Lille predicted XI v Strasbourg: Olivier Giroud starts, Hamza Igamane benched

Lille OSC followed up a narrow victory over Angers SCO on the weekend with a narrow defeat to FK Crvena zvezda on Thursday, with both games being separated by a 1-0 scoreline. Les Dogues will be hoping for a far more convincing performance this afternoon when they take on European rivals RC Stasbourg Alsace away from home. 

It was bleak news for Alexsandro this week, with it being revealed that the centre-back is set to undergo surgery on a quadriceps injury. He had briefly returned to…