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Lorient v Lyon
France Ligue 1
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016
Start: 16pm BST
Location: Stade du Moustoir (Lorient).

Lorient lost their way again as they lost 1-0 to Guingamp midweek. But to be fair, that's always been a tough question for a club that have only won one game all season and Guingamp are in fine form.

Thus, Lorient is back at the bottom of Ligue 1, with just 3 points from the first six matches. They scored just one goal at home and conceded five.

Lyon are playing like a Jekyll and Hyde team, brilliant one moment, average the next. But at home they defeated Montpellier 5-1 to maintain a very strange record. That record is that Lyon-Montpellier has finished 5-1 on four of the last 7 occasions.

Lyon welcomed back an in-form Nebil Fekir who gives the team dynamic form and scored two goals. Mathieu Valbuena is also back, but Alexandre Lacazette is likely to miss this game.

The visitors won 40% of their points away from home and drew a respectable 0-0 in their last away game against Marseille.

Lorient vs Lyon: head to head stats

Lyon won this match 3-1 last season and have been undefeated for 6 seasons at the Stade du Moustoir. Both teams have a 70% chance of scoring and in the last 11 games Lyon have only failed twice.

Lorient vs Lyon: Prediction

It's not just that Lyon look strong, they now have new confidence and bringing back the likes of Fekir and Valbuena was like signing two players. It will give the team a lot of confidence and Lyon are on the right track.

They have a decent record here, but more than that, we're going to learn about Lyon in this game, because they're up against a team that's 20th in Ligue 1, it's time for Lyon to gain consistency and step up.

Watch out for Lyon player Corentin Tolisso, 22, he played just behind the striker against Montpellier and has a lot of skill and energy and scored two goals.

Lorient vs Lyon: betting tips

Lyon beat Lorient 8/13 (2,70)
Corentin Tolisso will score anytime for Lyon 10/3 (4,35).

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