Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
12/12/2021
13:00
Prediction: 2-2
Lyon
All eyes will be on Stade Pierre-Mauroy when Lille and Lyon square off against each other in the Ligue 1 round 18. Les Dogues aim to build on back-to-back wins over Rennes and Troyes, but this game will be anything but a walk in the park for the title holders. Canada international Jonathan David returns to the starting XI, while both Xeka and Jonathan Bamba are back from the Champions League ban. Orestis Karnezis is sidelined through injury.
Les Gones, on the other hand, head into the match following a 2-2 draw with Bordeaux. Considering that Lyon are likely to stick to their attacking style of play, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. Les Gones defender has joined the likes of Sinaly Diomande, Leo Dubois, Lenny Pintor, and Jeff Reine-Adelaide in the recovery room.
Highlighted Player (Jonathan Bamba):
After spending his youth career at CS Paris-Charenton, UJA AlfortVille and Saint-Etienne, Jonathan Bamba started playing for Saint-Etienne II at senior level. In 2015 he was given a chance to prove his worth with the first team and it has to be noted that he scored eight goals in 42 appearances for les Verts in Ligue 1.
Following his loan spells with Paris, Sint-Truiden and Angers, Jonathan Bamba joined Lille in the summer of 2018. The pacey winger born in Alfortville (France) on March 26, 1996, has been playing for les Dogues ever since, but he has yet to earn a cap for the French national team. Nonetheless, Jonathan Bamba has 12 caps with France U21 in which he scored four goals for les Tricolores.
Jonathan Bamba’s main position is left winger, but he is used as a centre-forward as well. The French footballer, whose preferred foot is right, has a contract with Lille until June 30, 2023.
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.
