LOSC Lille vs Feyenoord facts

LOSC Lille and Feyenoord conclude the league phase with a meeting at Stade Pierre Mauroy on UEFA Champions League Matchday 8.

Both teams have 13 points and are already through to the knockout phase, Lille progressing despite a 2-1 loss at Liverpool on Matchday 7, when Feyenoord were impressive 3-0 winners at home to Bayern München.

This is the clubs' first fixture, although each has faced a club from their opponents' country in recent seasons.

Form guide

LOSC Lille

Record vs Dutch clubs: W0 D1 L5 F5 A14
Home record vs Dutch clubs: W0 D1 L2

Lille have lost their last five games against teams from Netherlands, most recently going down 2-4 on aggregate to Ajax in the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League round of 32 (1-2 h, 1-2 a).

The French side drew their first game against Eredivisie opponents, 2-2 with PSV Eindhoven in the 2010/11 Europa League round of 32 first leg, but lost the return 3-1 and were also beaten 3-0 away and 2-0 at home by Ajax in the 2019/20 Champions League group stage.

The last of Lille's seven Champions League group appearances came in 2021/22, when they won their section before losing to holders Chelsea in the round of 16 (0-2 a, 1-2 h).

Those were their most recent games in the competition before this season's third qualifying round, when they beat Fenerbahçe 2-1 at home and drew 1-1 away after extra time to progress.

Lille then edged through a tight play-off against Slavia Praha (2-0 h, 1-2 a).

LOSC took part in the Europa Conference League in 2023/24, winning their section unbeaten (W4 D2) and defeating Sturm Graz in the last 16 (3-0 a, 1-1 h) before losing to Aston Villa in the quarter-finals (1-2 a, 2-1 h aet, 3-4 pens).

The French side have won nine of their last 11 home European matches (D2), beating holders Real Madrid 1-0 on Matchday 2 and Sturm 3-2 on Matchday 6, and are unbeaten since that second-leg loss against Chelsea in 2022 – their only home reverse in 15 games (W9 D5), including a 1-1 draw with Juventus on Matchday 4.

Les Dogues – who replaced Fonseca with Bruno Génésio in the summer – were fourth in Ligue 1 in 2023/24, their highest finish since claiming their fourth league title in 2020/21.

Feyenoord

Record vs French clubs: W3 D5 L2 F11 A12
Away record vs French clubs: W1 D3 L2

This is Feyenoord's first meeting with a Ligue 1 club since the 2021/22 Europa Conference League semi-finals, when they beat Marseille 3-2 on aggregate (3-2 h, 0-0 a).

That first-leg victory was just Feyenoord's third against a French team and the only one in their last five matches (D2 L2).

Feyenoord won their first game in France, 1-0 away to Reims in the 1962/63 European Cup quarter-final first leg (2-1 aggregate) but are without a victory in their subsequent five visits (D3 L2), losing two in a row before that draw at Marseille.

The Rotterdammers are making their seventh appearance in the Champions League proper, appearing in the competition for successive seasons for the first time since 2002/03. This is only the third time they have featured in the last 22 campaigns.

European champions in 1970, Feyenoord have reached the Champions League knockout rounds for the first time this season, although they did qualify for the second group stage in 1999/2000.

In 2023/24, Feyenoord were third in Group E behind Atlético de Madrid and Lazio (W2 L4).

Their subsequent Europa League campaign lasted a single tie, losing to Roma in the knockout round play-offs (1-1 h, 1-1 a aet, 2-4 pens) – the third successive season in which Feyenoord's European campaign had ended in defeat by the Italian side, including a 1-0 loss in the 2022 Europa Conference League final.

A 3-2 Matchday 2 win at Girona this season was Feyenoord's first in 12 away European games (D4 L7) and ended the Dutch club's run of eight successive away defeats in the Champions League proper.

The 3-1 Matchday 3 victory at Benfica is one of three in Feyenoord's last 16 away Champions League fixtures (D3 L10) and one of only five in the competition proper (D6 L13). They fought back from three goals down to draw 3-3 at Manchester City in the most recent.

Feyenoord were second in the 2023/24 Eredivisie but did lift the Dutch Cup for the 14th time.

Arne Slot departed for Liverpool in the summer, Feyenoord appointing Sparta Praha coach Brian Priske as his successor.

Links and trivia

Have played in France:
Jordan Lotomba (Nice 2020–24)
Calvin Stengs (Nice 2021–22)
Chris-Kévin Nadje (Laval 2020–23, Versailles 2023/24)

Has played in Netherlands:
Osame Sahraoui (Heerenveen 2023–24)

International team-mates:
Aïssa Mendi & Ramiz Zerrouki, Anis Hadj Moussa (Algeria)

Latest news

Lille

On Saturday Lille suffered their first Ligue 1 defeat since 13 September, going down 2-1 at Strasbourg; they had been undefeated in 14 games (W6 D8).

Defeat at Liverpool ended Lille's unbeaten run at 21 matches (W11 D10) going back to the Matchday 1 loss at Sporting CP.

On 10 January LOSC had made it 19 games unbeaten in all competitions, equalling a club record established 50 years ago, with a 0-0 Ligue 1 draw at Auxerre.

Les Dogues set a new mark of 20 on 14 January after beating Marseille 4-3 on penalties at the Stade Vélodrome after a 1-1 draw in the French Cup round of 32. They will play Dunkerque in the last 16 on 4 February.

Ethan Mbappé returned as a late substitute at the weekend having not played since suffering a thigh injury on 28 September.

Ismaily missed the defeat at Strasbourg with a muscular injury.

Absent on Matchday 6 through injury, Edon Zhegrova returned to the team for a 1-1 Ligue 1 draw at Marseille on 14 December. Substituted at half-time, he has not played since due to an adductors injury.

Matias Fernandez-Pardo has been out since going off with an ankle injury early in a 1-1 draw against Nantes on 4 January.

Tiago Santos faces several months on the sidelines after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during training on 15 October.

Feyenoord

Feyenoord, who were without a match at the weekend, have won six of their last nine games in all competitions, losing two.

Those defeats came in their last fixture of 2024 – 0-3 at Dutch champions and Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven on 22 December – and the first of 2025, 1-2 at home to Utrecht on 12 January.

That was the first time Feyenoord had lost successive league games since May 2021, those two defeats as many as in their previous 40 Eredivisie matches (W29 D9).

Feyenoord have scored three goals or more in 11 of their last 19 matches.

Brian Priske's side were 4-1 victors at third division Rijnsburgse Boys in the last 16 of the Dutch Cup on 15 January. They will visit PSV in the last eight.

Santiago Giménez scored twice and also got two against Bayern, making it 11 goals in 11 games since he returned on Matchday 5 after two months out with a thigh injury.

Quinten Timber (knee) has missed all four of Feyenoord's games this year.

Jordan Lotomba has been ruled out by a leg fracture since 5 December.

Inbeom Hwang has not played since 17 December.

Ramiz Zerrouki and Gjivai Zechiel both missed Matchday 7, when Calvin Stengs was replaced early in the second half with a hamstring problem.

On 20 January Feyenoord announced the signing of Poland international midfielder Jakub Moder from Brighton.