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Lyon v Lorient : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Groupama Stadium, Lyon

Home advantage can be vital in the Ligue 1, and Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca’s Lyon will have the joy of it on Sunday evening. Olivier Pantaloni’s Lorient are their visitors to the Groupama Stadium. All statistics, including each side's 20 game form and head-to-head records, will change as you explore each of the betting markets using the tabs below. The best odds and, of course, our algorithmic predictions will too.

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Lyon's next match is v Auxerre at 14:00 on Saturday 25th April
Lorient's next match is v Strasbourg at 14:00 on Sunday 26th April
The last French Ligue 1 meeting between Lyon and Lorient was on Sunday 12th April 2026
French Ligue 1
April 12th 2026
Lyon 2
0 Lorient
 
R. Yaremchuk 49'
C. Tolisso 56'
 
LYN
LOR
Shots On
5
6
Shots Off
4
6
Corners
4
6
Possession
53%
47%
Fouls
17
14
Yellow/red cards
5/0
1/0
 
LyonLorient
 
D. Greif
A. Da Silva Santos
M. Niakhaté
A. Bastardo Moreira
R. Ghezzal (C. Tolisso 46')
C. Mata Pedro Lourenço
S. Kango (E. Moreira de Sousa 46')
A. Maitland-Niles
T. Morton (T. Tessmann 82')
N. Teye Nartey (O. Mangala 46')
R. Yaremchukfootball icon (R. Kluivert 86')
A. Meité
N. Cadiou
(P. Katseris 23') T. Le Bris
(T. Aiyegun 73') J. Makengo
P. Pagis
(S. Soumano 80') Bamba Dieng
A. Faye
Y. Mvogo
N. Adjei
(D. Yongwa Ngameni 73') K. Kouassi
A. Ebong Avon

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Lyon or Lorient are in the kind of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so we've opted for over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 74% chance of 2 goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lyon are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 53% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lyon
53%
8/13
2%
1/1000
Draw
24%
31/10125/1
Lorient
22%
17/4
5%
1/50
Lyon 1-0
12%
7/15/2
Draw 1-1
12%
13/211/2
Lyon 2-0
10%
15/21/4
Lyon 2-1
10%
15/217/2
Draw 0-0
7%
12/1
10%
3/1
Lorient 1-0
7%
16/115/2
Lorient 2-1
6%
16/1
12%
20/1
Lyon 3-0
5%
11/19/2
Lyon 3-1
5%
11/1
15%
28/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1
12%
60/1
Lorient 2-0
3%
28/1
12%
22/1
Lyon 3-2
3%
20/1125/1
Lyon 4-0
2%
22/1
12%
28/1
Lyon 4-1
2%
22/1125/1
Lorient 3-1
2%
40/166/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
8/118/1
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
11/101/20
Home 1st Goal
54%
1/2
3%
13/20
Away 1st Goal
42%
13/8
1%
29/10
No 1st Goal
5%
12/1
10%
3/1
BTTS - Yes
51%
7/10
6%
18/1
BTTS - No
49%
21/20
2%
1/300
BTTS - Home Win
23%
11/57/1
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/1
5%
50/1
BTTS - Away Win
10%
8/1
5%
100/1
Home/draw
78%
1/6
1%
1/50
Away/draw
47%
5/4
2%
100/1
Home/away
76%
2/91/1000
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
2/92/7
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
10/35/2
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
7/460/1
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
4/91/200
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
4/166/1
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/61/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
9/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/161/50
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/25
1%
2/9
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
12/1
10%
3/1
Home DNB
70%
2/9
3%
1/1000
Away DNB
40%
3/1
7%
100/1
Lyon win to nil
30%
2/1
9%
-
Lorient win to nil
12%
9/1
11%
-
Lyon / Lyon
33%
7/5
5%
5/1
Lyon / Lorient
3%
33/1
17%
45/1
Lyon / Draw
6%
14/122/1
Draw / Lyon
18%
7/25/4
Draw / Lorient
8%
10/1
5%
11/2
Draw / Draw
14%
11/211/5
Lorient / Lyon
4%
20/1
9%
28/1
Lorient / Lorient
10%
15/2
6%
18/1
Lorient / Draw
5%
16/1
12%
22/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lyon have played 28 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 6 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 10 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Lyon have outscored their opponents by 41 goals to 38 goals.

Home League Performance

Lyon have played 13 games at home winning 9, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Lorient are in 9th position in the Ligue 1 on 38 points having played 28 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 3 and won 6. Lorient have conceded 19 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lyon
Lorient
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG2921354066 
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
May 2
2
Lens2920272862 
May 17
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
3
Lille3016681554 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-7A
d
 
1-1A
4
Lyon3016681554 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
5
Rennes3015871153 
May 3
l
 
3-1F
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-2F
6
Marseille30164101852 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-2F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
4-0A
7
Monaco3015510750 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-3F
8
Strasbourg2912710943 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-1A
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
9
Lorient3010119-441 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
-
-
10
Paris FC3091110-638 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
3-3F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
11
Toulouse3010713-137 
l
 
1-2F
May 10
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
12
Brest2910712-637 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
3-3F
l
 
2-0A
13
Angers309714-1434 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
14
Le Havre3061212-1330 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
May 17
d
 
1-1F
15
Nice307815-2229 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-2A
w
 
