Bodø/Glimt
Bodø/Glimt's centre-back pairing has shifted repeatedly over the last five matches, with no combination starting more than once. Odin Bjørtuft and Jostein Gundersen started together in the win over Viking, while Villads Nielsen did not play and Haitam Aleesami appeared only in the closing minutes.
Isak Määttä and Ola Brynhildsen also came off the bench late against Viking, while Sondre Auklend was introduced earlier. Knutsen is still missing August Mikkelsen with a groin injury and Håkon Evjen with a knee injury, while Isak Sjong and Julian Faye Lund are also injured.
Lille
Three straight defeats have left Lille 35th without a point, with Davide Ancelotti's back line still being shuffled ahead of the trip to Bodø/Glimt. Nathan Ngoy has filled in at both right-back and right centre-back over the last five matches and has looked the more convincing option in each slot, pushing Tanguy-Austin Nianzou further down the pecking order at centre-back. Maxima Goffi still holds more starts at right-back, but Nianzou's slide went furthest last time out, when he was left out of the squad entirely for the home game against Lens.
Ancelotti has also switched between a 4-3-3 and a 4-2-3-1 in that time, though some places look settled: Berke Özer in goal, Alexsandro alongside Ngoy in defence, and Benjamin André and Ngal'ayel Mukau in midfield have all started every match. Soriba Diaoune has scored twice and set up another from the left in that same stretch despite starting only three times, giving him a strong case to keep his place among the forwards. Ayase Ueda is out with a foot injury, while Hamza Igamane and Tiago Santos are both sidelined with knee problems.
