Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lorient
Match Time & Date:
25/04/2021
09:00 AM
Prediction: 1-0
Bordeaux
Stade du Moustoir will host Sunday’s football game between Lorient and Bordeaux, the two relegation-threatened teams. Les Merlus aim to make amends for back-to-back defeats to Lens (1-4) and Marseille (2-3) and they should take advantage of Bordeaux’s poor form. All Tiago Ilori, Thomas Fontaine, and Matthieu Saunier are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
Les Girondins, on the other hand, are on a four-game losing run in the French top flight, meaning that Lorient will not have a better chance than this to return to winning ways. Tom Lacoux is banned for the match, while Laurent Koscielny has joined Samuel Kalu and Otavio in the recovery room. Dilane Bakwa, on the other hand, has been tested positive for coronavirus. In the first half of the season Bordeaux defeated Lorient 2-1, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge.
Highlighted Player (Thomas Monconduit):
Thomas Monconduit is a product of Auxerre football academy. The midfielder made a great progress during his spell with the Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps outfit and continued playing for the club at senior level. Monconduit scored three goals in 63 appearances for Auxerre II and he played 42 games for the first team from 2012 to 2014.
In 2015 he joined Amiens and you should bear in mind that the 178-cm-tall midfielder made 36 appearances for les Licornes in the 2016/2017 Ligue 2 campaign. Amiens finished the season in second place in the standings and, as a result, they secured promotion to the French top flight. Thomas Monconduit scored three goals during the season and, no doubt, he played a very important role in Christophe Pelissier’s team in the 2016/2017 season.
His main position is central midfield, but he is capable of playing as a defensive midfielder as well. Thomas Monconduit has a contract with Amiens which expires on June 30, 2018 and his preferred foot is right. Louis DENOLLE is the player’s agent.
Highlighted Team (Bordeaux):
Founded in 1881, Bordeaux are regarded as one of the oldest clubs in France. Les Girondins won their first Ligue 1 trophy in 1950 and 59 years later (2008/2009) they lifted their sixth domestic trophy.
Speaking of the club’s European success, Bordeaux did remarkably well to make it to the Champions League semi-finals in 1985, but despite recording a 2-0 win over star-studded Juventus in the return leg, the French club eventually failed to book their place in the final of the elite competition.
Famous French footballers Alain Giresse and Jean Tigana were part of the team back then and it has to be noted that Giresse is the player who made the most appearances for les Girondins (587). During the nineties Zinedine Zidane, Christophe Dugarry and Bixente Lizarazu played for Bordeaux and, taking everything into account, it is no surprise they are considered one of the most famous French clubs.
Nowadays Les Girondins welcome their rivals at Matmut Atlantique, the stadium which was opened in 2015 and they used to play at Stade Chaban-Delmas in the past.
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