Lyon welcome the visitors Caen in the French Coupe de France – Quarter-finals. The match will be held on Wednesday, February, 27th, at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon).
In the last round, Lyon faced Monaco in the Ligue 1; should they have converted a penalty, they could have a chance not to lose, however, Memphis Depay did not succeed, and the team conceded after all. Thus, the ‘Kids’ will be out of mood ahead of their clash with Caen. One thing remains unchanged though, Lyon will always be an attacking team. At home, they score two goals per round on average, while their defense has to be improved – sometimes the players are so involved with the attack, that they neglect their defense. The team’s other weak point is that they underestimate their opponent. We noticed a few times the ‘Kids’ misjudging their solid and weak Ligue 1 contenders, expecting to outclass them, while such an attitude does not always work. As for the coming fixture, we believe Lyon will treat it properly and win Caen by a margin of two or three goals.
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While the visitors are doing fine in terms of the Coupe de France so far, they are about to relegate from the Ligue 1, which certainly brings concern to them. Anyways, having progressed to the Cup quarter-final and clashing with the league toppers, they surely need to fight, even though they feature virtually no chances. Caen are in bad form ahead of the match, as they are winless in four successive rounds. Actually, they won Bastia only by penalties.
The guests are relegation-threatened and underclass their hosts. Lyon’s form is good, they play confident on their turf, running third in the table. The ‘Kids’ are quite capable of reaching top-two, and the clash with Barcelona is not there yet. Therefore, nothing will prevent the homeside from playing their best in the coming quarter-final. As the sides’ head-to-heads’ record suggests, Lyon were victors in the last four home encounters.
Prediction for the match: Lyon to win with a -1.0 handicap.
