Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Hoffenheim
Match Time & Date:
23/10/2018
03:00 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Olympique Lyon
Hoffenheim were on the verge of sharing the spoils with star-studded Manchester City in their second group game, but the Citizens eventually scored the winner in the dying minutes of the game. The Bundesliga side are eager to record their first win of the process, but they will have to be at their sharpest in Tuesday’s football match if they are to give fans some cheer. Olympique Lyon did well to beat Pep Guardiola’s troops at Etihad Stadium in their opener, with the team playing out a draw with Shakhtar Donetsk in their second group game. Hoffenheim, though, want this win more than Lyon and that is probably the main reason why we are tempted to put our money on the German outfit. It has to be noted that the two teams have never met before in the elite competition.
Highlighted Player (Oliver Baumann):
Oliver Baumann is a German goalkeeper who was born on 2 June, 1990 in Breisach. The 187-cm-tall shoot-stopper began his youth career at FC Bad Krozingen and in 2002 he joined Freiburg youth school. He started playing for Freiburg II at senior level and he made 22 appearances for the team in the 2009/2010 season. After making 131 appearances for the first team, he signed a four-year deal with Hoffenheim on 14 May, 2014.
Oliver Baumann played for Germany U18, U19, U20 and U21 teams and it has to be noted that he has 10 caps for the U21 team. However, he has yet to represent the senior team on the international stage. It has to be noted that Baumann made 33 league appearances for Hoffenheim in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign, conceding 50 goals in the process.
The German goalkeeper managed to keep six clean sheets in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign. He has a contract with die Kraichgauer which expires on 30 June, 2018.
Highlighted Team (Olympique 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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