Lyon vs Lille Prediction & Betting Tips (7 February)

At the heart of a particularly difficult season for the club, this Coupe de France could serve as a real breath of fresh air for Olympique Lyonnais who must, at the same time, fight for their survival in the elite. Les Gones have also done the job rather well so far in this competition by successively dismissing the two modest teams of Pontarlier 0-3 and Bergerac 1-2 during the previous rounds. However, it is much more difficult in the league for the Pierre Sage players who lost their first two Ligue 1 matches in 2024 against Le Havre 3-1 and Rennes 2-3. On Sunday, however, they found their smile again by winning at home against OM 1-0 in order to get out of the red zone and have a 3-point lead over the Messin play-off. Lille, for its part, is not faced with the same problems as his evening host. Rather easy for the moment on the European scene, Losc has already won its ticket for the 1/8 finals of the Conference League after finishing at the top of its group.

At the same time, in the championship, Paulo Fonseica's players have every reason to believe in their chances in the race for the Champions League because they are in 4th place in the standings, just a small point from the podium. After being able to quite easily dominate Lorient 3-0, the Mastiffs had to settle for a point against Montpellier 0-0. Sunday, they offered themselves another big victory against poorly ranked Clermontois 4-0. Note that during the two previous rounds, the Northerners got rid of Golden Lion 12-0 and Racing Club de France 0-1.

Lyon hit hard enough during the winter transfer window to try to save itself. The Brazilians Lucas Perri and Adryelson (Botafogo), the attackers Malick Fofana and Gift Orban (La Gantoise), the experienced midfielder Matic (Rennes), the winger Mangala (Nottingham Forest) and the interesting Benrahma (West Ham) have indeed arrived. ) who risks having to serve a final match of suspension. Conversely, the little-used Kadewere (Nantes, loan), replacement goalkeeper Riou (Paris FC) and winger Jeffinho (Botafogo, loan) set sail, as did midfielder Alveiro who was loaned to Werder Bremen. For this match, midfielder Lepenant is still injured. On the other hand, Alexandre Lacazette continues to perform and he even scored his 10th goal of the season in Ligue 1 on Sunday evening. The valuable defender Diakité (3 goals) and winger Ivan Cavaleiro will still have to forfeit this trip to Groupama Stadium .

The attacking midfielder Cabella is very present but the former world champion Umtiti is also on the flank. Suspended after being sent off in Montpellier, young midfielder Bouaddi will be allowed to play again this week. Not always successful this year, Canadian striker David still scored a double on Sunday against Clermont and he has 8 goals in Ligue 1. He could start in the same capacity as the interesting Zeghrova (3 goals) and Gudmundsson. Unused in the first part of the season, defender Tiago Djalo took the direction of Juventus while young midfielder Tiago Morais arrived from Boavista, defender Rafael Fernandes from Arouca and striker Ilic from Valerenga. The disappointing Virginius was loaned to Clermont and the right back Zedadka to Zaragoza.