Lyon vs Amiens
French Ligue 1
Date: Wednesday, 5th February 2020
Kick off at 18:00 UK/ 19:00 CET
Venue: Groupama Stadium (Lyon).
Olympique Lyonnais have a strong start to 2020 with seven consecutive wins, but the team last weekend Rudi Garcia went to visit Olympique Nice. Thursday, Allianz Riviera still won 2-1 in the eighth finals of the Coupe de France, but les Gones had a difficult time in the competition. In the first half it was 1-1 and both teams only ten on the field, the situation with the Nice Olympique managed to get along better in the second half. Although the eighth loss of the season, Olympique Lyonnais still share the sixth place, but the backlog in third place, which is good to participate in the preliminary round of the Champions League at the end of the season, has now increased to eight points.
In the competition, les Gones must not have in-house performance this season. Although Garcia team collected just six hits in the home, there are only fourteen goals, half of them in the first two home games this season. In the last four home games in all competitions, the team from Lyon scored at least twice. Striker Moussa Dembele also in the form of blood and winter acquisition Karl-Shop Ekambi make a good impression, so most likely the home team will score on Wednesday night at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.
Amiens:
With five defeats and two draws in the last seven games, Amiens did not leave a good impression in recent weeks. Saturday, Licornes class somewhat better at home than Toulouse, but disappointingly it was scored with a score of 0-0, which means that the number 18 of Ligue 1 could not give any distance away from the last place. Because Nîmes Olympique, number nineteen in the rankings, win, lead les Licornes in nineteenth place is just a point and therefore Elsner team seems increasingly in danger of relegation.
Just as Olympique Lyonnais should not be at home this season, as well as Amiens. Tim Elsner achieved only thirteen points at home, but do even worse in the away games with just six points from eleven away games. The last five away matches in Ligue 1 all lost by at least two goals, but in four of five games, the team Elsner also scored. On the offensive side seems to be good at Amiens, who hit the target 24 times this season, but on the defensive side seems too bright team this season for Ligue 1.
Prediction
On paper, Lyon have to run this game, but their poor home record and a spate of injuries could make the three points are much more complicated affair than the hosts would prefer.
Amiens won the important points to keep at arm's length Toulouse last weekend, and will be happy with the same result here, but may find it harder going against the Lyon team that rarely failed to score.
Prediction: Lyon 2 1 Amiens
