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Lyon vs AC Ajaccio Live Stream, Predictions
Lyon will be taking on visiting side AC Ajaccio at Groupama Stadium in the Ligue 1 clash on Friday.
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📏 Form Guide
Lyon
LWWLWW
Lyon will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-2 Ligue 1 success vs Clermont Foot.
In that match, Lyon had 55% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Lyon, the scorers were Moussa Dembélé (26') and Houssem Aouar (49'). For their opponents, Clermont Foot had 18 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Mohamed Bayo (59') scored for Clermont Foot.
At least three goals per match were recorded in 6 of the past 6 fixtures where Lyon have participated. Opposing sides scored 10 of them in these games while Lyon amassed a tally of 16. We shall soon find out if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
AC Ajaccio
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AC Ajaccio go into this encounter following on from a 1-0 Ligue 2 win versus Toulouse in their most recent game.
The only scorer from AC Ajaccio was Riad Nouri (28').
A run of dependable performances by the AC Ajaccio defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their last 6 clashes combined. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 9.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 13/05/2012 shows that Lyon have won 3 of these games & AC Ajaccio 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.
A combined sum of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 13 from Lyon and 8 created by L 'Ours. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.
📋 Team News: Lyon
There’s just a single fitness concern for the Lyon boss Peter Bosz to be concerned about due to a largely intact squad. Maxence Caqueret (Sprained ankle) misses out.
It seems likely that Lyon will possibly make use of the 4-1-4-1 formation for this game featuring Anthony Lopes, Malo Gusto, Thiago Mendes, Castello Lukeba, Nicolas Tagliafico, Johann Lepenant, Tete, Houssem Aouar, Lucas Paqueta, Karl Toko Ekambi and Alexandre Lacazette.
📰 Team News: AC Ajaccio
Owing to a completely healthy group available for selection, the AC Ajaccio manager Olivier Pantaloni does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash.
We believe L 'Ours might make use of a 4-4-2 formation by sending out Benjamin Leroy, Mickael Alphonse, Cedric Avinel, Oumar Gonzalez, Ismael Diallo, Cyrille Bayala, Thomas Mangani, Vincent Marchetti, Ryad Nouri, Romain Hamouma and Mounaim El Idrissy.
💡 Prediction
In this match, AC Ajaccio will surely find it tough to find the net against a Lyon side who appear set to control this match over the entire pitch.
We’re therefore predicting a 3-0 margin for Lyon at the end of this one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 23:41 31/07/2022
Predicted Lineups

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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DLWLW |
3 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWLLL |
5 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DLWLL |
6 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DDWWD |
7 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WLLWD |
8 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLLDD |
9 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWLWW |
10 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WLWLW |
11 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWWWD |
12 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LDLLL |
13 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WDWLD |
14 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWWLW |
15 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DDDWW |
16 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWLWL |
17 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWLWD |
18 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LDWWL |
19 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWDLD |
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AC Ajaccio |
Clermont Foot |
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Nantes |
Metz |
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Lyon |
Marseille |
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Lyon |
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Montpellier |
Lyon |
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AC Ajaccio |
AC Ajaccio |
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Toulouse |
Grenoble |
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AC Ajaccio |
AC Ajaccio |
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Havre AC |
Valenciennes FC |
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AC Ajaccio |
AC Ajaccio |
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USL Dunkerque |
Lyon |
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Nantes |
Lyon |
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Montpellier |
Lyon |
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Bordeaux |
Lyon |
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Angers SCO |
Lyon |
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Rennes |
Lyon |
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Lille |
Grenoble |
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AC Ajaccio |
Valenciennes FC |
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AC Ajaccio |
Dijon |
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AC Ajaccio |
AS Nancy Lorraine |
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AC Ajaccio |
Quevilly-Rouen |
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AC Ajaccio |
Niort |
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AC Ajaccio |
Moussa Dembélé | 21 |
Karl Toko Ekambi | 12 |
Lucas Paquetá | 9 |
Houssem Aouar | 6 |
Jason Denayer | 3 |
Riad Nouri | 9 |
Gaëtan Courtet | 7 |
Jean-Philippe Krasso | 4 |
Mounaïm El Idrissy | 3 |
Oumar Gonzalez | 3 |
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AC Ajaccio |
FC Lorient |
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Lyon |
Lyon |
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ESTAC |
Reims |
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Lyon |
Lyon |
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AJ Auxerre |
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Angers SCO |
Monaco |
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Lyon |
Lyon |
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PSG |
RC Lens |
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Lyon |
Lyon |
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Toulouse |
Lyon |
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AC Ajaccio |
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RC Lens |
Rennes |
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AC Ajaccio |
AC Ajaccio |
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Lille |
Montpellier |
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AC Ajaccio |
AC Ajaccio |
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FC Lorient |
AC Ajaccio |
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Nice |
Brest |
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Clermont Foot |
Marseille |
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