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From the championship candidate to the crisis team – that’s how fast it can be. At the start of the season, the “Gones” from Lyon set off with a remarkable start to the season, but have since not really convinced. The continuing crisis of form also had human impact: Sylvinho had to leave after only eleven games as a trainer of Lyon his place.
The Brazilian put in the “Gones” the worst season start of the last 25 years. As a successor, Rudi Garcia, former coach of the Olympique Marseille, was presented a few weeks ago. Unlike Sylvinho, Garcia has plenty of experience in the coaching business and is therefore seen as a glimmer of hope at this year’s Lyon squad.
Rudi Garcia started as a coach of Olympique Lyon with two winless competitive games, which the euphoria after the coaching change quickly fizzled. With three wins in a row, including the home win over Benfica in the Champions League, Garcia let his critics fall silent again. Before the international break, the winning streak of the “Gones” of Olympique Marseille was ended.
Lyon are playing Nice this weekend. According to the quotas, the “Gones” are favorite in front of a home crowd. With a home win “OL” wants to minimize the gap to the international starting positions and refuel before the important CL duel against Zenit St. Petersburg neat self-confidence. It is recommended that at Lyon against Nice a forecast on the home team always.
Lyon:
In the “Choc des Olympiques” the winning streak of Olympique Lyon was last completed. Marseille won 2-1 and missed the former coach Garcia his second defeat as new coach of Lyon. After the international break, it is now with the home game against Nice on, in which Olympique Lyon can move up with a home victory to two points to the international starting places.
In the match of the two table neighbors, the strong offensive from Lyon will have to adjust to the defensive stronghold of Nice. Last season, Lyon failed to score in both matches against Nice. So far, the new offensive of the “Gones” was by no means in bad shape.
With 20 goals in 13 Ligue 1 games Lyon is currently the third strongest offensive in the French upper house. Only PSG can beat the strong goal of “OL”. In contrast to the previous year, when Lyon was one of the league’s strongest league teams, Lyon have been home four times at home this season. With a home win over Metz (2: 0), however, the crisis of form ended.
So far, Garcia masters the break in the squad of “Gones” pretty well. Lyon recently played a lot freer and had strong offensive approaches. If the form continues, it is only a matter of time until Lyon joins the top teams in Ligue 1 in the table.
With Memphis Depay, Houssem Aouar and Fernando Marcal, three players will be injured on Saturday night due to injury. Above all, the losses of key players such as Depay and Aouar are painful in this context, when considering what a special role the two players occupy in the squad.
Nice:
So far, Nice is not really getting going this season. The team around the former French international Patrick Vieira put in compared to the previous year not just a promising start to the season and is now ranked on the 13th place in the table. So far, however, the “Aiglons” have consistently struggled with failures.
So Vieira had to change a lot, especially in the otherwise strong defensive. In the meantime, even youth player Andy Pelmard was raised to the first team. After his strong performances, the 19-year-old got a new contract and is now an integral part of the professional team.
In the away game in Lyon Patrick Vieira will not be able to draw on the full again. With Racine Coly, Alexis Claude Maurice and Ibrahim Cisse missing three players in the match against the table neighbors. While failures of additional players like Coly and Cisse are to be overcome, Vieira will probably have to replace the winger Claude Maurice again with Ganago.
Most recently, Nice was unbeaten two times in a row and was able to end the defeat series. The interim half-time lead in the second round could not be defended on the last match day, which is why the “Aiglons” scored only one point against Bordeaux. Compared to the quite strong home performances were the ideas in the foreign rather scanty.
The last four away games were all lost. Therefore, much speaks not for an away win of the “Aiglons”, which is why despite high Lyon against Nice odds of a forecast on Nice rather discouraged.
Lyon vs Nice head to head matches
10.02.19 L1 Nice Lyon 1 : 0
31.08.18 L1 Lyon Nice 0 : 1
19.05.18 L1 Lyon Nice 3 : 2
26.11.17 L1 Nice Lyon 0 : 5
20.05.17 L1 Lyon Nice 3 : 3