📏 Form Guide

Lyon

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Lyon will be hoping for a better result after the 4-2 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Strasbourg.

In that game, Lyon had 60% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 11 of them on target. For Lyon, the scorers were Corentin Tolisso (62') and Georges Mikautadze (96'). Strasbourg had 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Andrey Santos (55'), Dilane Bakwa (60'), Emanuel Emegha (73') and Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (89') scored for Strasbourg.

At least three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Lyon have taken part. Their opponents scored 8 of them in these games while Lyon managed to get a total of 17. Putting that to one side, time will tell if such a trend shall continue on here in this match.

Taking a look at their past results, Lyon:

• have not been beaten in the league by Lille in their previous 2 games.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Lille

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Lille head into the game following a 1-0 Ligue 1 win as they beat RC Lens in their last fixture.

In that game, Lille managed 45% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Lille was Matias Fernandez-Pardo (19'). On the other side, Lens got 5 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

Bruno Génésio's Lille have converted 5 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during that period equals 8.

Heading into this fixture, Lille are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings stretching back to 08/02/2023 shows that Lyon have won 2 of them and Lille 1, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 24 overall at an average of 4 goals per meeting.

The last league contest between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 10 on 01/11/2024 when it ended Lille 1-1 Lyon.

That day, Lille had 47% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Jonathan David (17').

Lyon got 14 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Malick Fofana (91') scored.

The match was refereed by Jérôme Brisard.

ℹ️ Team News: Lyon

There is just a single fitness concern for the Lyon gaffer Jorge Maciel to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Malick Fofana (Knee injury) will miss out.

We are thinking that Lyon look set to go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, beginning the first half with Lucas Perri, A. Maitland-Niles, Clinton Mata, Moussa Niakhate, Abner, Tanner Tessmann, Jordan Veretout, Ernest Nuamah, Rayan Cherki, Corentin Tolisso and Georges Mikautadze.

📰 Team News: Lille

Lille boss Bruno Génésio has to choose a team with limited availability. Samuel Umtiti (Calf injury), Edon Zhegrova (Adductor pain) and Tiago Santos (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered.

It’s our belief that LOSC seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Lucas Chevalier, Thomas Meunier, Aissa Mandi, Bafode Diakite, Ismaily, Benjamin Andre, Andre Gomes, Mitchel Bakker, Ngal Ayel Mukau, M. Fernandez-Pardo and Jonathan David.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Lille might need a bit of good fortune to hit the back of the net against this Lyon outfit who we reckon will win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

That’s why we have predicted a very even match with a 1-0 advantage for Lyon at the end of the 90 minutes.

Let’s see what happens.

Lucas Pereira, 19:03 05/04/2025