Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lyon
Match Time & Date:
16/02/2024
02:00 PM
Prediction: 2-2
Nice
All eyes will be on Parc Olympique Lyonnais when Lyon and Nice square off against each other in the opening match of the Ligue 1 round 22. Les Gones are eyeing their fourth consecutive win in all competitions, but this game will be anything but a walk in the park for Pierre Sage’s troops. Corentin Tolisso limped off with injury in the last league match, with Orel Mangala likely to step up. Jake O’Brien serves a one-game ban due to the accumulation of yellow cards.
Les Aiglons, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-2 loss to Monaco, but despite the defeat, they are still sitting in second place in the standings. Anyhow, both teams to score betting option should be considered as both Lyon and Nice have been involved in some high-scoring games of late. Centre-back Dante is banned for the visiting side, while midfielder Sofiane Diop has yet to overcome a foot injury.
Highlighted Player (Youcef Atal):
The Boghni born Algerian started playing football at the age of ten when he joined CR Belouizdinad's youth academy in 2006. His decade long youth career saw him feature for other more Algerian teams before signing a professional contract with the last one, namely Paradou AC, in 2015.
Atal, who predominantly plays as a right-back, made his first professional appearance on the 9th of January 2016, playing in Paradou's 3-0 over CR Beni Thour in the Coupe d'Algerie. His performances during his 17/18 loan spell at Belgian Club Kortrijk earned him a move to France with OGC Nice in 2018.
At Nice, the 23-year-old has become a valuable first-team player and is on a five-year contract expiring in 2023. On the International stage, Atal has capped 14 times for Algeria, making his debut on the 6th of June, 2017, in a friendly against Guinea.
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.
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