Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lyon
Match Time & Date:
29/01/2021
03:00 PM
Prediction: 3-2
Bordeaux
Lyon will be looking to keep their title hopes alive when they host Bordeaux at their Parc Olympique Lyonnais on Matchday 22. Les Gones quickly bounced back from a shocking 1-0 loss to Metz, with the team rolling over their bitter local rivals St Etienne 5-0 at the weekend. Lyon are high on confidence ahead of the visit of Bordeaux, and we predict that they are going to give fans yet another reason for celebration this weekend.
Paqueta returns from suspension, while both Aouar and Cornet are sidelined with injuries. Les Girondins, on the other hand, have been in a splendid form of late, with the team beating the likes of Lorient, Nice, and Angers in the previous three league fixtures. Since Lyon look sharp in front of goal, a lively contest is on the cards at Parc Olympique Lyonnais. Otavio and Zerkane remain on the sidelines with injuries for the visitors.
Highlighted Player (Karl Toko-Ekambi):
Karl Toko Ekambi is a professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Angers as a striker. Ekambi was born in Paris on September 14 1992, but he does not represent les Tricolores on the international stage. The 183-cm-tall attacker plays for Cameroon and it has to be noted that he made his senior debut for les Lions Indomptables in a 3-2 win over Burkina Faso back in June, 2015.
Ekambi came as a substitute in the 77th minute of the match, replacing fellow attacker Mengolo. The Cameroonian footballer played for Paris FC during his youth career and he made his first-team debut for the capital club on April 26, 2011 in a 2-2 draw with Beauvais. Karl Toko Ekambi scored 21 goals in 66 appearances for Paris from 2010 to 2014 and at the end of the 2013/2014 season he joined Sochaux.
After netting 25 goals in 72 appearances for the club, in the summer of 2016 Ekambi signed a contract with Angers which expires on June 30, 2020.
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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