Saint-Etienne vs Lyon Prediction, 10/3/2021 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 9/30/2021

Game: Saint-Etienne vs Lyon

Date: Sunday, October 3, 2021

Location: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne, France

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Saint-Etienne (+270) Lyon (-110)

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard is the venue where Mahdi Camara and Saint-Etienne (0-3-5, 20th in Ligue 1) will play Lyon (3-3-2, 7th in Ligue 1) on Sunday. The expected starting goalkeepers will be Etienne Green for Saint-Etienne and Anthony Lopes for Lyon. Saint-Étienne are at +270 while the Kids are at -110. The over/under opens at 2.5.

Saint-Etienne faced off with Nice in their most recent game and took a loss by a final of 3-0. In the passing game, they ended with a 84.7% rate by connecting on 422 of the 498 passing targets last game. Saint-Etienne tried 15 dribbles in this contest and converted 11 of those attempts for a percentage of 73.3%.

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Regarding shot accuracy, Saint-Etienne walked away from the pitch at a 45.5% clip by putting 5 shots on target out of 11 total shots. Saint-Etienne is averaging 0.87 goals per 90 (7 goals in total) and have tallied 4 assists in all contests this season.

Mahdi Camara is a player who should be able to impact this game for Saint-Etienne. He has accounted for 2 assists while earning 7 yellow cards during his career. Camara has been a starter in 54 contests in his pro soccer career and he scores 0.06 G/90. The midfielder from France has totaled 3 goals in 4,871 mins.

Another player who should impact this match is Denis Bouanga, the forward representing France. Bouanga has been on the pitch for 13,588 minutes during 153 career starting assignments and has been handed a total of 25 yellow card warnings. He has assisted on a goal 19 times during his pro soccer career and he has scored 53 total goals. He is averaging 0.35 goals per 90 minutes for his career.

The guy protecting the net for Saint-Etienne is Etienne Green. Green has seen the pitch for 1,292 minutes and has earned 37 stops so far in his pro soccer career. His GA/90 is 1.39 (20 goals surrendered) and he has a save percentage of 67.3%. The keeper born in France has seen 55 shots attempted at him in 15 career starting assignments. Green (4-4-7 mark during his career) has recorded 3 shutouts, which gives him a 20.0% shutout percentage.

In their last game, Lyon earned the draw by finishing with a tally of 1-1 against Lorient. Lyon ended the game with a 70.6% successful dribble percentage by converting 12 of the 17 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this outing by converting 427 out of their 502 passes they attempted for a rate of 85.1%. Lyon had 2 shots on target out of their 12 shots tried which had them at a 16.7% rate in their last game. With a total of 13 goals and 9 assists in all their matches, Lyon sports an average of 1.62 goals and 1.13 assists per 90 minutes.

Lucas Paqueta should provide a spark for Lyon. He sports an average of 0.27 goals per 90 minutes and has had a starting assignment in 98 games during his career. The midfielder from Brazil has 8,428 mins while earning 25 goals. He has totaled 31 yellow cards during his soccer career and has helped on a goal 9 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Karl Toko Ekambi, the forward representing France. Ekambi has been given a total of 16 yellow cards in 18,086 professional minutes played (206 career starts). His goals per 90 min average in his career is 0.41. He has accumulated 82 goals so far in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 26 times.

Anthony Lopes will be residing in front of the net for Lyon. Lopes has 99 clean sheets and has defended 1,104 shots tried against him in 25,951 career minutes. He holds a save percentage of 73.4% and his shutout rate is currently at 34.3%. He has surrendered 1.10 goals per 90 and he has earned a record of 151-65-71. So far in his career, Lopes has surrendered 318 goals and has 817 saves in 289 starting assignments.

Who will win tonight's Ligue 1 game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lyon (-110)

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