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Olympique Lyonnais and Bayern München meet at TBC (Portugal), in a match for this phase of the UEFA Champions League (Semi ‑ finals). There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played a game in the last 3 years. The last time they met was on 04-27-2010, in a match that ended with the final score: Olympique Lyonnais (0-3) Bayern München. Pay attention to the home factor, as Olympique Lyonnais often achieve different results at home and away.
Olympique Lyonnais:
The home team reaches this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Semi ‑ finals) after having played previous qualifiers with: Manchester City and Juventus. This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games they have registered 9 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats as a visitor, with 34 goals scored and 19 suffered; against 8 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats in their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 16 suffered. Olympique Lyonnais won 2 and drew 2 of their last 4 home matches for the UEFA Champions League.
For this competition, they did not lose any of the last 4 matches at their stadium. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 9 matches, so it has not presented great defensive strength, but its attack has scored regularly, since it has scored goals in 8 of the last 9 matches for this competition. In 9 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Olympique Lyon comes into this game highly motivated, after a great 1-3 win against Manchester City: the team’s goals were scored by Moussa Dembélé (2) and Maxwel Cornet. In the previous round of the Champions League, the French eliminated Juventus. Now, in this semi-final against Bayern Munich, coach Rudi García is expected to play in his usual tactical system, 3-5-2, with Memphis Depay and Toko Ekambi being the team’s forwards: the first player mentioned is the maximum Lyon’s top scorer in this competition, with six goals scored. Midfielder Houssem Aouar is the most important player in Olympique Lyon’s style of play and has great technical quality. There are no major absences for this game.
Bayern München:
Until reaching this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Semi-finals), the visiting team eliminated: Barcelona and Chelsea. This is a team that presents similar results at home and abroad, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 14 wins and 1 loss as a visitor; against 14 victories and 1 draw in his stadium. In the last 5 away games for the UEFA Champions League, Bayern München won 5.
In this competition, they have won the last 9 matches and have not lost any of the last 5 they played as a visitor. His attack has scored regularly as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 9 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency to score goals, as in 23 of their last 26 matches there were Over 1.5 goals and in 21 of the last 26 there were Over 2.5 goals. This is a team that tends to score many times first: it opened the scoring in 7 of its last 9 matches for the UEFA Champions League, of these 7 it reached the break with a lead in 5 and always managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90s ‘.
Bayern Munich comes to this game after a 2-8 victory against Barcelona: the team’s goals were scored by Coutinho (2), Muller (2), Kimich, Perisic, Gnabry and Lewandowski. In the previous round of the Champions League, the Germans eliminated Chelsea. With a superior quality squad, coach Hans-Dieter Flick will have to take a highly offensive team onto the field, exploiting the opponent’s defensive weaknesses to the maximum. The Polish Lewandowski is the great danger in the German attack and is the top scorer, with 14 goals scored. For this game, the German coach has side Pavard in doubt.
Lyon vs Bayern Munich head to head matches
27.04.10 CL Lyon Bayern Munich 0 : 3
21.04.10 CL Bayern Munich Lyon 1 : 0
10.12.08 CL Lyon Bayern Munich 2 : 3
30.09.08 CL Bayern Munich Lyon 1 : 1
05.11.03 CL Bayern Munich Lyon 1 : 2