Lyon vs Zenit St. Petersburg
The UEFA Champions League competition has begun and the opening match of the season presents a match between Lyon and Zenit, this match will be held at Groupama Stadium (Décines-Charpieu). Meeting the Russian team is actually not the first time for Lyon, the two teams met in the UEFA Champions League group phase in 2015 and also a friendly match in 2016.
At that time Zenit successfully came out as group H winners while Lyon had to settle for the bottom of the standings, then also Lyon always fell in both the 0-2 and 3-1 home games during the group phase. But Lyon can win 2-1 in a friendly, but apart from their meeting there was a decline in the Zenit camp that is the last time they joined the UEFA Champions League that year or 2015/2016 season.
After more or less 4 years of struggling, finally they got a place again in this highest European competition, while in the Lyon camp they were absent in 2017 alone and last season Lyon successfully came out as runner-up group to accompany Manchester City, even Lyon went into the last 16 before finally eliminated by Barcelona, which is fairly natural when they fall.
Zenit did perform well at the start of the Russian Premier League season and this is not comparable to Lyon which still does not look optimal, but for the opportunity to win observers are still less siding with Lyon. Apart from being benefited at home but also the existence of Lyon in the Champions League last year was quite satisfying. Most likely M. Dembélé et al can win.
Our Prediction: Over 2.5
Odds: 1.80