Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Stade Velodrome will host a postponed Ligue 1 derby between Marseille and Lyon. OM aim to build on a 2-0 win over Rennes and they are seen as hot favourites to beat les Gones in front of home fans. Piere-Emerick Aubameyang should keep his place up front after scoring the opener at the weekend, while Iliman Ndiaye misses out through suspension. Both Joaquin Correa and Valentin Rongier continue to miss out with injuries.
Lyon, on the other hand, are having a season to forget as they are sitting in the rock-bottom position with only seven points on their account. Given their dreadful away record, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the hosts, who aim to keep their Champions League hopes alive. As for the away team, all Remy Riou, Corentin Tolisso, and Johann Lepenant are out of contention with injuries, while forward Tino Kadewere is pushing for a start.
Highlighted Player (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang):
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the most famous Gabonese player and he is the first footballer from Gabon to appear in Bundesliga. Aubameyang played for the likes of Dijon, Lille, Monaco and St. Etienne in the past before joining Borussia Dortmund on July, 2013. The pacey attacker signed a five-year contract with the Millionaires and he has been producing outstanding performances with the Signal-Iduna-Park outfit ever since.
Aubameyang impressed in the 2015–16 Bundesliga, scoring 25 goals in 31 appearances for Borussia Dortmund, but that did not help Thomas Tuchel’s men win the domestic trophy. Speaking of his international career, the 187-cm-tall striker made his Gabon debut on 25 March, 2009 and he scored his first goal for the national team in a 3-2 win over Morocco.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped Gabon make it to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. It has to be noted, though, that he played for France U-21 team in the past. Aubameyang was born in Laval, France on 18 June, 1989.
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.