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Caen and Lyon meet at the Stade Michel d’Ornano in a match for the 20th round of Ligue 1. Lyon won at home (2-0) last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 19-08- 2016. The record of recent direct clashes favors the visiting team, who in the last 5 matches has won 4 and lost 1. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 19th and 4th of the overall standings, in fact this is A confrontation between the 11º classified in games in house and the 3º like visitor.
Caen
The home team is currently in 19th place with 18 points earned after 5 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, won at home to Metz by (3-0). In the last match, lost out to Monaco by (2-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, having achieved 17 points in their stadium, with 14 goals scored and 14 conceded, against 1 point away, where he scored 6 goals and suffered 18. In the last game he played for the Coupe de France , Won the Ste Geneviève SP out by (0-3). In the last 9 home games for the league, Caen has 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, having seized 17 points out of 27. In the matches played in his championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 4 of his 9 matches. The team allowed their opponents to score in 8 of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they have managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 18 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. In the last 11 home games in all competitions there are 1 highlights: he scored 5 of his 14 goals in minutes (31’-45 ‘).
The Caen team arrives at this game with a victory at the Geneviève by 0-3, in a match in the 32nd finals of the French Cup: goals were scored by Rodelin (2 goals) and Santini. In this home game, coach Patrice Garande should keep the team 5-4-1 to the advantage of the defensive organization and the counterattacks, exploring the best of the opponent’s defensive line. Ivan Santini is the great highlight of the home team with 8 goals and 1 assist. For this game the coach can not count on Delaplace, Voisin and Malbranque, injured, in addition to Youssef, player that dispute the CAN.
Lyon
The visiting team is currently in 4th place with 34 points, after 11 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he won off to Monaco by (1-3). In the last match, won at home to Angers by (2-0). This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it has achieved similar results at home and abroad. The team arrives in this match after a home win with Montpellier by (5-0). In the championship, Lyon won 16 points in 27 chances, after 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in the last 9 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, it registers a sequence of 4 victories in the last games like visitor. His attack has marked regularly, since he has managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 18 games in this competition, only got 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The visiting team arrives at this game with a 5-0 win at home against Montpellier, adding to their third consecutive win in official matches: goals were scored by Cornet (2 goals), Fekir, Lacazette and Diakhaby. Usually coach Bruno Genésio started off with a 4-4-2 lineup and took advantage of the ball and the attacks mainly through the wings: Valbuena is in charge of the game. However, Lacazette is Lyon’s leading scorer with 13 goals scored. It seems that the visiting coach can not rely solely on Tolisso because of injury.
Prediction: Lyon Win @ 1.90