Manchester City - Lyon Football prediction

Manchester City and Lyon play at Etihad Stadium in a UEFA Champions League (Group Stage) match. These two teams have never faced each other before, so this will be their first direct confrontation. Special attention is needed for the home / off condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.

Manchester City Analysis

The home team had direct access to this group stage, so they will play their first match in this competition. This is a team that curiously has more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 matches it has recorded 11 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats as a visitor, with 32 goals scored and 11 conceded, against 9 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats at home, with 36 goals scored and 15 conceded. In the last game he played for the Barclays Premier League, he beat Fulham at home (3-0). In the last 10 home games Manchester City have recorded 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 games. In his home games there is a tendency towards goals, since 24 of his last 30 games finished with More of 2.5 goals.

Manchester City are a club that has not yet managed to win the Champions League but has been a Premier League champion five times over the course of its history. In the 2017/18 Champions League, the English team did a relatively good campaign, reaching the quarter-finals when it was eliminated by Liverpool 5x1. Noting the results of Manchester City earlier this season, it is possible to see that the team maintained a high average goal scored during their games, since in the five official matches that played for the national championship, in all they were scored more than 1.5 goals and three of them were scored more than 2.5 goals. I believe that by playing at home in an important competition, City will be able to maintain this standard and make another game with several goals.
Confirmed lineup: Ederson Moraes, J. Stones, K. Walker, A. Laporte, Bernardo Silva, F. Delph, İ. Gündoğan, Fernandinho, David Silva, Gabriel Jesus, R. Sterling.
Technical: Guardiola.

Analysis of Lyon

The visiting team makes its debut in this edition of the competition, since they did not have to play any of the qualifiers prior to this group stage. This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when playing with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with a total of 26 goals scored and 20 conceded. Already inside the home, he won 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, with a total of 30 goals scored and 11 conceded. The team arrives in this match after a draw with Caen by (2-2). In the last 10 matches played in all competitions, Lyon have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 5. The team allowed their opponents' goals in 7 of the last 10 games, so there are defensive processes that need to be improved. In his games as a visitor there is a tendency to have goals, since 23 of his last 32 games finished with More than 2.5 goals. There are 1 highlights in the last 6 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he suffered 3 of his 6 goals between the minutes (46'-60 ').

Lyon are a French club that have won seven Ligue 1 titles (the French Championship), the last one won in 2007/08, and Lyon have five Coupe de France cups, one Coupe de La Ligue and eight Super Cups France, among other national achievements. In the 2017/18 season of Ligue 1, Lyon finished third and now in the 2018/19 season, the team are in seventh place in their last game for Ligue 1 Lyon have played away from home a game with four goals , tied at the home of Caen by 2x2, showing offensive potential also away from home. We can believe that Lyon can make a great match at the home of Manchester City and play a match full of goals.
Confirmed lineup: Anthony Lopes, Marcelo, Rafael, J. Denayer, F. Mendy, Pape Diop, T. NDombèlé, H. Aouar, N. Fekir, M. Cornet, M. Depay.
Technician: B. Génésio.