Arsenal to win 2/9
Arsenal to win, at 2/9, is our pick on this fixture, and the full bet asks for more than that: an Arsenal win by 1-0, 2-0 or 3-0, with Lille kept off the scoresheet. The case is their Premier League record, nine wins from their last ten matches, a 2-1 win over Leeds United on 10 October among them. Lille are the argument against, with four wins, one draw and one defeat from their six Ligue 1 matches, though those results come from a different league and cannot be set against Arsenal’s like for like. At home, Arsenal have won all five of their matches among those ten.
The numbers behind this pick
Arsenal last 10 (W-D-L)9-0-1
Arsenal at home5-0-0
Lille OSC last 6 (W-D-L)4-1-1
Lille OSC away2-0-1
Form covers up to the last ten league matches for each side (Arsenal in the Premier League, Lille OSC in Ligue 1). Champions League matches are not included. Some of the league matches are from last season. Source: official match results, compiled by BestBettingSites.co.uk.
Under 3.5 Goals 8/13
This leg is the ceiling on the bet: Under 3.5 Goals, at 8/13, stops the winning scores at 3-0, so a fourth Arsenal goal loses it. None of Arsenal’s last ten Premier League matches had four goals or more, although six of them had exactly three, and one of Lille’s six Ligue 1 matches had four or more. The case against comes from this competition: Lille’s opening Champions League match, a 2-3 home defeat by Real Betis on 8 September, had five goals in it.
The numbers behind this pick
Arsenal over 3.5 % (last 10)0%
Arsenal scored / conceded per game (last 10)1.7 / 0.6
Lille OSC over 3.5 % (last 6)17%
Lille OSC scored / conceded per game (last 6)1.5 / 0.67
Same matches as above.
Both teams to score: No 7/10
Start with the risk: Lille have scored in every one of their six Ligue 1 matches, and they scored twice against Real Betis in the Champions League as well. In this bet, Both teams to score: No, at 7/10, comes down to an Arsenal clean sheet. Arsenal have kept six in their last ten Premier League matches, and both teams scored in three of the ten. Their own Champions League opener, away to Napoli on 9 September, finished 1-0 to Arsenal.
The numbers behind this pick
Arsenal BTTS % (last 10)30%
Lille OSC BTTS % (last 6)33%
Arsenal clean sheets (last 10)6
Lille OSC failed to score (last 6)0
Lille OSC clean sheets (last 6)4
Arsenal failed to score (last 10)1
Same matches as above.