📏 Form Guide

Lyon

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Lyon prepare for this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 Europa League draw against Hoffenheim.

In that match, Lyon had 57% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Lyon, goals were scored by Abner (66') and Alexandre Lacazette (93'). For their opponents, 1899 Hoffenheim had 17 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. Valentin Gendrey (47') and Umut Tohumcu (95') scored for Hoffenheim.

In their past 6 games, Pierre Sage's Lyon have netted a combined total of 10 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.67.

Analysis of their past results shows that Lyon:

• are unbeaten in the league by St Etienne in their last 5 games.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

St Etienne

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St Etienne will go into the meeting after a 2-0 Ligue 1 win over Strasbourg in their last match.

In that game, St Etienne had 35% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For St Etienne, the goalscorers were Mickaël Nadé (51') and Ibrahim Sissoko (78'). At the other end, Strasbourg got 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

Illustrating their appetite for productive matches, goals have been celebrated 26 times in the last six matches in which St Etienne have taken to the pitch, giving a mean average of 4.33 goals each meeting. Their opponents have hit 17 of this grand total.

Looking at the pre-match facts, St Etienne:

• have not emerged victorious against Lyon in games played away from home for the previous 8 league games. A very poor set of away results, indeed.
• have not won away from home in their last 7 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 06/10/2019 shows us that Lyon have won 4 of them and St Etienne 1, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

A combined sum of 14 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 11 of them for Lyon and 3 belonging to Les Verts. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 22 on 21/01/2022 when the final score was Lyon 1-0 St Etienne.

On that day, Lyon had 59% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Moussa Dembélé (15').

St Etienne had 4 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Antony Gautier.

ℹ️ Team News: Lyon

We think that Lyon look set to opt for a 4-3-3 system this time, utilising Lucas Perri, A. Maitland-Niles, Duje Caleta-Car, Moussa Niakhate, Nicolas Tagliafico, Jordan Veretout, Maxence Caqueret, Corentin Tolisso, Rayan Cherki, Alexandre Lacazette and Malick Fofana.

🗞️ Team News: St Etienne

It’s our belief that Les Verts seem likely to make use of a 4-1-4-1 formation, starting Gautier Larsonneur, Yvann Macon, Dylan Batubinsika, Mickael Nade, Leo Petrot, Pierre Ekwah, Augustine Boakye, Louis Mouton, Benjamin Bouchouari, Zuriko Davitashvili and Lucas Stassin.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Lyon will probably be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

Conversely, St Etienne could well struggle to score but we do fancy them converting at least once as well.

We can therefore see a fairly comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Lyon at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 19:00 10/11/2024