Olympique Lyonnais welcomes Montpellier as clear favourites: Big betting preview

Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: sø 17.mars
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Groupama Stadium

Olympique Lyonnais perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Montpellier can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Olympique Lyonnais have less rest than Montpellier in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Olympique Lyonnais has performed well at Groupama Stadium so far this season with 9 wins from 14 matches. Points have also been lost, 3 after draws and 2 from defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Groupama Stadium.

In their previous game, the manager B. Génésio led his Olympique Lyonnais to a defeat in the Champions League match away at Barcelona. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Groupama Stadium. 2-2 away at Strasbourg before that.

A decent goal production from Olympique Lyonnais in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 28 matches. Olympique Lyonnais have only conceded 11 in these games.

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Montpellier form and stats

Montpellier delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Angers SCO in their previous match; a Ligue 1 game. Prior to that result Montpellier won their away game at Bordeaux. The scoreline was 2-1.

Montpellier are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 28 games. Montpellier have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Montpellier - Olympique Lyonnais 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Olympique Lyonnais, 4 draws and 1 win for Montpellier.

Top Goalscorers

M. Dembélé
11 goals / 3 assists
A. Delort
10 goals / 6 assists
G. Laborde
10 goals / 3 assists

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Montpellier missing players

Over Olympique Lyonnais (28 played) Montpellier (28 played)
Over 0.5 100% 89%
Over 1.5 82% 75%
Over 2.5 50% 46%
Over 3.5 29% 21%
Over 4.5 14% 7%
Stat Olympique Lyonnais (28 played) Montpellier (28 played)
BTTS 54% 54%
CS 25% 36%
FTS 21% 21%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 27 24 2 1 83 15 14 14 0 0 50 5 13 10 2 1 33 10 68 74
2 Lille 28 17 6 5 45 23 14 9 4 1 26 9 14 8 2 4 19 14 22 57
3 Olympique Lyonnais 28 14 8 6 47 33 14 9 3 2 26 11 14 5 5 4 21 22 14 50
4 Olympique Marseille 28 14 5 9 44 35 14 9 3 2 25 9 14 5 2 7 19 26 9 47
5 Reims 28 10 13 5 30 27 14 6 6 2 16 11 14 4 7 3 14 16 3 43
6 Saint-Étienne 28 12 7 9 36 34 14 9 2 3 24 12 14 3 5 6 12 22 2 43
7 Montpellier 28 10 12 6 38 31 14 5 6 3 22 15 14 5 6 3 16 16 7 42
8 Rennes 27 11 7 9 38 35 14 7 4 3 21 13 13 4 3 6 17 22 3 40
9 Nice 28 11 7 10 20 28 13 7 2 4 11 11 15 4 5 6 9 17 -8 40
10 Strasbourg 28 9 11 8 43 33 14 5 6 3 22 16 14 4 5 5 21 17 10 38
11 Nîmes 27 10 6 11 38 40 13 5 4 4 18 13 14 5 2 7 20 27 -2 36
12 Angers SCO 28 8 11 9 33 33 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 3 6 5 15 18 0 35
13 Bordeaux 28 8 9 11 27 30 14 6 5 3 19 15 14 2 4 8 8 15 -3 33
14 Nantes 27 8 7 12 31 34 13 5 4 4 22 15 14 3 3 8 9 19 -3 31
15 Toulouse 28 7 10 11 27 42 14 3 7 4 15 18 14 4 3 7 12 24 -15 31
16 Amiens SC 28 8 4 16 24 43 14 6 1 7 16 19 14 2 3 9 8 24 -19 28
17 Monaco 28 6 9 13 29 44 15 3 5 7 15 25 13 3 4 6 14 19 -15 27
18 Dijon 28 5 6 17 21 45 14 3 3 8 11 24 14 2 3 9 10 21 -24 21
19 Caen 28 3 11 14 23 39 14 2 5 7 12 18 14 1 6 7 11 21 -16 20
20 Guingamp 28 4 7 17 18 51 14 2 4 8 11 21 14 2 3 9 7 30 -33 19

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