For a second time in the UEFA Europa League this season, Lille will meet Crvena Zvezda; the Serbian side won 1-0 in the group stage on MD4.
Including qualifiers, Crvena Zvezda have never won an away European match in France (P9 D2 L7), conceding at least two goals on all nine visits (31 in total, 3.4 per game).
Lille won two of their first three knockout matches in the UEFA Europa League (D1) but have since failed to win any of their last five (D1 L4), losing both legs of their most recent tie in the last 32 in 2020-21 against Ajax (2-1 at home and away).
Crvena Zvezda have won the first leg of just one of their last 12 major European knockout ties (D6 L5), a 1-0 away win at Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski in the first round of the 2007-08 UEFA Cup.
39-year-old Olivier Giroud has scored in each of Lille’s last two UEFA Europa League matches and only Aritz Aduriz (26) and Edin Dzeko (20) have scored more times in the competition (since 2009-10) after the age of 30 than Giroud (18).