Olympique Lyonnais vs Saint-Étienne betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 1 match on November 10th, 2024

A football match between Olympique Lyonnais and Saint-Étienne of the Ligue 1 will take place in France on Sunday, November 10th, 2024, at 19:45h (UTC), check the Olympique Lyonnais vs Saint-Étienne betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Olympique Lyonnais vs Saint-Étienne will occur

The game takes place in the mythical Groupama Stadium stadium, in the city of Decines-Charpieu, with a capacity for 59186 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Olympique Lyonnais vs Saint-Étienne betting tip 2024/2025

In the current edition of the Ligue 1, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.7 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 2.96 goals per match.

Olympique Lyonnais last match

In the last match they played, Olympique Lyonnais collected a draw. The opposing team was LOSC Lille, and the match - which ended with the result of 1-1 - was valid for Ligue 1. Coach P. Sage's disposed his team in a 4-3-3 formation.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.75.

In this match, it is necessary to highlight Malick Fofana, even with the game ending in a draw. He was behind most of Olympique Lyonnais initiatives, but it was not enough to give the team victory.

Saint-Étienne last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne, who used a 4-1-4-1 formation, faced the Strasbourg team with a final score of 2-0.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 3.30, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Olympique Lyonnais vs Saint-Étienne h2h

Last time these teams faced each other, Olympique Lyonnais occupied 11th place in Ligue 1 and, team Saint-Étienne the 20th place. Olympique Lyonnais entered the field with the tactic 3-4-2-1, while Saint-Étienne arranged their formation in a 5-4-1.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 21-01-2022, in the 2021/2022 season of the Ligue 1, which ended with a 1-0 win for Olympique Lyonnais.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

In this football match, W. Delajod will be the referee while E. Finjean and P. Jeanne will assist him.

Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 leaderboard now

The Olympique Lyonnais team with 15 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Qualifiers, with a campaign of 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

In the 11th round, the team is having an 1 point advantage over the Lens team, which is placed just below in 7th place. It also has 1 point less than Nice team that is in the 5th place.

Olympique Lyonnais analysis

After 10 matches, Olympique Lyonnais shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 17 goals and conceded 15.

The Olympique Lyonnais team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 54.3%. Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents.

Olympique Lyonnais has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 1096 attacks resulting in 17 goals. Saint-Étienne, on the other hand, has only scored 10 times with 843 attacks.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Duje Ćaleta-Car played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against LOSC Lille. He failed to show the expected security and did not help Olympique Lyonnais to come out with the victory.

Best goalscorer from Olympique Lyonnais

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Malick Martin Fofana is the player to highlight. Helping Olympique Lyonnais with 3 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Saint-Étienne

Ligue 1 leaderboard now

The Saint-Étienne team with 10 points currently occupies the 16th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Relegation Play-off, with a campaign of 3 wins, 1 draw, and 6 losses.

Saddled with the same score that the Angers SCO team in position 15, in the 11th round.

Saint-Étienne analysis

After 10 rounds, Saint-Étienne has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 24 goals so far and scored 10 times.

Recent performances have highlighted that Saint-Étienne is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 1 goals scored on average per match.

Best goalscorer from Saint-Étienne

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Zuriko Davitashvili so far in the competition. With 5 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Saint-Étienne to achieve victorious results this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Historical data: Saint-Étienne

With 10 titles won in the tournament’s history the Saint-Étienne team is one of the leading names in the competition. The team's record can influence the final result of the match and it would not be the first time that the team have managed to surprise their opponents with a victory at a time where they are in poor form.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Olympique Lyonnais is Malick Martin Fofana, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Saint-Étienne is Zuriko Davitashvili, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Saint-Étienne scores an average of 0.8 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 3.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.6 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Olympique Lyonnais is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.4 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Olympique Lyonnais in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

In games like these, the players are usually nervous and sometimes even aggressive due to the tension that this rivalry involves. Therefore, a good option is to bet that the match will have an above average number of cards or that at least one red card will be shown.

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