Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Ajaccio will look to put an end to their three-game losing run when they face Olympique Lyon in the Ligue 1 round 20. The relegation strugglers do not seem to be at their sharpest, and it is no wonder the bookies see them as underdogs in Sunday’s clash. Since Ajaccio experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 7-1 loss to Monaco before the Coupe de France break, home win should not be considered.
To make things even worse for the home side, all Marchetti, Hamouma, Touzhar, Kone, Coutadeur, Spadanuda, and Barreto are out of contention with injuries. Les Gones, on the other hand, failed to win the previous three league fixtures, but we predict that they will take advantage of Ajaccio’s shaky defence this weekend. Goalkeeper Julian Pollersbeck remains on the sidelines with injury, speaking of the away team.
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.