Olympique Lyonnais vs Paris Saint Germain: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 09.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (59186 seats)

This is shaping out to be an appealing fixture as Olympique Lyonnais have their supposed home advantage, while Paris Saint Germain are in front by 22 points in the Ligue 1 table.

Insights:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (39) in Ligue 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Olympique Lyonnais have collected 16 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 4-4-1. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Lyon.

The spoils were shared in Lyon's previous game, also at home. Visiting Metz (placed 18th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Midfield player Guimarães got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Guimarães hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 64 successful passes (of 74 total).

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Lille the opponent.

The Lyon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Lyon have conceded 11 goals.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Paris Saint Germain have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 6-3-1 from 10 games. In general it has been a productive period now for PSG as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

It's the second away game in a row for Paris Saint Germain, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Vannes in the Coupe de France last time out. As you can tell from the results above, Paris Saint Germain was very dominant against Vannes, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Mbappé (3) and Kimpembe providing the goals. Mbappé certainly enjoyed PSG's last game versus Vannes, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory. Attacker Mbappé got a player rating of 9.23 in the game. "Man of the match" Mbappé scored three goals and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

Before that, PSG travelled to Lorient and returned home with a draw after the Ligue 1 game finished 1-1.

The travelling fans enjoy PSG's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, PSG have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the squads played each other previously this campaign; Paris Saint Germain - Olympique Lyonnais 2-1. Olympique Lyonnais-Paris Saint Germain H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Olympique Lyonnais three wins, Paris Saint Germain six wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
9 goals
LyonL. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima
6 goals
Olympique LyonnaisK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
5 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Olympique Lyonnais Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 2 10 19
6 4 1 Won W 1 6 14
7 4 0 Drew D 1 3 4
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
26 17 2 Scored S 5 18 39
26 11 0 Conceded C 3 11 17
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 89%
56% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 58%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 32%
17% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 16%
72% 89% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 63%
22% 11% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 32%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 16%
 
5.2 6.1 2 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.8 5
5.1 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.5 5.2
2.1 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.8
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13.9 15.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 13.9 14.1
4.5 5.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.9 4.9
32% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 41%
 
13.9 11.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 13.2 12
5.6 4.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.9
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Olympique Lyonnais's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most points (21) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most points from losing position (17) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (18) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (39) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+22) in Ligue 1

  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 19 14 4 1 39 17 9 8 1 0 21 6 10 6 3 1 18 11 22 46
2 Nice 19 10 4 5 29 17 10 4 3 3 14 12 9 6 1 2 15 5 12 33
3 Olympique Marseille 18 9 6 3 26 15 10 4 4 2 16 10 8 5 2 1 10 5 11 33
4 Rennes 19 9 4 6 34 18 10 6 1 3 19 8 9 3 3 3 15 10 16 31
5 Montpellier 19 9 4 6 33 24 10 6 2 2 19 10 9 3 2 4 14 14 9 31
6 Monaco 19 8 5 6 29 23 10 5 3 2 19 11 9 3 2 4 10 12 6 29
7 Nantes 19 8 4 7 25 23 9 5 1 3 14 10 10 3 3 4 11 13 2 28
8 Lille 19 7 7 5 26 26 9 4 4 1 11 10 10 3 3 4 15 16 0 28
9 Lens 19 7 6 6 33 28 9 4 4 1 18 9 10 3 2 5 15 19 5 27
10 Strasbourg 18 7 5 6 34 24 10 5 2 3 23 12 8 2 3 3 11 12 10 26
11 Angers SCO 19 6 7 6 26 27 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 2 6 2 14 15 -1 25
12 Brest 19 6 7 6 26 28 9 3 3 3 13 13 10 3 4 3 13 15 -2 25
13 Olympique Lyonnais 18 6 7 5 26 26 9 4 4 1 17 11 9 2 3 4 9 15 0 24
14 Reims 19 5 8 6 22 22 9 3 3 3 11 10 10 2 5 3 11 12 0 23
15 Troyes 19 4 5 10 18 28 10 2 4 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 7 16 -10 17
16 Clermont 18 4 5 9 20 32 8 2 3 3 10 11 10 2 2 6 10 21 -12 17
17 Bordeaux 19 3 8 8 30 43 10 1 4 5 15 20 9 2 4 3 15 23 -13 17
18 Metz 19 3 7 9 23 39 9 1 4 4 14 19 10 2 3 5 9 20 -16 16
19 Lorient 19 3 7 9 15 31 9 3 3 3 8 9 10 0 4 6 7 22 -16 16
20 Saint-Etienne 19 2 6 11 17 40 10 1 4 5 10 21 9 1 2 6 7 19 -23 12

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.