Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Hoffenheim and Olympique Lyon square off against each other at PreZero Arena in an eagerly-awaited Europa League game. The Bundesliga outfit aim to recover from a 2-0 loss to St. Pauli and they are likely to go all guns blazing at les Gones. The likes of Bebou, Geiger, Kabak, and Promel are out of contention with injuries for the home side. Lyon, on the other hand, head into the match following a 1-1 draw with Lille.
As Olympique Lyon looked sharp up front in a 4-1 win over Rangers in their last away game, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. You should know that the two sides played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in their last encounter in a competitive match. Both Mahamadou Diawara and Ernest Nuamah continue to miss out with injuries for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Pavel Kaderabek):
Pavel Kaderabek is a Czech Republic defender born on 25 April 1992, who has enjoyed a bright start to his professional career. Coming through the youth ranks at Sparta Prague and gaining some first team experience during a loan spell with Viktoria Zizkov, the right-sided defender was finally able to show what he is capable of during the 2012/2013 season and he didn’t need a lot of time to make the next step in his career.
After scoring impressive 10 goals in 76 league appearances for Sparta Prague, Kaderabek joined Bundesliga side Hoffenheim in the summer of 2015, shortly after he had established himself as a starting right-back in the Czech Republic national team.
The talented footballer helped Repre make it to the Euro 2016 finals by starting 9 qualifying matches, once again proving his killer instinct by scoring two goals. Pavel Kaderabek looks set to become one of leading players of the new generation and a big club move may not be far away either.
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.