Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Valencia
Match Time & Date:
3 January 2025
20:00
Prediction: 0-2
Real Madrid
Olympique Lyon will be aiming to build on the Coupe de France win over Feignies-Aulnoye when they take on Montpellier in the Ligue 1 round 16. Les Gones are on a three-game winning run at home in all competitions and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. Nicolas Tagliafico is back from suspension as well as Duje Caleta-Car, while Corentin Tolisso should recover in time to face Montpellier.
La Paillade, on the other hand, are on a five-game winless run in all competitions. As Lyon have been producing fine performances in front of goal of late, we predict that Jean-Louis Gasset’s men are going to return home with their hands empty. It has to be noted that Montpellier suffered an embarrassing 4-0 loss to lower-league side Le Puy-en-Velay in the French Cup last 64. Both Enzo Tchato and Modibo Sagnan are back from suspension for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Kylian Mbappé):
Kylian Mbappe is a French footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain as a forward. The French rising star began his youth career at AS Bondy and in 2013 he moved to AS Monaco. After making 12 appearances for Monaco B, Kylian Mbappe made his debut for the senior team in 2015. Mbappe quickly established himself as a regular goalscorer, with the teenager finding the net 15 times in 29 appearances in the Ligue 1 in the 2016/2017 season.
In 2017 he moved to fellow French club PSG on loan, with the option of making the deal permanent. Kylian Mbappe scored 13 goals in 27 appearances for les Parisiens in the 2017/2018 and it has to be noted that Unai Emery’s troops eventually won the national championship.
Speaking of his international career, Mbappe played an important role for France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals, with the pacey rising star scoring a brace in a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina in the last 16 of the showpiece tournament. The PSG attacker was born in Paris on December 20, 1998.
Highlighted Team (Valencia):
Founded on March 18, 1919, Valencia FC are a Spanish football club that compete in La Liga. Los Che play their home games at Estadio de Mestalla, the stadium which was opened back in May, 1923. The capacity of the venue is 50,000. Seeing that bats are quite common in Valencia, it is no surprise they are nicknamed the Bats.
Valencia made it to the Champions League final on two occasions (2000, 2001), but they were beaten in the title games by Real Madrid and Bayern Munchen respectively. The Spanish club, though, did well to win the UEFA Cup title in the 2003/2004 season, with the team beating Marseille in the final of the competition.
A number of top-class footballers were part of the club in the past, with the likes of Pablo Aimar, Ruben Baraja, David Albelda, Santiago Canizares, John Carew and Gaizka Mendieta all playing for the Estadio de Mestalla outfit. Valencia main colors are white and black, whilst they often where orange jerseys and shorts when playing on the travels.
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