Lille vs Saint Etienne

Lille have not won any of their last five matches against St Etienne in Ligue 1 (D4 L1), after having won four of their previous five beforehand (L1). Only five goals have been scored in these last five matches (2 for LOSC, 3 for ASSE), compared to 17 in the previous five (10 for LOSC, 7 for ASSE).

Lille have not lost any of their last 21 home matches against St Etienne in Ligue 1 (W13 D8), last doing so in September 1993 (0-2). This is their longest unbeaten run against a single opponent at home in Ligue 1. Their last two home games against Les Verts, however, have both ended 0-0.

Lille have only lost one of their last 15 Ligue 1 matches (W6 D8), although that was their most recent at Strasbourg (1-2). After their first defeat of the season (1-3 v Paris in September), LOSC then suffered a second straight defeat, going down 0-1 – against St Etienne.

St Etienne are on a run of two consecutive draws in Ligue 1 (1-1 v Nantes and Auxerre), this after having drawn only once in their first 17 matches of the season (2-2 v Nantes). ASSE have also gone three matches in a row without a win in the top-flight (1-2 defeat v Paris before those two draws), but have not endured a longer such this season.

Lille have scored at least one goal in each of their last 34 home games in Ligue 1 (69 goals), the longest ongoing run in Europe's big-five leagues.