Friday welcomes the showpiece of the big Division 1 playoffs Final featuring Olympique Lyonnais and PSG. Which team will be celebrating tonight? Let’s hope it’s a good final.
Our tips, poll and stats for Olympique Lyonnais v Paris SG can all be found here - as well as the best betting odds.
📊
Form Guide
Olympique Lyonnais
WWWWLW
Olympique Lyonnais will be looking for another win after a 6-0 Division 1 playoffs success over Stade de Reims.
For Olympique Lyonnais, the scorers were Wendie Renard (12'), Melchie Dumornay (26'), Daniëlle van de Donk (37'), Amel Majri (42') and Kadidiatou Diani (56', 66').
At least three goals per match were recorded in 6 of the last 6 fixtures where Olympique Lyonnais have been involved. Opposition teams scored 7 of them in this period while Olympique Lyonnais managed a tally of 20.
Paris SG
DLDLLD 📉
In the game prior to this, PSG drew 2-2 in the Division 1 playoffs match with Paris FC féminines.
For Paris SG, goals were scored by Grace Geyoro (52') and Marie-Antoinette Katoto (71'). Clara Matéo (36') and Daphné Corboz (56') scored for Paris FC féminines. Paris SG won the match 5-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout.
In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Paris SG, three or more goals have been hit. The average goals scored per match in that spell is 3.83, with the average number of goals for Paris SG standing at 1.67. Such a trend might not follow through into this match, though.
👥
Head to head
Checking on their most recent head to head meetings going back to 11/12/2022 shows us that Olympique Lyonnais have won 4 of them & PSG 1, with the number of drawn games being 1.
A combined total of 13 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for Lyon and 5 created by Les Parisiennes. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.
🗞️
Team News: Olympique Lyonnais
The Olympique Lyonnais manager Sonia Bompastor has no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match with a completely injury-free group ready to go.
📰
Team News: PSG
With a completely healthy squad available to select from, the PSG manager Gérard Prêcheur does not have any fitness worries to report before this clash.
🧠
Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Paris SG have the firepower to score a goal against this Olympique Lyonnais team, but that is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.
Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Olympique Lyonnais at the end of this one. Let’s just see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
17:00 17/05/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Olympique Lyonnais
Formed: 2004
Stadium: Stade Gérard Houllier (2,200)
Captain: Wendie Renard
Chairman: Santiago Cucci
Manager: Sonia Bompastor
Competitions: Division 1 Feminine position 1, Division 1 playoffs (Semi-finals), Division 1 playoffs (Final), Women's Champions League (Final)
⭐ Star Man: Eugénie Le Sommer
Mostly deployed in the Striker position, Eugénie Le Sommer was born in Grasse, France. After having played his first senior match for Olympique Lyonnais in the 2015 - 2016 season, the dangerous Forward has scored a sum of 10 league goals in this Division 1 Féminine 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in 15 appearances.