Our prediction for this Coupe de France match:
Lyon
Match Time & Date:
02/04/2024
20:45
Prediction: 3-1
Valenciennes
Lyon will be aiming to book their spot in the Coupe de France final when they take on Valenciennes at Parc Olympique Lyonnais on Tuesday evening. Les Gones have been producing fine displays in the second half of the season and, as a result, the bookies see them as favourites to win the French Cup clash. Ernest Nuamah is pushing for a start after scoring as a substitute in a 1-1 draw with Reims, while defender Adryelson remains on the sidelines with personal reasons.
Les Atheniens, on the other hand, set up a meeting with Lyon by beating Rouen on penalties, but given their poor form in the Ligue 2, anything but a routine home win would be a big surprise. It has to be noted that Valenciennes experienced all sorts of problems in back-to-back defeats to Guingamp (0-3) and St Etienne (0-2). In their last meeting in a competitive match, back in 2014, Lyon defeated Valenciennes 2-1.
Highlighted Player (Nemanja Matic):
Nemanja Matic is a Serbian footballer who plays for Premier League side Chelsea. The 194-cm-tall midfielder was born on 1 August, 1988 and he began his football career (youth) at Radnicki Obrenovac.
In 2005 he signed for Kolubara and after impressing with Kosice in the 2008/2009 campaign, Chelsea owners decided to sign him. Nemanja spent the 2010/2011 season on loan at Vitesse and at the end of the season he signed a deal with Portuguese giants Benfica, with David Luiz heading in the other direction.
Matic was in the form of his life in the 2013/2014 Primeira Liga campaign and he helped the Eagles clinch the domestic trophy. He rejoined Chelsea in 2014 for a fee of €25M and he helped the Blues win the Premier League title in the 2014/2015 season. Nemanja Matic has also developed into a key member of the Serbian national team that have been largely struggling of late.
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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