Lyon vs Havre AC Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Lyon

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Lyon will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 1-4 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Paris Saint-Germain.

In that match, Lyon had 31% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. The only player to score for Lyon was Corentin Tolisso (74'). Paris Saint-Germain had 22 shots on goal with 8 on target. Kylian Mbappé (4', 45'), Achraf Hakimi (20') and Marco Asensio (38') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

Fixtures featuring Lyon have often been exciting affairs of late with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen games alone, a grand total of 20 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 7 of them being chalked up by Lyon. That sort of trend might not be carried forward into this match, of course.

A look at their previous results shows us that Lyon:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Havre AC in their last 6 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

Havre AC

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Havre AC go into this encounter following on from a 3-0 Ligue 1 win as they beat FC Lorient in their previous fixture.

In that match, Havre AC managed 44% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Havre AC, the goalscorers were Daler Kuzyaev (52'), Nabil Alioui (70') and Nolan Mbemba (96'). Lorient got 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen outings, Havre AC have amassed the sum of 10 goals. Havre AC have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During that period, they’ve had 7 goals scored by their opponents.

Looking at their past form shows that Havre AC:

• haven't won against Lyon in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. Not good at all.
• are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league games.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results stretching back to 06/11/1999 shows that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Havre AC. They’ve not managed to register any victories whatsoever whereas Lyon have maintained the edge over them, getting wins in 100% of those match-ups.

15 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 12 for Lyon and 3 for Le club doyen. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The last league clash between the two was Ligue 1 match day 24 on 15/02/2009 when it finished Lyon 3-1 Havre AC.

The referee was Alain Hamer.

📋 Team News: Lyon

The Lyon boss has no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash owing to a completely healthy squad ready to go.

In all likelihood, Lyon could go for a 4-2-3-1 system this time and select Anthony Lopes, Clinton Mata, Sael Kumbedi, Sinaly Diomande, Nicolas Tagliafico, Paul Akouokou, Corentin Tolisso, Ernest Nuamah, Maxence Caqueret, Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette.

🗞️ Team News: Havre AC

With a fully healthy group ready to go, the Havre AC boss Luka Elsner has no fitness worries to report before this game.

There’s a good chance that Le club doyen seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Arthur Desmas, Yoann Salmier, Arouna Sangante, Gautier Lloris, Christopher Operi, Abdoulaye Toure, Yassine Kechta, Loic Nego, Daler Kuzyaev, Samuel Grandsir and Nabil Alioui.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Havre AC should get enough chances to score against this Lyon team, but that is unlikely to be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re going for a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Lyon when all is said and done. Hopefully this is a good one.

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Victor Martins, 08:19 13/09/2023