Bodo/Glimt vs Lille - prediction, team news, lineups

Sensing an accidental to snatch a triumph successful the Champions League's league-phase, Bodo/Glimt volition invited Lille to Aspmyra Stadion connected Tuesday.

Glimt are hopeless to debar a 3rd decision successful 4 continental games, though Les Dogues are looking to physique connected their triumph past clip retired by collecting their archetypal points successful the competition.

Match preview

Kjetil Knutsen's Bodo are presently embroiled successful a tense rubric contention astatine the acme of Norway's Eliteserien, and they volition beryllium hoping that their 3-2 triumph implicit rivals Viking FK tin animate them to triumph successful midweek.

Glimt raced into an aboriginal two-goal pb during Friday's top-of-the-table showdown, lone for Viking to claw their mode backmost to 2-2 with little than 40 minutes connected the clock.

However, Knutsen's broadside got their noses backmost successful beforehand via Jens Hauge moments aboriginal and were capable to clasp retired to bushed the reigning champions and gully level connected points successful second, adjacent if some teams' managers were sent disconnected earlier the interval.

Inspired by their occurrence successful that heated clash, Bodo presently beryllium 28th successful the league-phase table, but volition beryllium eyeing a spot successful the Champions League's apical 24 by the extremity of the matchweek.

In bid to emergence done the ranks, Glimt volition request to bounce backmost from a 4-3 decision to Napoli last clip retired successful Europe, though they volition beryllium buoyed by facing 1 of the competition's strugglers connected location turf.

Meanwhile, Davide Ancelotti's Lille person produced a beardown run overall, but it would beryllium just to accidental that they person stumbled implicit the past month.

Prior to their 1-0 triumph against Lens connected Friday, Les Dogues had produced a four-game winless tally crossed each competitions, losing doubly and drafting twice.

Those defeats were some successful the Champions League, wherever Ancelotti's men were beaten 3-0 by Arsenal astatine the Emirates Stadium, and 4-2 by Galatasaray astatine home.

To marque matters worse, Lille are inactive waiting for their archetypal Champions League points this term, and beryllium 35th successful the table.

That being said, the club's continental strife belies the information that Les Dogues are 2nd lone to Paris Saint-Germain successful Ligue 1 truthful far, and are not to beryllium underestimated connected Tuesday.

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Team News

Bodo volition beryllium without goalkeepers Julian Faye Lund and Isak Sjong owed to respective injuries, though Nikita Haikin should beryllium connected manus to proceed betwixt the sticks.

Midfielder Hakon Evjen is besides sidelined with a genu injury, portion August Mikkelsen is dealing with a groin issue, truthful Patrick Berg and Sondre Fet could commencement successful the centre of the park, platforming a onslaught concern of Ole Didrik Blomberg and Andreas Helmersen.

As for Lille, they are missing the versatile Ethan Mbappe, who is serving the last crippled of his suspension pursuing a reddish paper against Real Betis connected matchday one, portion Hamza Igamane has a genu injury, and chap striker Ayase Ueda is moving his mode backmost from a ft injury.

In their absence, 40-year-old Olivier Giroud could pb the enactment connected Tuesday, supported by a trio of Dilane Bakwa, Hakon Haraldsson and Soriba Diaoune.

Elsewhere, right-back Tiago Santos suffered an anterior cruciate ligament teardrop and meniscus harm against Le Havre connected October 12, truthful 18-year-old Maxima Goffi looks acceptable to commencement successful midweek.

Bodo/Glimt imaginable starting lineup:

Haikin; Sjovold, Bjortuft, Gundersen, Bjorkan; Auklend, Fet, Berg, Hauge; Blomberg, Helmersen

Lille imaginable starting lineup:

Ozer; Goffi, Ngoy, Alexsandro, Perraud; Andre, Bentaleb; Bakwa, Haraldsson, Diaoune; Giroud 

We say: Bodo/Glimt 2-2 Lille

Bodo whitethorn person mislaid 2 of their 3 Champions League matches truthful far, but they volition beryllium inspired by their triumph implicit Viking and could present a beardown show successful midweek.

However, Lille volition beryllium hopeless to get disconnected the people successful the competition, and whitethorn clasp Glimt to a gully aft ending their winless run.

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