Lyon vs Monaco Prediction & Betting Tips (28 April)

Olympique Lyonnais clearly had two seasons in one this year. Completely on the street until December to the point of bringing up the rear in the ranking, this team ended up straightening its head with the arrival of Pierre Sage on the bench who brought back confidence and stability to a team that really needed it. And it bore fruit since in the return phase, Les Gones form one of the best teams in France to the point of having come back to within one point of 7th place potentially qualifying for Europe. Impressive in their determination in recent weeks, the Rhone residents were able to overthrow Nantes 1-3 then Brest 4-3 before falling quite heavily last Sunday on the lawn of a PSG too strong for them 4-1. The Lyonnais will therefore have to correct their situation before facing this same Parisian team in the final of the Coupe de France within a short month.

For its part, AS Monaco is very well on its way to returning to European competition after having been deprived this year. But this may have been a blessing in disguise for the Rocher club which is now well established in 2nd place in the rankings behind PSG after its great victory against LOSC on Wednesday evening, another candidate for a place in Champions League 1-0. Very serious during their last outings, the players of the Principality have been undefeated since mid-February and they remain on 3 victories in a row against FC Metz 2-5, Rennes 1-0 and Brest 0-2 last Sunday.

With the return of world champion full-back Tagliafico from suspension, the Lyon group should be in full force to tackle this meeting. We should therefore find at the forefront of this team's attack the scorer Alexandre Lacazette who retains all his qualities as a finisher despite a slightly less impressive physique now. The former Gunner has in fact scored 14 goals this year. Against PSG, it was the young Ghanaian Nuamah who saved his team's honor by scoring his 3rd goal of the season. We could also find in the 11 the talented Cherki (5 assists) who is showing more and more consistency in his performances. The titular left piston Caio Henrique, who is in the recovery phase after a fairly long injury, could be back.

He was in the group against Lille without coming into play. On the other hand, Adi Hütter must still do without the German full-back Jakobs, the very good Russian midfielder Golovin (6 goals, 6 assists) whose season is over. Suspended against Lille, young Ben Seghir and defender Singo are still suspended. On the other hand, the excellent Minamino (8 goals, 5 assists), the very promising Akliouche (7 goals, 3 assists), the American Balogun (7 goals, 3 assists) and the fairly reliable Wissam Ben Yedder (11 goals ) will be enjoying the trip to Groupama Stadium.