Caen take on the visitors Lyon at “Stade Michel d'Ornano” in the quarter-final clash of the Coupe de France. The match will be played on Thursday, March 1st.
Caen cannot boast with the terrific results in this season, facing certain difficulties, however, the club feels rather comfortable in the middle of the Ligue 1 table. At the moment the side is sitting on the 13th place in the standings with 32 points taken after 27 rounds behind. The team’s offense doesn’t impress with 20 scored goals while its defense also has too many problems resulted in 32 goals conceded. On the previous stages of the Coupe de France Caen passed over Metz and Hazebrouck. In the recent fights conducted at “Stade Michel d'Ornano” the side has earned 2:2 draw against Rennes, 3:2 victory over Nantes and 0:2 defeat from Marseille.
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In their turn, Lyon show tremendously strong football in this season. The club has started to get back to its former level. At the moment “Les Gones” settle on the fourth position in the Ligue 1 standings with 50 points gained after 27 encounters played. The team’s attack looks massive, having scored 57 goals so far unlike its defense which has conceded 33 goals already. In the previous rounds of the Coupe de France Lyon knocked out Nancy, Montpellier and Monaco. In the latest away battles “Les Gones” has broken Villarreal 1:0, deserved 2:2 draw against Montpellier and beat Monaco 2:1.
Lyon celebrated 2:1 triumph over Caen in their recent head-to-head. “Les Gones” show the great form and impress with their performance while the hosts suffer greatly at this moment, thus, it looks like the visitors will manage to promote to the next stage of the Coupe de France.
Prediction for the match: Lyon to win.
