Crvena zvezda vs Lille Prediction & Betting Tips (6 November)

Qualification for the next round is still a long way off for this Red Star team which has struggled to convince on the European scene for several years. This season again, the Serbs are encountering a lot of problems to do well in this Europa League. Because after obtaining an opening draw against Celtic 1-1 in front of their home crowd, they were dominated in quick succession on the pitches of FC Porto 2-1 then Braga 2-0. Consequently, with only one point collected so far, the Belgrade players only occupy 30th place in this Europa League regular season. On the other hand, in its own championship, Red Star is still in the running to win a new national championship title and it is battling with its neighbor and rival Partizan who has the same number of points. But the locals remain on 2 against performances achieved against Radnicki 0-0 and Vojvodina 3-2. They will try to get back on track against Radnik next weekend.

For their part, Lille intends to have an interesting run in this competition where they had an excellent start by winning their first two matches, first against the Norwegians of Brann 2-1 then against the Italians of Roma 0-1. However, the Mastiffs were then surprised at home by PAOK Salonika after a spectacular match where Bruno Genesio had rotated his squad quite a bit. At the same time, in Ligue 1, the Northerners are in ambush to get closer to the top. But after putting up a demonstration against Metz 6-1, Lille was then dominated on the field of OGC Nice 2-0. On Sunday, they will undoubtedly want to move forward at home against Angers. 

A priori, the goalkeeper Glazer (ex Bayern), the replacement striker Babicka and the most prolific Lucic (2 goals) will probably not be restored by this game. Out injured against Braga, the Austrian international Arnautovic (ex Inter) could also withdraw from this meeting. Finally, defender Sandoval is not qualified. Conversely, top scorer Katai made his comeback compared to the last day. This is a significant reinforcement for this team since it has already crashed 12 times in the league this season. The Mastiffs will also have to watch over the performances of formidable midfielder Mirko Ivanic (10 goals, 2 assists) and those of playmaker Kostov (3 goals, 8 assists).

 Lille will certainly not be able to take the defensive captain in their luggage Alexsandro who continues his recovery phase and who risks being a little short to make the trip to Belgrade. In addition to this, the 3rd goalkeeper Caillard and the replacements Touré (defender) and Ethan Mbappé (middle) completes the infirmary. The latter was not qualified in the same way as Andre Gomes anyway. A priori, Bruno Genesio should still be able to count on most of his best elements like the excellent summer recruit Igamane (7 goals all competitions combined) who seems to have won at the expense of French legend Giroud (2 goals in Ligue 1). Midfielder Haraldsson (4 goals, 1 assist) and wingers Correia (2 goals, 4 assists) and Fernandez Pardo (2 goals, 3 assists) should also be able to be present.