📏 Form Guide

Lyon

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Lyon are hoping to win again after their last result, a 4-0 Europa League triumph against Steaua Bucharest.

In that match, Lyon had 65% possession and 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Lyon, the goals were scored by Georges Mikautadze (14', 47') and Ernest Nuamah (37', 88'). On the other side, FCSB had 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Fixtures with Lyon have often been exciting ones lately with plenty of scoring expected. Over their past 6 games, the sum of 23 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 17 of them accredited to Lyon.

Steaua Bucharest

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A succession of steadfast showings from the Steaua Bucharest defence has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their past 6 clashes in total. In that period of time, their forwards have scored 8. Historical results aside, it remains to be seen whether that trend might be sustained in this upcoming match or not.

👥 Head to head

Delving into past results between these clubs going back to 26/09/2006 shows that these encounters have been disappointments for Steaua Bucharest. They have not managed to get any wins at all while Lyon have been the better of the two, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those match-ups.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 23 in all at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

💡 Prediction

In this game, Steaua Bucharest will do well to get a goal against a Lyon lineup who have all the attributes to really dictate the terms of this match.

We predict a 3-0 margin for Lyon when the full-time whistle blows.

Peter Guest, 03:01 15/03/2025