Olympique Lyonnais and Lorient are both doing (very) nicely in the Ligue 1 with their 6th and 5th positions respectively. Let's hope for a top fixture!
- Olympique Lyonnais have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lorient have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Olympique nor Lorient as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Olympique Lyonnais's stadium, Parc Olympique, has a grass surface. Lorient have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Lorient when playing on grass; 11 wins, 13 draws and 15 losses from 39 matches. They have scored 50 goals in these games and conceded 57.
It's quite the trip for Lorient when visiting Olympique Lyonnais as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Lyonnais at their home stadium (Parc Olympique Lyonnais) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Olympique Lyonnais has recorded two wins in a row here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Olympique Lyonnais's previous game was a Ligue 1 match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Troyes (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Emerson Palmieri, defender, was given a rating of 7.83/10 in that game, top of the team. Palmieri scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Paris Saint Germain (1-2).Olympique are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 14 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew three and lost two.
Goals are plentiful at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the league this season as Olympique Lyonnais has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Olympique defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Lorient form and stats
The visitors are W0-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. Lorient has drawn their two previous away games.
The Lorient goalkeeper Paul Nardi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 245 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Thomas Monconduit scored in Lorient's previous match, the home game against Nice that ended 1-0. Midfield player Laurent Abergel was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Abergel hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Lorient travelled to Reims and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.You'll want to know how Lorient managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and one home win.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lorient have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. In the opposite end, Lorient have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Olympique Lyonnais victories, four draws and three Lorient wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima 4 goals |  M. Dembélé 4 goals |   T. Monconduit 2 goals |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Lorient missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 57% |
| 71% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 43% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 6.1 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.3 | 17.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9.2 | 8.9 |
| 5.9 | 7.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 29% | 34% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 36% |
- All of Olympique Lyonnais's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lorient have yet to win a game away.
- Olympique Lyonnais have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Olympique Lyonnais have not yet lost a game at home.
- Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lorient have scored away.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Angers SCO | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Lens | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Lorient | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Nice | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 8 | Nantes | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Clermont | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Rennes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Monaco | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Lille | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Reims | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Troyes | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Brest | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 19 | Saint-Étienne | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 3 |
| 20 | Metz | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 3 |