Amiens vs Lyon Today’s Football Prediction
Amiens are in the last 16 of this French League Cup Having taken the Metz away from the last round where they won 2-1 the leaders of Ligue 2 who continue making a very solid campaign in the second tier French.
In Ligue 1, Amiens has not dazzled, far from it, is the first team above the water line with 16 points metric.
In a total of 17 games, the record is five wins, one draw and 11 defeats, with 16 goals scored and 30 conceded.
After three consecutive defeats, Amiens breathed a sigh of relief in their last meeting, beating Guingamp 2-1 in a game held about a week and a half ago. The departure of Angers last weekend was delayed.
Having not won Coupe de la Ligue since 2001, Lyon were in the final for the last time in 2014, a year that started the PSG winning cycle in the competition, a cycle that continues to this day. This tie marks the debut of the Genoese team in the current edition of the competition.
Unable to cope with the powerful PSG in the title fight, Lyon’s goal in Ligue 1 is admittedly to finish in 2nd place.
For now, they are in 3rd place with 31 points, three of Lille. In 17 games, Lyon are followed by nine wins, four draws and four defeats, 29/20 in goals.
After a series of four games without a win, where everything was not negative, as ties with Manchester City and Shakhtar Donetsk earned them a UEFA Champions League knockout round tie, Lyon returned to winning ways last Sunday, receiving and thrashing Monaco 3-0.
A game that decides to qualify for the quarter-finals of the League Cup, where Amiens and Lyon will try to continue on the path of victories after having won in the last matches to count for the championship.
They are two teams of different quality, however what to expect from the game is a bit unknown, as both coaches should present some news in the starting lineup, especially Bruno Génésio, who has been facing Mónaco for some time, while Amiens has not played there a week and a half.
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I believe that the best option is therefore to try to exploit the goal market, the Amiens at home can create more difficulties for a Lyon consistently defensively and provide an interesting game where the foreign team can benefit from a more daring stance from Christophe Pélissier’s team to create some scoring opportunities as well.
Prediction of the Day: Over 2.25 goals
Odds: 1.59
