Lyon hosts Brest in the French Coupe de la Ligue quarterfinals. The match will be played on Wednesday, January 8th at Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon)
The luck of the hosts is clearly not on their side. In past seasons, Lyon was one of the favorites of the main French championship. It often finished in second or third place, following the current champion of PSG. Now the level of Lyon’s game has decreased, and very sharply. Today it takes 12th place in the league standings. No one has seen this club went down so low for a long time. In general, it has good performance in terms of scored and conceded goals. But the fact is visible – Lyon has seven victories, five draw games, and seven defeats. The team also takes part in the Champions League. The group stage ended last month and Lyon managed to take second place in its group with some difficulties. Thanks to this, the club remained in the Champions League and reached the playoffs. But the performance of Lyon is not very comforting. The team managed to gain only two victories, tied twice and suffered two losses. It is very difficult to imagine how this club will participate further in the international arena. The game is not impressive both in the national championship and in the Champions League. As for the French Cup, the team has not played against strong opponents yet. In the last match, Lyon beat Toulouse with a 4:1 score.
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The game of Brest has virtually not changed, compared with last year. The team always was at the bottom of the standings and had a bad attack. Actually, there have been no essential changes from that moment. Currently, the club takes 15th place in the Ligue 1 standings. The team still has poor performance in attack. With such an offensive line, Brest cannot count on higher places. By the way, there are vivid examples of Nantes and Reims, but they gain good results thanks to good coherence and reliable defense. But Brest’s defense is also not doing well, so the team has nothing to block the failures in the attack so far. Now the team has five wins, seven draws and the same number of defeats. Such statistics are already usual for this club. Last month, Brest did a great job with Strasbourg. It managed to defeat its opponent with a 5:0 score. 27-year-old midfielder Christian Battochio became the man of that match. He managed to score three goals against his opponent. There were several more good matches previously, but this is not enough to achieve any success in the national championship. As for the French League Cup, Brest has already managed to beat Metz (2:1) and cope with Bordeaux in the last match (2:0).
Lyon is more likely to win in the upcoming match. Although it is far from the strongest club now, it is experienced. Besides, there is a break in the Champions League, and therefore the team can devote a little more effort. Lyon still has a good defense, but Brest has a bad attack, which is unlikely to succeed in getting to the opponent’s goal.
Prediction for the match: Lyon to win
