Olympique Lyonnais - Brest predictions

We don’t expect Olympique Lyonnais to have any issues beating Brest. The hosts are largely favoured by all the top bookmakers online and 1.68 might actually be a good-value bet to consider. The visitors are not to be underestimated but on this particular instance the home side are seen as clear winners.

The away team’s chances of winning this Sunday are dubious at best. They are the clear underdogs in a matchup with Olympique Lyonnais, and the fact that they’re the visiting team isn’t making things any easier.

Olympique Lyonnais are coming off from a narrow Paris Saint Germain home defeat last time out. Their fans did not have any expectations but things did change when their team managed to get a tied result at halftime. In the end, the home supporters rightfully rewarded their squad with applause despite the narrow defeat.

The away team’s previous match on record can’t be considered exciting, but the 0:0 draw at the end was an overall solid outcome for them. After all, the odds were against them and they also played away.

Olympique Lyonnais are on a bit of a streak when it comes to scoring. With more than 10 over their last 3 matches, fans are feeling fairly confident in their goal-scoring ability. Likewise, bookmakers online are fairly confident the Sunday match will yield Over 4.5 goals.

Brest have a notoriously bad track record when it comes to defending their posts. Though their recent streak of 5 conceded goals over 3 home games does not directly apply here, it’s still bad news.

Olympique Lyonnais will have to make use of this opportunity if they want to climb the table up from their current spot at number 6th. There is still time left, but the clock is already ticking.

Surprisingly enough, the hosts already lost to Brest once this season. This came as a bit of an upset, to say the least, considering they are widely believed to be the stronger team.

Bradley Locko, Romain Del Castillo, Ludovic Ajorque, Soumaula Coulibaly, Ibrahim Salah, Justin Bourgault have all been forced to stay out of this match due to various injuries. That’s one more disadvantage that the visitors will have to deal with on top of being the less likely team to win.

Our tip is to risk an Over 3.5 Goals wager. The 1 are worth giving up the relative safety of a simpler Over 2.5. That said, it’s still a relatively riskier bet than what some punters might prefer.