Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lyon
Match Time & Date:
31 August 2025
19:45
Prediction: 2-2
Marseille
Sparkles will be flying when Olympique Lyon and Olympique Marseille go head to head in the Ligue 1 derby on Sunday evening. Les Gones have been producing fine displays in the early stages of the season, with the team beating both Lens (1-0) and Metz (3-0) without conceding and they must be high on confidence ahead of Marseille’s visit. Both Ernest Nuamah and Orel Mangala remain in the recovery room, but there are no fresh injury concerns in the home team. New boss Michele Kang, who is doing a great job with Lyon, is likely to stick to the 4-2-3-1 formation.
OM, on the other hand, quickly bounced back from a 1-0 loss to Rennes, with the team beating newcomers Paris FC 5-2 at their Stade Velodrome. Lyon, though, are tough to beat at home and, taking everything into account, we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw. All Harit, Medina, and Paixao remain on the sidelines with injuries for the away team.
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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