Olympique Lyon vs Lorient Prediction: Lyon are poor and Lorient are no better

Olympique Lyon continue to head down hill since the start of the season. They are yet to win a game after playing 7 matches in the new season. Lyon welcome Lorient to the Groupama stadium and the fans are hoping they can see a better team in this clash. Lorient are also struggling in the new season. They won only 1 of their opening 7 games and they had back-to-back defeats in their last 2 games in a row.

Olympique Lyon

Olympique Lyon couldn’t have had a more horrible start to the campaign than this and there are growing concerns that a drastic change needs to be made if they must save their season. Lyon have failed to win any of their 7 games this season, losing 5 games and drawing 2. This leaves them 18th spot on the table, with 2 points from 7 games.

Lyon lost their last match against Stade Reims away from home and they lost to Brest in the game before that. Lyon will now face Lorient in this game and hope to put an end to a disastrous run. They played a goalless draw with Lorient in their last meeting. However, Lyon lost the game prior to that by 3-1 back in 2022.

Streaks

• No wins in 11 games.
• No goals scored in 3 games.
• Less than 2.5 goals in 4/5 games.
• First to concede in 8/10 games.
• Less than 4.5 cards in 8/10 games.
• Less than 10.5 corners in 6/7 games.

Lorient

Lorient are not much better than Lyon currently. They are currently winless in their last 4 matches. However, they managed to record only 1 win this season, against LOSC Lille 2 months ago. Overall, they have 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Lorient were outplayed by Montpellier in their last game, as they conceded 3 goals from Akor Adams (Brace) and Tej Savanier. Prior to that game, they also lost 5-3 to Nantes away from home.

Lorient will be facing a very disastrous Lyon side, and they can only hope they pick up 3 points as other teams before them. They only managed a draw in their most recent meeting with Lyon, but in the previous game, they won 3-1 on home soil. Enzo Le Fee, Terem Moffi and Dango Guattara were all on target to give Lorient the win at full time.

Lorient are 16th on the table, with 6 points from 7 games this season.

Streaks

• No wins in 4 games.
• Without a clean sheet in 6 games.
• More than 2.5 goals in 5/5 games.
• Less than 4.5 cards in 9/10 games.

Head to Head

Lyon and Lorient have played 20 matches against each other in the past. Lyon won 8 matches, while Lorient won 4 matches and 8 matches ended in a draw.

Streaks

• Both teams scored in 6/7 games.
• There were less than 4.5 cards in 10/10 games.

Analysis and Predictions

Lyon are no longer the team they are and it will be difficult for them to get back to their best from this dip in form. It will be a huge risk to bank on any positive result for Lyon considering their current form, but Lorient is not appealing either way. Both teams are poor at the moment and that makes it difficult to call which direction this game will go.

• Draw or Under 2.5 Goals at 1.86 Odds
• Digit in Score (1) Yes at 1.73 Odds
• Correct Score 1-0 at 8.00 Odds