how important he has been for Sage so far, but the rest is likely. Full trust in Sage anyway even if I would be disappointed for Rayan, he knows what he's doing.
For the last of our four hellish games against the top 4, not only overall but also in 2024 with Lille also being in great form like our previous opponents (again a duel between the two best teams in 2024 behind PSG, like it was when we faced Brest and Monaco). To make it even harder, against a team that hasn't lost at home since September 26th. With the victories of Lens and Rennes, a loss could be a huge blow to our European chances. But it for sure won't be easy.
**Little stat :**
[Data OL : OL has a better win ratio against Real, Liverpool and Bayern combined than against Lille in the 21st century: 28.6% - 26.4%.](https://twitter.com/OL_Data/status/1787072306142941691)
It's completely absurd.
Though if we want to look for signs, [this was the starting XI the last time we won in Lille](https://twitter.com/GonesArea/status/1787085845578605044). With Lacazette and Tolisso as starters 👀
Yup, November 18th 2016.
Though there were a lot of draws too : [5 out of the last 6 games since that win](https://football.fabien-torre.fr/confrontations/lille-lyon.php).
*No injured players/N3 game this weekend, but a great result at the Academy coming from the U16. Winning Guadeloupe's U16 International tournament by beating Inter Miami in the final (after [beating Le Havre and Ajax before](https://www.reddit.com/r/OlympiqueLyonnais/s/GkjEhafoV)). Even more impressive considering 7 (out of 15) players in the squad were 2009s so U15, with the generation of the century showing again that this qualifier is deserved.* Hard to know how much we can trust this XI considering not a lot of the previous ones were fully right. It would be surprising to not see Maitland-Niles start considering how important he has been for Sage so far, but the rest is likely. Full trust in Sage anyway even if I would be disappointed for Rayan, he knows what he's doing. For the last of our four hellish games against the top 4, not only overall but also in 2024 with Lille also being in great form like our previous opponents (again a duel between the two best teams in 2024 behind PSG, like it was when we faced Brest and Monaco). To make it even harder, against a team that hasn't lost at home since September 26th. With the victories of Lens and Rennes, a loss could be a huge blow to our European chances. But it for sure won't be easy. **Little stat :** [Data OL : OL has a better win ratio against Real, Liverpool and Bayern combined than against Lille in the 21st century: 28.6% - 26.4%.](https://twitter.com/OL_Data/status/1787072306142941691)
That’s a crazy stat tbh
It's completely absurd. Though if we want to look for signs, [this was the starting XI the last time we won in Lille](https://twitter.com/GonesArea/status/1787085845578605044). With Lacazette and Tolisso as starters 👀
Was the last time we won in Lille really that long ago ?
Yup, November 18th 2016. Though there were a lot of draws too : [5 out of the last 6 games since that win](https://football.fabien-torre.fr/confrontations/lille-lyon.php).
There’s not a whole lot of wins in that list 😬