Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
St Etienne
Match Time & Date:
03/10/2021
21:00
Prediction: 1-1
Lyon
There will be fireworks when St. Etienne and Olympique Lyon square off against each other at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the Derby du Rhone on Sunday evening. Les Gones dropped two points in a 1-1 draw with Lorient, and, no doubt, they will give 100% to return to winning ways. Emerson is banned for the hosts, while Dembele, Kadewere, Gusto, Slimani, Denayer, Boateng, and Pintor are all out of contention with injuries.
Since the visitors will be without important attackers in the local derby, a low-scoring affair is on the cards. Les Verts, on the other hand, aim to bounce back from a 3-0 loss to Nice. St Etienne have yet to record a win at home ground this season, but they are surely capable of holding the hit-by-injuries visitors to a draw. All Yvann Macon, Alpha Sissoko, and Aimen Moueffek remain on the sidelines through injuries for the home side.
Highlighted Player (Ryad Boudebouz):
Despite being born in Colmar, France on February 19, 1990 Ryad Boudebouz represents Algeria on the international stage. The Montpellier midfielder played for both France U17 and France U19 teams in the past, but he made his senior debut with Algeria on May 28, 2010 in a friendly against Republic of Ireland.
Speaking of his club career, Boudebouz played for Colmar and Sochaux at youth level and he continued playing for Sochaux first team. After scoring 24 goals in 164 appearances in the league for the club, he moved to Bastia in 2013 and he played 66 games for les Bleus.
Ryad Boudebouz played for the Corsican side from 2013 to 2015 and he signed a four-year deal with Montpellier and you should know that he netted 11 goals in 33 appearances for la Paillade in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign. His main position is attacking midfield, but he is capable of playing at both left and right winger as well.
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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