Lille vs Slavia Prague Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Prediction published on 18/08/2024, 15:00  by Kennedy Kechula in Champions League Predictions

Lille will head out to Valenciennes where they will host Slavia Prague in the Champions League Play-offs round this Tuesday. With their home unavailable after the Olympics, can Lille bag a crucial first leg win at Stade du Hainaut? Read on for our prediction of this match.

Lille eliminated Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce to get into this round after winning 3-2 on aggregate. They won the home leg then a dramatic late goal in extra time pushed them through in Turkey.

Les Dogues built on that with a 2-0 win to start their Ligue 1 campaign and will be confident coming here. With goals in their last two matches, Jonathan David has taken up his slot as their key man this early in the campaign.

Slavia Prague has grown from strength to strength since their season-opening 0-0 draw with Slovacko in the Czech league. They come into this game on six straight wins and in their seven matches so far, they have five clean sheets.

To warm up for this game, Slavia Prague had to come from behind in a 2-1 win against Teplice. They scored twice inside the closing nine minutes to avert impending defeat. In this shape, Slavia Prague will be positive of taking home a first leg advantage.

They will be motivated to avenge their home and away losses the last time they squared off against Lille. In 2009 the two sides met in the Europa League and Lille won the two legs. To reach this round, Slavia Prague dominated their tie against Union Saint-Gilloise, winning at home and in Belgium.