Over 2.5
Lille 2 - 1 Brann
Who will win?
1
Lille
x
Draw
2
Brann
Lille and Brann face off in the opening set of fixtures for this year’s UEFA Europa League. Lille took part in last year’s Champions League, performing exceptionally well in the league phase and making it into the top eight, giving them automatic qualification for the next round. They were subsequently knocked out by Dortmund at the round of 16 stage. Brann were last year knocked out at the qualifying stage of the Conference League, this season they dropped out of Champions League qualifying by RB Salzburg before managing to salvage their European tour and qualify for the Europa League.
Key Betting Tips: Over 2.5 goals & BTTS @ 2.25
LOSC Lille Predicted Lineup Ozer, Mandi, Ngoy, Mbemba, Perraud, Bentaleb, Bouaddi, Correia, Mbappe, Sahraoui, Giroud
Brann Predicted Lineup Dyngeland, Pedersen, Knudsen, Helland, Soltvedt, Kornvig, Sorensen, Myhre, Hansen, Magnusson, Castro
Lille have had a very solid start to the Ligue 1 season so far winning three of their five games, with one draw and one loss making up the results. Lille have scored the joint most goals in their domestic league so far and will be looking to further that prowess and get their European journey off to a good start.
Brann have had a lot more football under their belt than their French opposition with the Norwegian season now 22 games in. Brann have had a good campaign so far and sit six points of the top of the table with a game in hand over the two sides above them. After the disappointment of no Europe last season, they will be hungry to show that they belong this season.
This Europa League meeting will be the first ever between the two clubs.
Our advanced algorithm analyses 200 data points to generate these predictions with moderate confidence in Over 2.5 goals and BTTS @ 2.20. This model factors in current form, head-to-head records, player availability and tactical matchups.
Football Park’s Best Bet Over 2.5 goals & BTTS @ 2.20
Ethan Mbappe (LOSC Lille) Mbappe has only made two appearances in Ligue 1 so far with very limited minutes but has scored in those minutes. He will likely get a start in this Europa League game with manager Bruno Genesio probably wanting to rotate, and Mbappe will be determined to put in a good performance and place himself firmly in the manager’s plans going forward.
Olivier Giroud (LOSC Lille) We all know about how good the veteran can be in front of goal, and his start for new club Lille has backed up that sentiment. Two goals in his opening four games has seen him establish himself as a valuable frontman for Lille, and Brann will need to be at their best to stop Giroud from having a big affect on this game.
Sævar Atli Magnusson (Brann) With previous top scorer Heggebø recently leaving for West Brom in the Championship, Magnusson has been tasked with taking up that mantle, already contributing eight goals in the 12 games he has played so far. That tally includes two goals in three Europa League qualification games, form which Magnusson will have to replicate to give his side a chance against a good Lille side.
Joachim Soltvedt (Brann) Soltvedt has been in fine form in 2025, contributing three goals and nine assists from Left Back so far. He also scored and assisted twice during the Europa League qualifiers giving him a history of creating in this year’s competition so far.
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