Lyon vs Angers prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2022-09-02 17:00.
Lyon manager Peter Bosz forecasted that a change of personnel was coming after their underwhelming 1-1 draw at Reims last weekend. Indeed, it would be two direct swaps in the midfield that produced a greater attacking efficiency and a 2-1 midweek victory over newcomers Auxerre that kept them within reach of the top of the Ligue 1 standings.
The arrival of winless Angers affords them one more opportunity to sharpen up at home ahead of a tricky clash with defending champions PSG in mid-September. If successful here, they would be entering that galactic contest with an eight-game winning streak in home league football, which began with an entertaining 3-2 defeat of Angers in April 2022.
Angers came agonisingly close to defeating Lyon twice last season, but instead came away with a fourth consecutive H2H away loss in that aforementioned match. Some of their best football from their bottom-half finish in 2021/22 was demonstrated in their two meetings with Lyon (W1, L1), evidence of the inside knowledge that manager GĂ©rald Baticle brings to the matchup after almost a decade as an assistant at Lyon.
Baticle expressed his “concern” about Angers’ defensive “regression” throughout the season after a 2-4 home loss to Reims in midweek, well behind Lyon’s recent result against Reims. They conceded 14 goals across their last four trips to Lyon, and having completed the fifth round with one of the poorest defensive records of the competition (2.4 goals conceded per match), appear increasingly unlikely to minimise the damage let alone avoid their worst six-game start to a top-flight season since 1980/81.
Players to watch: Lyon forward Tetê has not only scored in each of their last four Ligue 1 home games, but his last 20 goalscoring appearances for any club in any competition have all been victorious. On the other hand, Loïs Diony has been a travelling specialist, recording Angers’ first goal in both Ligue 1 away trips this season.
Hot streak: Lyon’s last eight Ligue 1 home fixtures have seen both teams score on the day and a mammoth average of 5.13 total goals per game.