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Lyon vs Lille Prediction & Betting tips
Only four teams are left in France’s second most important national cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue. If the competition had not had a very good reputation so far, the remaining teams should be a bit more motivated than usual this time. After all, the 26th edition of the Coupe de la Ligue is definitely the last. At the beginning of the season, it was decided to cancel the competition from the coming season in favor of a leaner schedule.
On the one hand, it is the last chance for Lyon to add a second to the Coupe de la Ligue, which was won only in 2001. On the other hand, the LOSC has the chance to anchor its name in the closing history books and become the 17th team to win the cup.
At Lyon against Lille, the odds of bookmakers clearly move towards the home side, whose home advantage is extremely considerable. “Les Dogues” have to go around 700 kilometers to the south for this game at the Groupama Stadium.
To make matters worse, the incumbent runner-up has mostly been desolate away from home. LOSC lost seven of the ten away games in Ligue 1, which is not insignificant for the forecast against Lyon against Lille.
“Les Gones” were not always easy at home, but with a total of four wins in a row they also bring the greater momentum. So at Lyon against Lille we think tip 1 is the most sensible bet.
Lyon:
For the last time, Olympique Lyon was in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue in 2014. Although today’s Arsenal superstar Alexandre Lacazette still scored for “Les Gones” at the time, the 1-2 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain was not enough for the second triumph in this competition.
Now title number two, which might have to lead again via PSG, would be a good fit for Rudi Garcia’s team. After all, winning the title entitles you to participate in the group stage of the Europa League, which would be more than the seven-time French champion currently has to offer about the league.
Only the seventh place in the current Ligue 1 table is for the third of the previous season, who is thus far from again participating in the Champions League. Seven points are missing in third position, which would be necessary for the qualification.
Speaking of the premier class: OL also got there with a fist when it came to drawing the round of 16. “Les Gones” moved Juventus Turin and, as a blatant outsider, are led into the group of the top eight teams on their first move in ten years. Back in the 2009/10 season, the trip ultimately even reached the semi-finals.
The start of the southern French in 2020 is all the better. OL has had to play four competitive games so far. There are four victories. The Garcia squad won both games in the Coupe de France, where they will go away at OGC Nice next Wednesday in the round of 16 next Wednesday and secured their way into the semi-final of the Coupe de la Ligue with a 3-1 home win over Stade Brest.
Added to this is the important 2-1 away win at Girondins de Bordeaux in league operations. A result with which “Les Gones” climbed massively in the table. After only one disappointing twelfth place after the first round of Ligue 1, OL was only seventh only one matchday later.
At Lyon against Lille, the bookmakers’ odds indicate that victory number five could jump out in the fifth competitive game of 2020, which would also be remarkable given the recent personnel setback. After all, with Memphis Depay at the end of December one of the absolute top performers of OL was injured so badly that the Dutchman should also miss the EURO 2020.
Now there are two matches ahead of Lille and Toulouse in this English week, in which “Les Gones” also want to get back some of the lost home strength. At Groupama Stadium, there were only six goals conceded in nine games in Ligue 1, but only three of these nine games were won (two draws, four defeats). That gives OL 18th place in the home table.
Lille:
Lille is clearly lagging behind the strong form of the previous season. After the footballers from the north of France ended the 2018/19 season with the runner-up and returned to the Champions League, only fifth place in Ligue 1 is currently booked.
This would not make it possible to qualify again for international competition. Anyway, “Les Dogues” didn’t cut a good figure there this season. Without a single win, the four-time French champion was eliminated as group bottom in Group H of the premier class with only one point.
Thus, for Christophe Galtier’s group, the way into international show business could also be via one of the two cup competitions. In the Coupe de France, the LOSC won on Saturday with the fifth division ESM Gonfreville. The mastiff remained lucky afterwards. Next week in the round of 16 it goes away to the fourth division SAS Épinal.
The recent away win may have been good for the broken confidence. Especially in the distance, almost nothing was going on with the country’s current runner-up in the current season. The Galtier team only won a single three out of ten away games in Ligue 1 (two draws, seven defeats). But of all people here at the Groupama Stadium.
Accordingly, “Les Dogues” embark on the long journey south. An away win at OL and the traditional club, which once became the first official French champion of all time in 1933, would have the chance to be immortalized in this competition at the last possible opportunity.
The LOSC has never won the Coupe de la Ligue before. The mastiffs only reached the final in 2016, but were defeated there by record winner Paris Saint-Germain with 1: 2.
Should the tip for the second final entry at Lyon against Lille come up, it could also go against PSG again. A match that the Galtier troops are already dealing with these days.
After all, “Les Dogues” ask the reigning national champions to dance in Ligue 1 on Sunday. After two defeats in series in league operations, the reigning runner-up is under pressure, which is why it should be one of the options to spare one or the other regular player in the Coupe de la Ligue.
Given that with two wins, the potentially easiest re-qualification for international competition can be achieved here, we do not believe that Christophe Galtier is seriously considering this.
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