Lyon vs Caen – Coupe de France
Lyon will face Caen in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France event on Thursday (28/02) in the morning. Victory will be an absolute targert for Lyon to ensure a move to the semifinals while restoring their confidence.
In Ligue 1 last weekend Lyon had to recognize the advantage of AS Monaco with a score of 0-2. This defeat made Lyon winless in their last 2 games, where previously they were only able to play a goalless draw against Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League last 16.
Lyon clearly do not want to continue to be in this puddle, for that they will target the victory when they host Caen in the Coupe de France quarter-finals on Thursday (28/02) early morning. Lyon’s chances are indeed quite good, besides going to play in front of their own public, Lyon’s quality is still better than Caen’s.
Not only that, Caen’s confidence is also no better than Lyon. The team made by Fabien Mercadal is without victory in the last 4 games by recording 2 defeats and 2 draws. The results also make the Caen position more immersed in the degeneration zone. With 18th place with 20 points, Caen is now 4 points behind the safe zone.
The first meeting of the two teams this season ended in a 2-2 draw at Caen headquarters. The result left Lyon with 3 wins and 2 losses to Caen in 7 meetings in all competitions. At the Groupama Stadium, Lyon always managed to surpass Caen in 4 meetings. In fact, in 11 matches at Lyon headquarters the host managed to record 8 wins and only lost once to Caen.
Prediction Today: 1
Odds: 1.30