Lyon vs PSG
France Ligue 1
Date: Sunday 22nd September 2019
Kick off at 20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
Venue: Stade Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon).
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Lyon finished third in Ligue 1 last season, with a total of 72 points saw them end the campaign three points clear of second-placed Lille. Les Gones won 21 of their 38 league games last season - suffered eight defeats - to book their place in the group stage of the Champions League.
Sylvinho side open their European campaign with a draw against Zenit modest home on Tuesday night. Sardar Azmoun really sent the Russian side ahead in the latter stages of the first period, but Memphis Depay equalized from the penalty spot in the 51st minute.
Lyon also has been indifferent at the early stages of the new Ligue 1 campaign, winning just two of their five games to sit eighth in the table. Seven-time French champions opened with a win back-to-back over Monaco and Angers without conceding before suffering a 1-0 loss at Montpellier.
Sylvinho's side have drawn their last two against Bordeaux and Amiens, but they are only four points behind the league leaders PSG, who had been defeated in the early stages of the 2019-20 campaign.
Lyon also recorded a 2-1 victory over the French champions in their last meeting earlier this year, while they have not lost a league fixture at home to the giant capital since November 2016, which is an indication of the task facing the side of Thomas Tuchel at Groupama Stadium.
There is not too much confidence surrounding PSG on Wednesday night when they entered the clash with Madrid without Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, and Edinson Cavani. This is a good view of the host, though, with Angel Di Maria scored before Thomas Meunier added a late third goal.
The French champions opened their 2019-20 Ligue 1 campaign with a 3-0 win over Nimes on August 11 before suffering a shock defeat at Rennes a week later. Tuchel's side have bounced back impressively, though, to win their last three on the board of France against Toulouse, Metz and Strasbourg.
last weekend's clash with Strasbourg is actually very close to finishing 0-0, only for Neymar to come up with a spectacular late winner. Brazil booed by PSG fans following a summer of transfer speculation, but there is no question that he's made a big difference to the team.
Tuchel would expect that key players can work together this season, and Mbappe should be available to return from a hamstring problem this weekend in what will be a huge boost for the visitors.
PSG have found it difficult in the two their last trip to Lyon in Ligue 1 - suffering back-to-back defeats - but both teams have a midweek match, and a draw against Zenit means that Lyon is without a win since 16 August when they hit Angers 6 -0 in front of their own supporters.
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No other team has beaten more often PSG in Ligue 1 from Lyon in the era of Qatar since August 2011.
Lyon have won four of the last six games at home Ligue 1 match them against Paris Saint-Germain, having won just one of their previous five.
Lyon are without a win in its last three Ligue 1 matches them having won their previous five.
PSG have won six of their eight Ligue 1 matches after winning just one of their previous six. Les Parisiens have won the last three Ligue 1 games, the best run as it is now in the top flight along with Marseille and Nantes.
Lyon have lost one of their last 12 home matches in the league - scored in each match.
Lyon vs PSG Predictions
Lyon will up their game and be strong for this match. However, the concern here is that they conceded too many goals.
PSG will take a lot of the last goal Neymar, and in the Champions League in midweek they beat the mighty Real Madrid 3-0 in Paris. That belief seems to have been restored and they can start this game raring to go, rather than feel intimidated like in the last game that's why we think that PSG can take all advantage and get the win.
Since this is the beginning of the game as the season, we should expect to see an open game and attacking one and we hope to see some goals as a result.
Lyon vs PSG Betting Tips
Both teams have played a lot of games in the history of Head-to-Head of them recently. The last time the two teams faced each other, the match was won by Lyon 2: 1. We usually see a lot of goals scored in their duel. In fact, we have seen both teams scoring in three of the previous five games. PSG started the season in a good way because they have 12 points from five games played. Paris has conceded 2 and scored 11 goals this season. On the other hand, Lyon have eight points from five games and their goal difference is 12: 4. They have scored 12 goals or two per game. By looking at all this, I see PSG win this one in front of Lyon supporters, because of the lack of quality with their rivals.
