Lyon take on the visitors Shakhtar Donetsk at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the Round 2 of the UEFA Champions League Group F. The match will be played in the eponymous city Lyon on Tuesday, October 2nd.
Lyon encashed all of their goal attempts in their Round 1 fixture against Manchester City and placed first in the Group F. After their victory over the Citizens they beat Marseille in the Ligue 1 Conforama scoring four goals against them. Then they beat Dijon in the following tour of their local league scoring three goals against them. The overall productivity of Les Gones has been amazing lately. It`s worth noting that they have had nine matches in front of their home crowd since April and have won eight of them. Furthermore, they have won in seven of those fixtures scoring more than one goal in each. Also the team of Bruno Genesio has never lost to Ukrainian teams before which is another advantage for them In the lead-up to the upcoming game. In their last three matches Lyon drew against Nantes with a 1-1 score, beat Dijon with a 3-0 score and Marseille with a 4-2 score. In the Round 1 fixture of the UEFA Champions League Group F they beat Manchester City with a 2-1 score.
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Even though Shakhtar Donetsk had changed their head coach from Mircea Lucescu to Paulo Fonseca several years ago their offensive playing style remained the same. However, when their key midfielder Fred had left for Manchester United last summer the Miners started to have some problems. In the 2017/2018 Champions League season the Ukrainians lost three of their four away fixtures. In their Round 1 fixture of the new Champions League season they barely drew against Hoffenheim with a 2-2 score. The team of Paulo Fonseca is not better than Les Gones at the moment for sure. In their last three matches Shakhtar Donetsk beat Karpaty with a 6-1 score, Chernomorets Odessa with a 3-0 score and drew against Hoffenheim with a 2-2 score in their Champions League group stage fixture.
Lyon have a lot more Eurocups experience than Shakhtar Donetsk. The away side though needs to risk in their upcoming match against Les Gones because in the Round 3 and Round 4 they will face Manchester City. If they lose to both Lyon and Manchester City they will have no chances of going through to the play-offs of the tournament. The hosting side on the other hand will try to extend their handicap after they beat Manchester City in the Round 1 of the Group F. The team of Bruno Genesio could even risk in the upcoming match as well as Shakhtar Donetsk because no one expected them to win in the Round 1 anyway. It is likely that Lyon will get the victory on Tuesday because of their home crowd advantage, their great productivity and their good shape.
Prediction for the match: Lyon to win with -1.0 handicap.
