Europa League 
/ Richard Aikman / 16 February 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Moussa Sow could be Lille's danger man
"Lille run a tight ship at the back and five shut-outs from their last seven matches has also played its part in an unbeaten run that stretched to its 13th league game on Sunday."
This is a battle of high-scoring league leaders but the French side should ensure bragging rights remain avec les Francais, says Richard Aikman
Though PSV have been scoring for fun in the Eredivisie, Lille have too much quality throughout their side to succumb to the joint-league leaders in Holland.
In all honesty if Lille ([2.06]) can stay top of Ligue 1 until May they will happily forego success this European adventure, which is only still alive thanks to a final group win against Belgian side Gent.
The northern French outfit have broken five points clear of the chasing pack thanks to an impressive tally of 42 goals, 16 of which have come from the division's leading goalscorer Moussa Sow. But Lille also run a tight ship at the back and five shut-outs from their last seven matches has also played its part in an unbeaten run that stretched to its 13th league game on Sunday, when Gervinho and Tulio de Melo silenced Toulouse 2-0.
PSV ([4.1]) can see Lille's league goal-haul and raise it by 20 - after just 23 Eredivisie matches. Balasz Dzsudzsak and Ola Toivonen have racked up a dozen goals each in their side's high-scoring campaign and the Hungarian scored twice in a 4-0 win against AZ Alkmaar at the weekend. Dzsudzsak and Toivonen also added three and two strikes respectively in the group stage as the Dutch side won all three away matches to finish top of group I.
However, despite their impressive strike-rate, PSV, who lost their last home match 1-0 to Den Haag, will find Lille a different proposition to AZ, especially without their ever-present French international centre-back Adil Rami, who has picked up an ankle problem. Ignore the [3.6] about the draw.
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Lille to win @ [2.06]
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