Young Boys vs Lille prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-12-10 17:45.
[p]Young Boys are fighting to arrest their slide down the UEFA Europa League (UEL) standings when they host a Lille side pushing for the top eight. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Back-to-back away losses to PAOK (4-0) and Aston Villa (2-1) dropped Young Boys out of the top 24 and extended some miserable recent European history. Following their eight losses from eight Champions League games last campaign, Young Boys have notched up more major European defeats (11) than any other team over the last two seasons, courtesy of the second-highest goals conceded tally (36) in that time. Their defensive woes have shown no signs of improvement under new boss Gerardo Seoane with six goals conceded in their last two domestic games (D1, L1), although those games were not at home where Young Boys have performed well this season (W6, D2, L2 in all competitions).[/p]
[p]Lille are heading into the end of 2025 in imperious form, winning their last four matches in all competitions, the last three of which came without reply, as they surge up both the Ligue 1 and UEL tables. The Mastiffs have won three of their five games in this league phase (L2), perfectly in line with manager Bruno Génésio’s UEL win rate of 60% (W21, D6, L8) which stands amongst the best of coaches to take charge of 30+ UEL games. Lille will now be chasing improvements on the road, as they’ve lost three of their last four trips (W1) including a 1-0 defeat at Red Star Belgrade on UEL matchday four. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]These sides have never met before. Young Boys are winless in their last nine UEFA games against French teams (D3, L6), while Lille last faced a Swiss club in 2004/05, avoiding defeat across two games against Basel (W1, D1). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Eight of Young Boys’ ten home games this season produced over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Young Boys scored in ten of their last 13 UEFA home matches. [/p]
[p]Only five of Lille’s last 21 UEFA games were decided by a 2+ goal margin, with 15 of those seeing both teams score. [/p]
[p]None of Lille’s last seven competitive away games saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Christian Fassnacht has won eight of his ten scoring appearances (D2) in all competitions this season, including one in the UEL against Ludogorets in October. Ethan Mbappé is producing some eye-catching performances in the mould of his famous brother, directly contributing to a goal in each of Lille’s last three games (G1, A2). [/p]
[p]Young Boys’ Armin Gigović is serving the second part of his two-match red card ban, while Lille’s Hamza Igamane was withdrawn through injury before half-time in their weekend win over Marseille. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The trends point towards plenty of goals, so we’re backing the over 2.5 goals/both teams to score double for additional value.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]