RC Lens vs Olympique Lyon Prediction: Piece of cake for RC Lens

RC Lens are playing with such high confidence at the moment after back-to-back wins in their last 2 matches. Their last game against Clermont Foot ended in an emphatic 3-0 victory at the Stade Gabriel Montpied stadium, despite completing the game with just 10 men.

 Next up for RC Lens is strugglers; Olympique Lyon, who are having one of their worst ever starts to a league season. Lyon were back once again with another loss against LOSC Lille while playing at home. And it’s looking almost hopeless for this side to find their form again.

 As the league progresses, a win for Lyon becomes more important, but there are still no guarantees that they can overcome their poor form. So, RC Lens come into the game as huge favorites to get another win in front of their supporters.

RC Lens

RC Lens are playing with such high confidence at the moment after back-to-back wins in their last 2 matches. Their last game against Clermont Foot ended in an emphatic 3-0 victory at the Stade Gabriel Montpied stadium, despite completing the game with just 10 men.

 Next up for RC Lens is strugglers; Olympique Lyon, who are having one of their worst ever starts to a league season. Lyon were back once again with another loss against LOSC Lille while playing at home. And it’s looking almost hopeless for this side to find their form again.

 As the league progresses, a win for Lyon becomes more important, but there are still no guarantees that they can overcome their poor form. So, RC Lens come into the game as huge favorites to get another win in front of their supporters.

Olympique Lyon

Struggling has been the reality of Lyon this season and the hope of redemption is gradually fading away with each passing round of games. And a tough game indeed it is for Lyon, as they travel to face RC Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

 Lyon’s league form is horrible to say the least and they are in dire need of a turn around. They won only 1 match in their last 12 league games. The win was against 10-men Rennes 2 weeks ago and after the win, they lost their last match against LOSC Lille at home.

 Lyon conceded both goals against Lille in the 27th and 32nd minutes and they struggled to mount a comeback until 90 minutes. By the end of the game, they managed 48% possession, 5 shots on target and 3 corner kicks.

 At the moment, Lyon are at the rock bottom of the league table, with only 7 points from 12 matches. Since the start of the season, they have recorded 1 win, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

 Lyon and Lens played 3 games against each other last year and Lyon won 1 of those games on their home ground, then drew 1 and lost the other, both away from home. They are away from home in this match and they are without a win against Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis since 2015. Since then, 3 matches have been played on that ground and Lyon lost once and played a draw twice.

Head to Head

Olympique Lyon dominate the head-to-head by a wide margin. In their 20 meetings against each other, Lyon won 12 matches, while Lens won 4 matches and 4 matches ended in a draw.

Analysis and Predictions

RC Lens and Lyon are on different levels this season and there’s no doubt about the way this match will go. RC Lens are confident after their last win, while Lyon are still struggling to find their feet since the beginning of the season.

 According to past records, 6 out of their last 8 meetings ended with less than 2.5 goals. And in 6 of their last 7, Lyon conceded first. 6 of their last 8 matches also ended with more than 4.5 cards and in their last 7 matches, less than 10.5 corner kicks were played.

• Home Win FT at 1.77 Odds
• Home Win FT at 1.76 Odds
• Under 10 Corners at 1.72 Odds