Lyon and Juventus will face on Tuesday, October 18, in the third stage from Group H of the Champions League.
Olympique Lyonnais
The team coached by Bruno Genesio season does not start on that and would have wanted. Faced with many medical problems, those at Lyon have been hard to find silence and rhythm, alternating successes with bitter failures.
In Ligue 1 OL accounted for four wins, one draw and 4 defeats, being 10 points behind leader Nice (direct confrontation took place right at the beginning of the weekend, Balotelli and his imposing 2-0) . The situation is somewhat better in terms of Champions League group, thanks to the victory in the first round (3-0) obtained against Dinamo Zagreb modest. In addition, performance in defeat from the field Sevilla (0-1) was decent one.
Despite the difficulties caused by the reasons mentioned above, lyonezii continue to have very good numbers at home. Otherwise, matches the “Parc Olympique Lyonnais’ that have kept the team on the surface this season, winning 4 of the 5 games played in front of their fans, each time managing to point out at least twice. This, in conjunction with the return to training of many essential pieces that were missing lately is the one who gives fans high hopes before the confrontation with the Italian champions.
Juventus F.C.
Batch important changes that occurred in the summer break have not greatly affected the team’s results, torinezii winning 8 of the 10 official games played so far. The only missteps were made in confrontations with Sevilla in the Champions League (0-0 Juventus Stadium) and Inter Milan (1-2). Otherwise, the line wins.
“Old Lady” had some difficulties in previous championship game, imposing quite hard (2-1) at home in front of Udinese. However, he managed to win and take a lead of 5 points already compared ranked second in Serie A, confirming the general opinion that Juve will not have problems to find great and add a new title in the window.
As we had used the band in Turin excels both on the offensive phase, and on the defensive, general goal difference of course being the season 21-5.
Juve is one of pretender in UCL trophy conquest, something which is reflected in the odds offered by bookmakers.
direct meetings
The two teams have faced in a formal framework for twice in history, winning both matches Juventus in the quarterfinals of the Europa League 2013/2014 edition (1-0 away and 2-1 at home)
Conclusion
Italians are better on all counts, the only element that could balance the balance being solid performance that Lyon has accustomed us when evolving on their own land. In addition, considering the outcome of the tie with Sevilla Juventus Stadium, presumably as Buffon & co. treat very serious match on Tuesday. So our bet will head to the better team, but without forcing things.
