Young Boys vs Lyon Prediction & Betting Tips (22 January)

With a balanced record of 3 wins and 3 defeats after 6 days, Young Boys are on a fairly good footing to try to qualify for the play-offs of this Europa League. The Swiss in fact occupy 21st place in the ranking and have 2 points of margin on 25th place, the first synonymous with direct elimination. That said, a difficult schedule awaits them between now and the end of this regular season as they face OL, the leader, and Stuttgart at home, who are also vying for a place in the top 8. Gerardo Seoane's men were beaten by Panathinaikos 1-4, PAOK 4-0 and Aston Villa 2-1 and on the other hand they took points against FCSB 2-0, Ludogorets 3-2 and finally against Lille 1-0 on the last day. At the same time, in the championship, the Bern club is only in 6th place in the Swiss championship, more than 10 lengths behind FC Thune which is leader. They will only return to competition this weekend against Lausanne after losing 2 friendly matches against Dinamo Bucharest 0-2 and LASK 0-3. OL, for their part, probably did not expect to lead the way in the standings before these last 2 days of the league phase but they are undoubtedly adapting very well to this comfortable situation.

The French club, however, has very little room to maintain this leadership status and it is only 3 points ahead of 9th place. Solid, the Gones only lost to Bétis 2-0 in this Europa League. Otherwise, they beat Utrecht 0-1, Salzburg 2-0, FC Basel 2-0, Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-6 and Go Ahead Eagles 1-2. At the same time, in the championship, the Rhone residents moved up to 5th place in the ranking after their victory against AS Monaco 1-3. Winner of Lille 1-2 in the Coupe de France last week, they will aim for another success against Brest on Sunday. 

Young Boys could still be deprived of the starting and former midfielder Brestois Edmilson Fernandes (2 assists in C3), young Seiler and the long-term absentee Conte (ex-Bastia) who are all injured at the moment. To this we add that the promising defender Mambwa (U17 international) is not qualified for this competition and that central defender Zoukrou is suspended for this poster after being sent off against Losc on the last day. As for the forces present, we can point out that of the attacker Joel Monteiro (3 goals in C3) as well as those of the prolific Bedia and Fassnacht (10 goals each in the league). We also find several former residents of Ligue 1 like Virginius, Benito, Hadjam and Raveloson in particular. OL should have recovered their defensive framework Niakhaté who played last weekend in the CAN final with Senegal. Conversely, the long-term injured Nuamah and Fofana are still too tight to hope for a place in the group.

The offensive recruit Endrick, who came on loan from Real Madrid, will not have the right to play in this competition, he who will not be qualified. The same goes for the unconvincing defender Hateboer and the winger Ghezzal. On the other hand, the Lyonnais can rely on the radiant Sulc who has found the fault 8 times in Ligue 1. On the other hand, in C3, it is Tolisso (3 goals in L1) who leads the way in the scorers' ranking with 4 goals. Note that the relatively ineffective striker Satriano was loaned to Getafe for this second part of the season.