Olympique Lyonnais vs Juventus 18/10 – Champions League
Three Teams Compete in Group H
LEAGUE: Champions League
GAME: Olympique Lyonnais vs Juventus
LOCATION: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
DATE: Tuesday 18/10
TIME: 20:45
Lyon and Juventus have met twice before but in the Europa League, at the quarter-final of the competition in 2014. Juventus won both games by a single goal to progress.
It’s been a Champions League campaign of mixed fortunes for both Lyon and Juventus, so far this season. Lyon opened off with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb at home, which set them up nicely for the trip to Sevilla. However, they could not break through a tough home defence and went down 1-0, to leave the French on 3 points.
Juventus started their 2016/17 Champions League season slowly, with a frustrating 0-0 draw at home to Sevilla. However, this was soon forgotten with the trip to the Croatian capital, as Max Allegri’s team recorded a resounding 4-0 win, to sit top of Group H, on 4 points coming into this game.
Tips
We have looked closely at the following aspects of this match, which offer good betting value:
- Over/Under 2.5 Goals
- Winning Margin
- Correct Score
Solid Italian Defence
One thing Juventus continue to pride themselves on, is their solid defence and they are yet to concede a goal in the Champions League this season. Lyon have also looked decent at the back, conceding a single goal to date and this could be a very low scoring match in France.
Game Tip: Under 2.5 Goals is 1.8 at Bet365
A Close Game
Despite Juventus being strongly fancied by the bookmakers to defeat Lyon, the match could be a lot closer than the odds suggest. Juventus have won 3 of their last 8 away Champions League matches and were held 0-0 by Monaco in 2015. Lyon will struggle to prevent Juventus from winning the match but the final score line will not be big.
Game Tip: Juventus to Win by 1 Goal is 3.5 at Bet365
Set-up to Defend
Juventus are not all about defending and have some great attacking players, such as Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala. However, when it comes to getting the job done away from home, not conceding must be the priority and all it will take is a single goal, for Juventus to take maximum points back to Turin.
Game Tip: Juventus to Win 1-0 is 6.5 at Ladbrokes
