Olympique Lyonnais and Saint-Étienne are going to clash on Friday the 21st of January at 9:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Décines-Charpieu at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais. The chosen referee is Antony Gautier.
Olympique Lyonnais occupies the 11th position in the table with 28 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Troyes in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 8 times, and lost 5 times.
Saint-Étienne occupies the 20th place in the standings with 12 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Lens in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won twice, draw 6 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 60.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (12 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 4-3-3 (3 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Peter Bosz is expected to play against Saint-Étienne with the following players: A. Lopes, D. Da Silva, J. Boateng, C. Lukeba, H. Silva Milagres, B. Guimarães Rodriguez Moura, M. Caqueret, L. Dubois, H. Aouar and M. Dembélé.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the average age of Olympique Lyonnais would be 27.30.
Peter Bosz will probably not be able to employ E. Palmieri dos Santos because of injury.
J. Denayer, S. Diomande, M. Guedes Filho, J. Reine-Adélaïde, T. Kadewere, I. Slimani and K. Toko Ekambi will definitely miss the match.
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 30.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 5-4-1 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Pascal Dupraz is expected to play against Olympique Lyonnais with the following players: G. Antunes da Silva, M. Nade, T. Kolodziejczak, N. Sissoko, Y. Macon, S. Sow, A. Nordin, A. Aouchiche, M. Camara, Z. Youssouf and R. Boudebouz.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Saint-Étienne would be 26.82.
Pascal Dupraz will probably not be able to employ M. Trauco Saavedra because of injury.
E. Green, H. Moukoudi, Y. Neyou Noupa, D. Bouanga, R. Hamouma and W. Khazri will definitely miss the match.