Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Troyes
Match Time & Date:
16/01/2022
17:05
Prediction: 1-2
Lyon
Sunday’s football game at Stade de l’Aube pits together Troyes and Lyon, the two teams with entirely different ambitions in the 2021/2022 season. Troyes aim to both put an end to their three-game winless run and escape the danger zone, while Lyon are eager to keep their Champions League hopes alive. Les Bleus, though, were beaten by Les Gones in each of the previous eight encounters between the two sides, which is the main reason why home win should not be considered.
To make things even worse for the hosts, all Yoann Touzghar, Mama Balde, Rominigue Kouame, and Issa Kabore are on international duty. Lyon, on the other hand, are eyeing their first league win since November 28 when they defeated Montpellier on the road, and they will not have a better chance than this to return to winning ways. Even though all Tino Kadewere, Islam Slimani, and Toko Ekambi are on international duty, we are tempted to put our money on the visitors.
Highlighted Player (Jerome Boateng):
After spending the 2010/2011 season at Manchester City, Jerome Boateng moved to Bayern Munich on 14 July, 2011. The 192-cm-tall defender joined the Bundesliga giants for a fee of €13.5 million and he has been playing for the Bavarians ever since. Despite the fact that his father is Ghanaian, Boateng decided to represent Germany on the international stage.
He has 15 caps for Germany U21 and represented Germany national team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The Bayern Munich defender produced a thrilling performance in the title game, preventing Argentine star Leo Messi from scoring. Boateng won the World Cup trophy with German and it has to be noted that he clinched his fourth Bundesliga title with Bayern Munich in the 2015/2016 season.
In 2013 he helped the mighty Bavarians win the Champions League trophy. Unlike Jerome, his older brother Kevin-Prince Boateng plays for the Ghanaian national team. The Bayern Munich defender has a contract with the Allianz Arena outfit which expires on 30 June, 2012.
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.
