Lyon vs Angers prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-05-16 19:00.
[p]Final days don’t get much bigger than this for Lyon, who could finish the day by securing qualification to any of the three tiers of European competition, or not at all should they fail to win. Victory over Angers would give them the chance to go level on points and potentially move above any of Nice, Lille, or Strasbourg, who occupy the European places, on goal difference if any of that trio go on to lose their games. [/p]
[p]Lyon could have all but secured their passage into a second successive European campaign had they not lost their previous two games, although a home return may stimulate a resurgence after winning five of their last seven games across all competitions here (D1, L1). That form came despite keeping just one clean sheet across the period while falling behind on six occasions across the seven encounters. [/p]
[p]In contrasting form are visitors Angers, who head into the final day having secured their top-flight status for next season after winning three times in their last five league matches (L2), as many as in their prior 12 outings in the competition. After winning their last two such games, another victory would equal Angers’ best run of successive league victories this season, though even that wouldn’t be enough to lift them above 13th place.[/p]
[p]Playing away is rarely a positive for Angers, who remain unbeaten in all of their trips to face sides beginning the final day below them (W4, D1), but have failed to win ten of their 11 such outings against sides starting above themselves (W1, D3, L7). Despite that dreary record, Angers are rarely blown away on the road, as evidenced by the fact that ten of those 11 trips ended with under 2.5 total goals. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Georges Mikautadze has directly contributed to six goals in his last seven games for Lyon, while he also rounded off the scoring in the reverse fixture (3-0). EstĂ©ban Lepaul needs just one more goal to secure a ten-goal season in his first Ligue 1 campaign after his brace last weekend – the Angers striker netted decisively in his last three scoring appearances. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Only PSG have a higher points per game average than Angers’ 2.67 when scoring first this season (W10, D2). [/p]
[p][i]Written by Matthew Billon[/i][/p]