It’s the bargain of the evening. And above all the confirmation that Lille is in great shape. At the start of the 11th day, Paulo Fonseca’s men left their opponents in Strasbourg no chance, with in particular a double from Jonathan David. After winning the North derby, they temporarily move up to 6th place in the standings, one point behind Monaco… who they will challenge in a week. Strasbourg, which is still looking for its first success at La Meinau, could find itself in a relegation position at the end of the weekend.
What you must remember
After a balanced start to the match, we had to wait a good quarter of an hour to see the first real offensive, but Habib Diallo, the Racing striker, came up against Lucas Chevalier. The Lille goalkeeper, who had been one of the heroes of his team last Sunday against Lens, continues his festival. Without rushing, the Cabella-David duo set up on the Lille side and will soon hit the mark. After a first alert at half an hour and another four minutes later, Le Marchand tackled Ismaily irregularly in the middle of the Sels area after a low center from Cabella from the left. Jonathan David transforms the penalty and could even have allowed Lille to return to the locker room with a two-goal lead, without the fine outing of the Alsatian goalkeeper (45th + 3).
On resumption, Strasbourg raises the tone through the 3D, Dagba, Delaine and Diallo. Lille let the storm pass once again and proved to be dangerous in turn, mainly through David. On the Strasbourg side, Julien Stéphan brings in new blood with Thomasson and Liénard to avoid a second consecutive defeat at home after that conceded against Rennes at the start of the month (1-3). But the precision is not there and Lille however will not let the opportunity pass. David (76th), then Cabella (80th) complete the victory of the Northerners, terribly effective, who could even have added to the bill without a new rescue from Sels in added time.
Player: Jonathan David
The Canadian striker is in great shape, and he shows it. Already the only scorer against Lens, he scored twice a few days later at La Meinau. With 11 goals to his name, the Lille player is ahead of a certain Kylian Mbappé in the Ligue 1 scorer rankings. The defenses of Monaco, who have just taken a beating in Turkey, then OL, future opponents, are warned.
The number: 10
Or the number of consecutive matches without a win for Strasbourg against Lille. The last success (2-0) of the Alsatians against this opponent goes back almost four years. It was in the Coupe de la Ligue and Fofana then Liénard had distinguished themselves. At the time, Nicolas Pépé had remained silent.