Olympique Lyonnais - Bordeaux betting tips and odds

Olympique Lyonnais should stroll into a fairly easy victory this Sunday. The odds are decidedly in their favour, with most top bookies pricing a home win at 1.31.

It’s hard to believe even the most optimistic Bordeaux fans are expecting them to triumph at Olympique Lyonnais this Sunday. It’s a completely one-sided matchup, and the hosts should have no problems steamrolling their opponents.

Olympique Lyonnais are coming on the back of a narrowly avoided home defeat against Strasbourg . Hope seemed lost after a sub-first half, but an equalizer in the late game allowed them to walk away with a single point (1:1) and their pride intact.

Bordeaux won their previous Ligue 1 home game 3:1 after a lot of back-and-forth with Metz, their opponents. Despite the favourable matchup, even the most stalwart of fans started to question their form after the rocky first half. In the second half, however, their dominance was clear.

With a defensive record like the one Olympique Lyonnais boasts, their fans may have a reason to worry. They conceded more than 5 goals in their previous 3 home games alone – the advantage of playing at Groupama Stadium seems lost on them.

Bordeaux will need to get their act together if they wish to stay in the Ligue 1. They’re still in the relegation zone and the time to fix that is slowly slipping away. The fact that they’re the clear underdogs in this matchup only makes their position harder.

These two teams already clashed multiple times this season, and neither managed to come out on top in any of those games. Most bookmakers see Olympique Lyonnais as the favourites, though, so they’ll want to use the extra drive of being the hosts to finally earn a conclusive result.

The hosts may be favourites to win the match, but their lineup is in a somewhat weakened state. Sinaly Diomande, Thiago Mendes, Maxence Caqueret are all sidelined due to injury, which makes Olympique Lyonnais’s position as favourites a bit shakier than it might seem.

To balance out this match, we suggest taking a -1.5 Asian Handicap on the obvious favourites in this game. This should increase your returns substantially while still keeping things relatively risk-free.