Strasbourg, France – As Ligue 1 action heats up, seventh-placed Strasbourg dey ready to host fifth-placed Lyon for intense match on Friday night. Kick-off go start at 19:45, and both teams dey on form, especially as dem get just two points separating dem on the league table.
Manager Liam Rosenior and im squad don show strong performance lately, winning five of dem last six games. Lyon dey bring their own firepower too, but dem don suffer five of their seven league losses against top three teams: PSG, Marseille and Monaco. Dis match go determine who fit stay in contention for European places.
Both teams dey score plenty goals when dem meet, as in dem last 14 games against each other, both teams don score, with over 2.5 goals recorded in ten matches. Fans dey expect another attacking display as de players don dey sharp. For Lyon, di Georgian forward wey dey on fire don score seven goals and provided four assists in four games for club and country. Him dey 6/5 to provide either a goal or assist, as he don hit the target in eight of him last ten outings.
For the reverse fixture earlier this season, he no score but he make six attempts and land three on target, showing say e dey involved and ready to contribute for di team. Young star Rayan Cherki join him for Lyon side, im also dey shine, contributing for goals or assists in eight of im last nine appearances. E don dey dish out assists well, with two assists in four of those outings, and im dey 7/5 to score or assist again.
As we dey look to balance odds, we go back Strasbourg’s top scorer Emanuel Emegha to have at least two shots on target at 10/11. Dis season, him don record 29 shots on target, including seven matches where him shoot two or more on target. Earlier dis season against Lyon, him had four shots and hit target with all four, so it make sense for us to back am to test di keeper again.