📏 Form Guide

Lyon

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Lyon will be wanting a better result here following a 2-0 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Monaco.

In that game, Lyon had 49% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. At the other end, Monaco got 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Takumi Minamino (62') and Denis Zakaria (68') scored for Monaco.

It has been seldom in recent games where Lyon haven’t conceded. In fact, Lyon have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 13 goals along the way.

Coming into this clash, Lyon have not lost a league tie with Angers SCO in their last 4 matches.

Angers SCO

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Angers SCO head into the meeting following a 2-1 Ligue 1 win to beat Strasbourg in their last match.

In that match, Angers SCO had 28% possession and 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Angers SCO was Esteban Lepaul (15', 48'). For their opponents, Strasbourg had 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Dilane Bakwa (43') scored for Strasbourg.

Alexandre Dujeux's Angers SCO have seen their goal attempts be successful 6 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those same matches equals 6.

Coming into this fixture, Angers SCO are winless against Lyon when they've played them away from home in the last 7 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings dating back to 11/04/2021 tells us that Lyon have won 5 of these games & Angers SCO 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 23 in all at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 14 on 07/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Angers SCO 0-3 Lyon.

In that match, Angers SCO managed 36% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

On the other side, Lyon got 16 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. Nico Tagliafico (26'), Rayan Cherki (55') and Georges Mikautadze (88') scored.

The referee was Marc Bollengier.

ℹ️ Team News: Lyon

Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Lyon gaffer Jorge Maciel to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust group. Ernest Nuamah (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out.

In all likelihood, Lyon could opt for a 4-3-2-1 system for this game and select Lucas Perri, A. Maitland-Niles, Duje Caleta-Car, Moussa Niakhate, Nicolas Tagliafico, Tanner Tessmann, Nemanja Matic, Jordan Veretout, Thiago Almada, Malick Fofana and Alexandre Lacazette.

ℹ️ Team News: Angers SCO

Angers SCO boss Alexandre Dujeux has a number of players out of action. Haris Belkebla (Foot injury), Pierrick Capelle (Dead leg) and Sidiki Chérif (Dead leg) are those who can’t be considered.

We are inclined to think that Les Scoïstes might begin the game with a 4-4-1-1 formation with a starting lineup of Yahia Fofana, Carlens Arcus, Ousmane Camara, Jordan Lefort, Florent Hanin, Lilian Rao-Lisoa, Zinedine Ould Khaled, Marius Courcoul, Jim Allevinah, Himad Abdelli and Esteban Lepaul.

⚡ Prediction

Our thinking is that Angers SCO will likely create enough chances to find the net against this Lyon lineup, however it is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Lyon at full-time. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Andre Moura, 18:01 17/05/2025