Olympique Lyon vs AS Monaco
Kick-off Time: 19:45 GMT
Competition: French Ligue 1
Date: 13 October 2017
Venue: Groupama Stadium, Lyon
Coach, Genesi’s players, have only one defeat this season,
which took place in the championship by the leading Paris Saint Germain away, but they
have also played four draws in the last five matches. They did it twice in
UEFA Europa league, against Apollon away and at home with the Italian team,
Atalanta, while, in the championship, they played 3-3, against Dijon
and Angers.
However, when taking into account that defeat at Prince’s Park, then it
is quite clear why Olympique Lyon is currently only 8th in Ligue 1, which means
that they should not lose any points in this derby with Monaco. As a result, the team has to fix their defence, since it has been said that
they have received eight goals in the last three matches. Concerning players, defender Marcal and midfielder Cheikh will miss this match due
to injuries, while the suspended striker Marcelo is still out of action.
On the other side and, as for the current French champions, this two-season break was
certainly very welcome in their team, given that they had two very bad
performances at home. First, AS Monaco was defeated in the UEFA Champions League
with 3-0 by Porto, which has significantly reduced the team's chances of
being ranked in the knockout phase, so they played only 1-1 in the
championship against Montpellier, and their backlog for the leading PSG
is again 03 points.
That is why coach Jardim now has the
imperative of good result in duel with Olympique Lyon, which is on the other hand
playing unpredictable, and it will be very interesting to see how this
big French Ligue 1 derby will end. As for the players, the suspended midfielder,
Fabinho, has no right to perform on Friday night, and Moutinho will probably fill that position, while defender Jorge and
strikers Jovetic and Diakhaby are both still out of action.
The probable lineupsfor this game:
Lyon: Lopes – Rafael, Diakhaby, Morel, Mendy – Tousart, Ferri – Traore, Fekir, Depay – Diaz
AS Monaco: Subasic – Toure, Glik, Jemerson, Sidibe – Ghezzal, Tielemans, Moutinho, Lemar – Falcao, Keita
