Lyon vs G.A. Eagles prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-12-10 20:00.
[p]Pre-round UEFA Europa League (UEL) table toppers Lyon are looking to take another step towards automatic qualification to the last 16 when they host Dutch debutants Go Ahead Eagles.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Despite some indifferent form across their last eight competitive games (W2, D3, L3), Lyon begin matchday six at the league phase summit (W4, L1) after thrashing Maccabi Tel Aviv 6-0 last time out – their biggest major European win without conceding since 1974. Only Midtjylland (12) have outscored Les Gones (11) across the first five matchdays, while they’ve netted four unanswered goals across their two UEL home games this term. They’ve won seven of their nine home games across all competitions this season (L2), keeping six clean sheets therein, and are fancied to add another here.[/p]
[p]Making their debut in a UEFA league phase, Go Ahead Eagles sit outside the top 24 on goal difference alone (W2, L3), with back-to-back defeats by an aggregate score of 6-0 across the last two matchdays undermining their progress. That forms part of a wider slump that’s seen the Dutch outfit win just one of their last seven games across all competitions (D2, L4), conceding exactly four in the last two of those defeats. Melvin Boel’s men appear unlikely to spark a revival on the road where they’ve gone winless in their last five matches (D1, L4), but solace can be found from their last such victory coming against Panathinaikos on matchday two.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Lyon carry favouritism for this first-ever H2H having already beaten Dutch opponents in the form of Utrecht on matchday one (2-0). French sides are unbeaten in their last six UEL meetings against Dutch sides (W3, D3).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Lyon are the only side yet to concede after half-time in this season’s UEL.[/p]
[p]Four of Lyon’s last five home games produced over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Go Ahead Eagles have faced the most shots (96) and shots on target (39) across the first five UEL matchdays.[/p]
[p]Pre-round, only two sides have attempted fewer shots than Go Ahead Eagles (127).[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Corentin Tolisso starred in Lyon’s rout of Maccabi, scoring a hat-trick and assisting another to take his European goal tally for the club to 11, fewer than only three Frenchmen in club history. Go Ahead Eagles’ Melle Meulensteen netted twice at the weekend, yet each of his four goals this term have arrived in 2-2 draws (D3).[/p]
[p]Lyon’s Tanner Tessmann missed their weekend defeat through injury, but Go Ahead Eagles don’t appear to have any fresh concerns.[/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Lyon look formidable in this competition, so backing them for a -2 handicap victory here makes sense.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]