Olympique Lyon – Marseille | 1st/02/2022

Derby bragging rights are on the line during Sunday’s Choc des Olympiques in Ligue 1 as Lyon welcome Marseille to the Groupama Stadium. Peter Bosz’s side were humbled in a 4-1 defeat to Rennes before the international break, while Les Olympiens were held to a goalless stalemate by Metz.

Ten weeks after their clash with Marseille was abandoned due to crowd violence, Lyon have not moved a single place in the Ligue 1 table, remaining in the same 11th position that they occupied prior to that uncompleted meeting back in November. Therefore this remains their worst start to a Ligue 1 season (in terms of table position) since 1995/96.

However a victory here could launch them to as high as sixth before their crucial trip to Monaco this coming weekend. An unbeaten home record against current top-half clubs this league season (W3, D1) should give Lyon the confidence they need to record what would be their longest winning streak of this Ligue 1 campaign after winning 1-0 in their previous two games.

Spookily, Marseille are making this midweek trip to Lyon off the back of a five-game unbeaten streak in Ligue 1 football (W3, D2), just as they did prior to the abandoned clash in November (W2, D3). Their impressive third place position should come as no surprise though, considering manager Jorge Sampaoli led Sevilla to fourth in La Liga in his only previous club campaign in Europe.

This time, Marseille bring a league-best five straight away victories – all with clean sheets and four with a half-time lead – into this game. Continuing that would see them go into the weekend back in second place, although to achieve that they’ll have to shirk the curse of not having won at Lyon since 2007/08 (D6, L9 since).

Date: 01/02/2022
Time: 23:00
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon)
Pick for this match:
“Over 2.5 ” – @ 2.01 ( BETWAY )

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