Olympique Lyonnais - Strasbourg predictions

Olympique Lyonnais are seen as favourites to win this match against Strasbourg. The betting odds indicate an easy win and anything but a home victory here would indeed be a big surprise.

The situation is crystal clear from the current perspective. Given the strength of the home team and the fact Strasbourg are given 7.04 betting odds to win, a conclusion is not difficult to reach. Anything but a home win would be an incredible surprise.

The home team are coming on the back of a somewhat underwhelming victory at Clermont, but a victory nonetheless. Most Ligue 1 betting predictions expected that they would have a much easier time in that showdown, but they only managed a close 0:1 win after a match-long stalemate.

The away team entered their previous Ligue 1 game with the pre-match betting odds sitting at an uncertain 3.48. They failed to break the tie before the second half but went on to win 2:1.

A quick look at recent history shows us that Olympique Lyonnais don’t tend to fare too well at Groupama Stadium despite the home-field advantage. Results aside, they’ve conceded more than 5 goals in their previous 3 home games alone.

Given 7 goals conceded in their own net over the past 3 matches, Strasbourg's defensive line is much to be desired.

Olympique Lyonnais should have no trouble with the visiting team, though even a win is not likely to get them into the Europa League. There are simply too few matches ahead to make up the difference, though it’s technically not impossible.

Olympique Lyonnais previously played this match as the visitors in a previous round of the Ligue 1 and suffered a fairly narrow defeat. Most bookies believe things will end differently this time, pricing a home win at 1.48.

The visitors have to contend with several injuries. Lebo Mothiba, Jessy Deminguet, Junior Mwanga are the players that will be missing, which makes the Strasbourg lineup somewhat weaker than usual. This is made far worse because they were considered undergods going in either way.

Our tip is to risk an Over 3.5 Goals wager. The 2.40 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.