Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Bordeaux
Match Time & Date:
05/12/2021
20:45
Prediction: 2-2
Lyon
Bordeaux and Olympique Lyon, the two old rivals, face each other at Stade Matmut Atlantique in the Ligue 1 round 17. Les Girondins aim to escape the relegation zone, but given their poor display in a 5-2 loss to Strasbourg, we do not believe that there is a big value in betting on the home team. All Abdel Medioub, Laurent Koscielny, and Paul Baysse are out of contention with injuries for the home team.
Les Gones, on the other hand, aim to make amends for a shocking 2-1 loss to Reims. Lyon are likely to go for a win in Sunday’s clash, and given their attacking potential, we believe that both teams to score betting option should be considered. All Dinaly Diomande, Leo Dubois, Lenny Pintor, and Jeff Reine-Adelaide are likely to miss the game with injuries for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Mexer):
Edson Andre Sitoe “Mexer”, who was born in Maputo, Mozambique on September 8, 1988, began his senior career at Desportivo Maputo and he scored three goals in 97 appearances for the club. Mexer played for his home-town club from 2006 to 2010 and in the winter of 2010 he joined Portuguese side Sporting for a fee of €173,000.
The Mozambique centre-back was quickly loaned to Olhanense and it has to be noted that he made 39 appearances for the Primeira Liga club in the league. In 2012 he was sold to fellow Portuguese outfit Nacional and after playing 57 league games for the club, Mexer moved to France. The 187-cm-tall footballer signed a contract with Rennes in January, 2014 and he has been playing for les Rouges et Noirs ever since.
Mexer made his debut for Mozambique national team in 2007 and he represented Os Mambas at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. He scored his first goal for Mozambique in a 5-0 win over South Sudan in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Highlighted Team (Lyon):
Commonly referred to as Lyon, Olympique Lyonnais is the French club which play their games at the Parc Olimpique Lyonnais with a capacity just a pinch short of 60,000. Lyon is one of the most popular clubs in France with a vast fan base on par with Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille.
The club achieved moderate success during the 1960s and 1970s led by the likes of Bernard Lacombe and Jean Djorkaeff, while the golden era of the French side came at the start of the new millennium when Lyon began to achieve greater success both in France and on the international level.
It was not until 2002 that Lyon won their first ever Ligue 1 title which sparked an ongoing national record-breaking streak of seven successive titles. During that time Lyon were regular participants of the UEFA Champions League. The French club reached quarter-finals on two occasions, while they even played in the semi-finals in the 2009-10 season.
