Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lyon
Match Time & Date:
03/09/2023
20:45
Prediction: 1-2
PSG
The ground at Parc Olympique Lyonnais will shake when Lyon and PSG square off against each other in the Ligue 1 derby. Les Gones are no longer considered one of the teams to beat in the French top flight, with the team collecting only one point in total this term. Since Lyon were more than fortunate not to suffer a loss at Nice (0-0) on Matchday 3, home win should not be considered. To make things even worse for the home side, key attacker Alexandre Lacazette remains on the sidelines through suspension.
Les Parisiens, on the other hand, proved their worth in a 3-1 win over Lens, with Kylian Mbappe scoring a brace. As fellow attackers Marco Asencio and Ousmane Dembele are fit for Sunday’s clash as well, we are tempted to put our money on the title holders. All Goncalo Ramos, Lee, Bernat, Mendes, Mukiele, Rico, and Kimpembe are injured for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Kylian Mbappé):
Kylian Mbappe is a French footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain as a forward. The French rising star began his youth career at AS Bondy and in 2013 he moved to AS Monaco. After making 12 appearances for Monaco B, Kylian Mbappe made his debut for the senior team in 2015. Mbappe quickly established himself as a regular goalscorer, with the teenager finding the net 15 times in 29 appearances in the Ligue 1 in the 2016/2017 season.
In 2017 he moved to fellow French club PSG on loan, with the option of making the deal permanent. Kylian Mbappe scored 13 goals in 27 appearances for les Parisiens in the 2017/2018 and it has to be noted that Unai Emery’s troops eventually won the national championship.
Speaking of his international career, Mbappe played an important role for France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals, with the pacey rising star scoring a brace in a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina in the last 16 of the showpiece tournament. The PSG attacker was born in Paris on December 20, 1998.
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.
