Bodø/Glimt vs Lille: Champions League Team News, Preview
By Daniel Kimingi ·
Bodø/Glimt host Lille at the Aspmyra Stadion on Tuesday 3 November, with four home Champions League wins in a row and Lille missing the suspended Mbappé.
Bodø/Glimt host Lille on Tuesday 3 November at 8pm UK time. The hosts have won their last four Champions League home games; Lille are without Mbappé, Tiago Santos and Ueda.
Bodø/Glimt host Lille in the Champions League on Tuesday 3 November, with kick-off at 8pm UK time (9pm CET) at the Aspmyra Stadion. It is the first UEFA meeting between the clubs.
The Norwegian side have won their last four Champions League home matches, beating Manchester City 3-1, Inter 3-1, Sporting CP 3-0 and Borussia Dortmund 1-0, according to UEFA.
Bodø/Glimt vs Lille team news
Bodø/Glimt are without Evjen (knee), Faye Lund (knock), Riisnæs (knee) and Mikkelsen (groin), per UEFA. Starting11 lists Riisnæs as doubtful rather than out, and Footballpredictions says Jens Hauge has recovered from a minor injury and is available.
Lille are without Mbappé, who is suspended after a red card, Tiago Santos (knee) and Ueda (foot). Starting11 and Footballpredictions also list Igamane out with a knee injury. Davide Ancelotti is the Lille coach and Kjetil Knutsen manages Bodø/Glimt.
UEFA's predicted Bodø XI is Haikin; Sjøvold, Gundersen, Bjørtuft, Bjørkan; Brunstad Fet, Berg, Saltnes; Blomberg, Helmersen, Hauge. Lille are predicted as Berke Özer; Goffi, Ngoy, Alexsandro, Verdonk; Mukau, Bentaleb, André; Bakwa, Haraldsson, Diaoune.
Head-to-head and key stats
This is Lille's first UEFA match in Norway. Their only previous UEFA game against Norwegian opposition was a 2-1 home win over Brann in the 2025/26 Europa League league phase. Bodø/Glimt have never beaten a French club in UEFA competition.
Jens Petter Hauge played Lille twice as an AC Milan player in the 2020/21 Europa League, with one draw and one defeat. Six Bodø players, Berg, Brunstad Fet, Haikin, Hauge, Helmersen and Sjøvold, have appeared in all 15 of the club's Champions League proper matches.
The last 10 Champions League proper matches of the two clubs have produced 39 goals, an average of 3.90 per game.