Olympique Lyonnais vs Lorient betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 16:05 (UTC)
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (59186 seats)

This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, both rise and fall leading to mid-table places so far. Get set for Olympique Lyonnais - Lorient!

Insights:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

This arena uses grass, unlike Lorient's home ground. The previous 39 games by the guests on grass have produced 8 wins, 13 draws and 18 losses.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both participants have had sufficient rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an in-your-face game!

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Olympique Lyonnais have collected 21 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 6-3-3.

Lyon's previous fixture was a Coupe de France game also played at their own arena, ending 2-1 versus Grenoble Foot 38. The home side are looking to build on that result.

In the game before, an away victory in the Ligue 1 match versus Angers SCO with a 3-1 scoreline.

A decent goal production from Olympique Lyonnais in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Olympique Lyonnais have conceded only 10 goals.

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Lorient form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Bris, the Lorient manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Lorient might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Auxerre proved too strong as Lorient slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir. Abergel got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Abergel hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 70 successful passes (of 82 total).

Before that, Lorient secured a home win against Ajaccio with the score 3-0.

Lorient are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 12 away games so far. Lorient struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have fought before this season: Lorient - Lyon 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Olympique Lyonnais wins - draws - Lorient wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LyonA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
14 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
3 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Lorient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Lyonnais Lorient
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 12 25
11 6 0 Won W 0 5 11
5 3 2 Drew D 1 3 6
9 3 1 Lost L 2 4 8
39 19 2 Scored S 4 19 38
28 10 3 Conceded C 7 21 36
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
72% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 76%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 68%
28% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 36%
16% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 12%
64% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 68%
20% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 20%
24% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 8% 20%
 
5.4 6.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.8 4.3
4.1 4.1 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 5.2
1.4 1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.8 1.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14 16.4 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.2 11.6
5.6 5.8 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.2 4.7
28% 27% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 38% 32%
 
10.9 9.9 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 19 17.1 15.5
4.1 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 5.6 5.1
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 25 19 3 3 62 23 12 10 2 0 30 13 13 9 1 3 32 10 39 60
2 Olympique Marseille 25 16 4 5 48 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 12 9 2 1 25 9 23 52
3 Monaco 25 15 5 5 53 34 13 7 2 4 29 22 12 8 3 1 24 12 19 50
4 Lens 25 14 8 3 39 20 12 11 0 1 25 9 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 50
5 Rennes 25 14 4 7 45 28 13 11 0 2 30 10 12 3 4 5 15 18 17 46
6 Lille 25 13 5 7 45 32 13 8 3 2 25 18 12 5 2 5 20 14 13 44
7 Nice 25 11 8 6 33 21 12 5 4 3 16 10 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 41
8 Lorient 25 11 6 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 12 5 3 4 19 21 2 39
9 Olympique Lyonnais 25 11 5 9 39 28 12 6 3 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 38
10 Reims 25 8 13 4 33 26 12 6 4 2 21 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 7 37
11 Toulouse 25 9 5 11 41 45 13 6 4 3 25 20 12 3 1 8 16 25 -4 32
12 Clermont 25 8 7 10 25 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 12 4 4 4 14 13 -9 31
13 Nantes 25 6 10 9 25 30 12 4 5 3 13 12 13 2 5 6 12 18 -5 28
14 Montpellier 25 8 3 14 36 46 13 4 2 7 17 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -10 27
15 Strasbourg 25 4 10 11 30 43 13 2 6 5 16 21 12 2 4 6 14 22 -13 22
16 Auxerre 25 5 6 14 22 48 12 3 4 5 11 20 13 2 2 9 11 28 -26 21
17 Ajaccio 25 6 3 16 20 46 12 3 1 8 9 19 13 3 2 8 11 27 -26 21
18 Brest 25 4 8 13 26 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 13 2 3 8 13 22 -16 20
19 Troyes 25 4 7 14 34 55 12 1 7 4 12 18 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 19
20 Angers SCO 25 2 4 19 21 53 13 1 2 10 14 28 12 1 2 9 7 25 -32 10

Olympique Lyonnais:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 25 19 3 3 62 23 12 10 2 0 30 13 13 9 1 3 32 10 39 60
2 Olympique Marseille 25 16 4 5 48 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 12 9 2 1 25 9 23 52
3 Monaco 25 15 5 5 53 34 13 7 2 4 29 22 12 8 3 1 24 12 19 50
4 Lens 25 14 8 3 39 20 12 11 0 1 25 9 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 50
5 Rennes 25 14 4 7 45 28 13 11 0 2 30 10 12 3 4 5 15 18 17 46
6 Lille 25 13 5 7 45 32 13 8 3 2 25 18 12 5 2 5 20 14 13 44
7 Nice 25 11 8 6 33 21 12 5 4 3 16 10 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 41
8 Lorient 25 11 6 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 12 5 3 4 19 21 2 39
9 Olympique Lyonnais 25 11 5 9 39 28 12 6 3 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 38
10 Reims 25 8 13 4 33 26 12 6 4 2 21 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 7 37
11 Toulouse 25 9 5 11 41 45 13 6 4 3 25 20 12 3 1 8 16 25 -4 32
12 Clermont 25 8 7 10 25 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 12 4 4 4 14 13 -9 31
13 Nantes 25 6 10 9 25 30 12 4 5 3 13 12 13 2 5 6 12 18 -5 28
14 Montpellier 25 8 3 14 36 46 13 4 2 7 17 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -10 27
15 Strasbourg 25 4 10 11 30 43 13 2 6 5 16 21 12 2 4 6 14 22 -13 22
16 Auxerre 25 5 6 14 22 48 12 3 4 5 11 20 13 2 2 9 11 28 -26 21
17 Ajaccio 25 6 3 16 20 46 12 3 1 8 9 19 13 3 2 8 11 27 -26 21
18 Brest 25 4 8 13 26 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 13 2 3 8 13 22 -16 20
19 Troyes 25 4 7 14 34 55 12 1 7 4 12 18 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 19
20 Angers SCO 25 2 4 19 21 53 13 1 2 10 14 28 12 1 2 9 7 25 -32 10

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