Lyon hosts Brest in round 1 of French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Saturday, August 7th at Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon)
In the previous season, Lyon finished in 4th place and did not make it to the Champions League. The club will represent France in the group stage of the Europa League. Rudy Garcia has left the post of head coach. He was replaced by Peter Bosz, who previously worked in the Bundesliga at the helm of Borussia Dortmund and Bayer. The Kids was the second in terms of goals scored in the last championship. Things may not be so smooth in the new Ligue 1 draw, as the star Memphis Depay has left Lyon. The Dutchman joined Barcelona as a free agent. It’s a big loss for the Kids, as the striker scored 20 goals last season and 63 goals in all five championships.
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Brest is a modest football club from the city of the same name. The team will play in the top division of French football for only the third year in a row. The two previous attempts were unsuccessful. The Pirates finished 14th in the 2019/20 season, and a year later they almost left the elite, outranking the relegation zone by only one point. In both cases, the team had a negative difference between goals scored and conceded. In the first case, it was minus 3, and in the second — minus 16. The results, indicators, and quality of the game leave much to be desired. In the summer, the club lost three players, earning a total of 13 million euros for them. But the Pirates spent only three million on three newcomers.
The forces are unequal. Brest has not managed to beat Lyon since last season (eight games in a row, taking into account the friendlies). The Pirates did not even gain a single victory in summer friendly games, although the opponents were weak. Lyon is the top team that always fights for the highest places in the French championship. If the roster of the Pirates is in 5th place from the end in terms of value, then the Kids are confidently entrenched in the third line. Lyon scored 15 goals in five friendly games this summer. At the same time, if Brest faced Lorient, Nantes, Stade Briochen, and Guingamp, Lyon upset the goalkeepers of Wolfsburg, Sporting, and Villarreal. The difference in the class is obvious, so we will bet on a confident victory of the hosts.
Prediction for the match: Lyon to win with -1.5 handicap
