Olympique Lyon vs Salzburg Prediction and Betting Tips

Olympique Lyon and Salzburg return to motion within the UEFA Europa League once they lock horns on the Groupama Stadium on Thursday. Each side picked up contrasting opening-day outcomes, with Thomas Letsch’s males struggling a slim house defeat towards Portuguese giants Porto.

Former Liverpool teenager Tyler Morton opened his account for Olympique Lyon on Sunday when he netted within the first half to fireside them to a 1-0 victory over Lille of their French Ligue 1 conflict.

With that end result, Paulo Fonseca’s aspect have received three video games on the trot, scoring three targets and protecting three clear sheets, and are on a run of seven wins from their eight video games throughout all competitions this season.

Lyon, who’re stage on factors with Paris Saint-Germain within the Ligue 1 desk, now flip their focus to the Europa League, the place they picked up a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Utrecht within the opening sport final Wednesday.

Salzburg have been denied a dream begin to the Europa League marketing campaign final Wednesday once they fell to a 1-0 defeat towards Porto on the Purple Bull Area.

Whereas the end result towards Porto marked a 3rd defeat on the spin for Letsch’s males, they stopped the rot on Sunday courtesy of a 2-1 victory over WSG Tirol within the Austrian Bundesliga, the place they sit fourth within the desk with 14 factors from eight video games.

Salzburg have did not win 4 of their final 5 matches (3L, 1D), and this droop in kind has been resulting from their struggles in protection, the place they’ve conceded 9 targets whereas netting 5 on the reverse finish of the pitch.

Olympique Lyon vs Salzburg Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

• This would be the second-ever encounter between Lyon and Salzburg, with the Austrian outfit claiming a 1-0 victory once they met in a pleasant again in July 2011.
• Lyon have received all however considered one of their final eight aggressive matches, with a 3-1 defeat towards Stade Rennais on September 14 being the exception.
• Salzburg have misplaced simply two of their eight away matches in all competitions this season, whereas claiming 5 wins and one draw up to now.
• Lyon are unbeaten in 10 of their final 11 aggressive house video games, selecting up 9 wins and one draw because the begin of March.

Olympique Lyon vs Salzburg Prediction

Buoyed by their victory over Tirol, Salzburg will head into Thursday’s sport with renewed perception as they give the impression of being to get their Europa League marketing campaign up and operating.

Nevertheless, Lyon have began the brand new marketing campaign strongly, and given the gulf in high quality between the 2 groups, we’re backing them to come back out on prime in entrance of their house supporters.

Prediction: Olympique Lyon 2-1 Salzburg

Olympique Lyon vs Salzburg Betting Ideas

Tip 1: Consequence – Lyon to win

Tip 2: First to attain – Lyon (The hosts have opened the scoring of their final eight matches)

Tip 3: Over 4.5 playing cards – Sure (There have additionally been not less than 5 bookings in 4 of Lyon’s final 5 video games)

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