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Olympique Lyonnais Sochaux betting prediction


Betting suggestion:

The most likely scenario for this match is that Olympique Lyon will win by a few goals. As they have a squad with more individual values, the home team should dominate and have the best chances to score goals, setting aside any eventual surprise on the part of their opponent. Sochaux should play a more defensive game, however, with difficulties in implementing their counterattacks. Having said that and taking into account these factors, betting in favor of the "AH Olympique Lyon -1.5" is the best option.
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Preview
Olympique Lyonnais and Sochaux meet at Groupama OL Academy Décines‑Charpieu, in a match for this stage of the Coupe de France (16th Finals). There is no recent record of official head‑to‑heads between these two teams. The last head‑to‑head was played on 11‑01‑2014 and ended with the final score: Olympique Lyonnais (2‑0) Sochaux. In this match the home advantage may play an important role, since Sochaux presents significant differences between home and away performances.

Analysis Lyon

The home team comes to this stage of the Coupe de France (16th Finals) after a home win by (5‑1) against Ajaccio. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss in away matches, with 30 goals scored and 14 conceded; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 34 goals scored and 13 conceded. In their last match, for the Ligue 1, they got a home win against Rennes by (1‑0). In the last 10 home matches Olympique Lyonnais has won 7, tied 1 and lost 2. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 13 of the last 19 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. They have been able to score first and have done so in 12 of the last 15 matches, they have reached half‑time in advantage in 9 of those 12 matches and have held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in 10 of them. In the last 17 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 5 of their 14 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

The Olympique Lyon team enters this match with a 1-0 victory against Rennes, thus registering the third straight match without losing in official matches: the only goal of the match was signed by Houssem Aouar. In the last match in the French Cup, the home team beat Ajaccio by 5-1. In this home match, coach Rudi Garcia should play in 4-3-3 favoring attacking football, taking advantage of the defensive difficulties of the visiting team: Memphis Depay will be the most advanced man in the Olympique Lyon team. As can be seen, the home team has great quality in attack, especially in offensive set plays and counterattacks. All players are available for this match.

Confirmed Lineup: Julian Pollersbeck, Mattia De Sciglio, Sinaly Diomande, Djamel Benlamri, Melvin Bard, Bruno Guimarães, Houssem Aouar, Lucas Paquetá, Islam Slimani, Maxwel Cornet, Rayan Cherki.
Coach: P. Rodrigues Fonseca.

Analysis Sochaux

The away team comes to this stage of the Coupe de France (16th Finals) after havinf played in the previous rounds against: Saint‑Étienne and Nancy. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses in away matches, with 19 goals scored and 9 conceded; against 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 20 goals scored and 16 conceded. In their last match, for the Ligue 2, they got an away win against Niort by (1‑3). In the last 10 away matches Sochaux has won 5, tied 3 and lost 2. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 18 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 12 out of 18 have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 5 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

Sochaux's team starts this match with a triumph, by 1-3, on the trip to Niort, in a match for the French second division: the goals of the team were stamped by Steve Ambri, Gaëtan Weissbeck and Adama Niane. It should be noted that the visitors managed to beat Saint-Étienne in the last round of this competition. Usually coach Omar Daf opts for a more direct style of play, using the side aisles to create danger to the opponent. It is important to remember that this team has some difficulty in offensive and defensive set plays, defensive transition and aerial game. Yann Kitala is out of this match due to injury.

Confirmed Lineup: Mehdi Jeannin, Abdallah Ndour, Johan Martial, Christophe Diedhiou, Pape Paye, Younes Kaabouni, Gaetan Weissbeck, Bryan Soumaré, Ousseynou Thioune, Fabien Ourega, Steve Ambri.
Coach: O. Daf.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Lyon vs Sochaux match, on 6 March 2021, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy US, goes to: Asian Handicap, Lyon -1.5 ⇒ bet available on 10bet.

The Lyon vs Sochaux on 6 March 2021 will be played at Decines-Charpieu, Groupama OL Academy Décines-Charpieu.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Betting Academy US, for the Lyon Sochaux match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Lyon at with 98% of the tips.

 

Coupe de France - 2020/2021

  • 100% 173 / 173 Games

  • Home team wins 41.04%
  • Draws 5.2%
  • Away team wins 53.76%
  • Over 1.5 69.94%
  • Over 2.5 45.66%
  • Over 3.5 28.9%
  • Goals 445
  • Goals /match 2.57
  • Goals /match home 1.21
  • Goals /match away 1.36
  • Both teams score 41.62%
  • Goals after 80' 16.4%
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