3-1A
d
 
3-3A
16
Auxerre3051015-1425 
Apr 25
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
17
Nantes304818-2420 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
18
Metz303621-3915 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-5F
d
 
1-1A
May 10
Win / draw / win form
Lyon 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
14
D
1
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lyon1 - 2Monaco
Lyon1 - 1Paris FC
Lyon2 - 0Nice
Lyon1 - 0Lille
Lyon2 - 1Brest
Lyon1 - 0Le Havre
Lyon3 - 0Nantes
Lyon2 - 3PSG
Lyon2 - 1Strasbourg
Lyon1 - 2Toulouse
Lyon1 - 0Angers
Lyon1 - 0Marseille
Lyon3 - 0Metz
Lyon2 - 0Angers
Lyon1 - 2Lens
Lyon4 - 1Rennes
Lyon2 - 1Lille
Lyon4 - 2Le Havre
Lyon2 - 1Brest
Lyon2 - 3PSG
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALyon0 - 0Angers
HLyon1 - 2Monaco
ALyon0 - 0Le Havre
HLyon1 - 1Paris FC
ALyon2 - 3Marseille
ALyon1 - 3Strasbourg
HLyon2 - 0Nice
ALyon1 - 0Nantes
HLyon1 - 0Lille
ALyon5 - 2Metz
HLyon2 - 1Brest
ALyon3 - 1Monaco
HLyon1 - 0Le Havre
ALyon0 - 1Lorient
HLyon3 - 0Nantes
ALyon0 - 0Auxerre
HLyon2 - 3PSG
ALyon0 - 0Brest
ALyon3 - 3Paris FC
HLyon2 - 1Strasbourg
Lorient 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Toulouse1 - 0Lorient
Lille1 - 1Lorient
Nice3 - 3Lorient
Brest2 - 0Lorient
Rennes0 - 2Lorient
Monaco1 - 3Lorient
Strasbourg0 - 0Lorient
Nantes1 - 1Lorient
Lens3 - 0Lorient
Angers2 - 0Lorient
Paris FC2 - 0Lorient
Le Havre1 - 1Lorient
Marseille4 - 0Lorient
Auxerre1 - 0Lorient
Ajaccio2 - 1Lorient
Annecy0 - 0Lorient
Guingamp1 - 2Lorient
Grenoble1 - 2Lorient
Paris FC3 - 2Lorient
Troyes0 - 1Lorient
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLorient1 - 1Paris FC
ALorient0 - 1Toulouse
HLorient2 - 1Lens
ALorient1 - 1Lille
HLorient2 - 2Auxerre
ALorient3 - 3Nice
HLorient2 - 0Angers
ALorient0 - 2Brest
HLorient2 - 1Nantes
ALorient2 - 0Rennes
ALorient3 - 1Monaco
HLorient1 - 1Metz
ALorient0 - 0Strasbourg
HLorient1 - 0Lyon
HLorient3 - 1Nice
ALorient1 - 1Nantes
HLorient1 - 1Toulouse
ALorient0 - 3Lens
HLorient1 - 1PSG
ALorient0 - 2Angers
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Lyon have drawn with Lorient in 3 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Lyon since 2014
Lyon
Lorient
Goals: Scored
13
10
Games: Scored
5 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
3 / 8
LYN
2
D
4
LOR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Lyon4 - 1
1 - 4Lorient
Draw0 - 0Draw
Lyon4 - 0
0 - 1Lorient
League games at Lorient since 2013
Lorient
Lyon
Goals: Scored
11
14
Games: Scored
8 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
1 / 9
LYN
3
D
3
LOR
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lorient
Lorient1 - 0
0 - 2Lyon
Lorient3 - 1
1 - 4Lyon
Draw1 - 1Draw
Lorient1 - 0
1 - 3Lyon
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics

Lyon have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 5 consecutive Ligue 1 matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Lorient on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Lyon 4th Lorient 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Lyon will score 1 or more goals
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Lorient scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+6
Lyon’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-10
Lorient’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Lyon
PG (predicted goals)
Lorient
1.7
1
Attack rating
13%
better
LYN
LOR
view stats
Games scored23
20
Failed to score5
8
Scored first18
13
Goals scored41
38
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
16
Avg. XG for1.6
1.3
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
37%
better
LYN
LOR
view stats
Games conceded14
23
Clean sheets14
5
Conceded first6
14
Goals conceded29
42
Avg. goals conceded1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
5
Conversion rate against13%
19%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+37%

Lyon v Lorient Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
28877
C MataC TolissoA MoreiraA Maitland-Niles
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Greif GLK251
-
S. Kango DEF4
-
C Mata DEF28
5
-
M Niakhaté DEF282
3
-
Abner DEF223
4
1
A Maitland-Niles MID2613
6
1
T Morton MID2622
6
1
R Ghezzal  MID10
-
N. Teye Nartey MID92
-
A Moreira MID2337
3
-
R Yaremchuk FWD711
-
Subs
R Descamps GLK5
-
R Kluivert DEF1312
3
-
H Hateboer DEF14
1
O Mangala MID7
-
T Tessmann MID281
2
-
A Karabec MID211
3
-
C Tolisso MID2681
5
-
K. Merah MID191
2
-
Endrick FWD1246
3
-
Lorient Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27967
Y Mvogo B DiengK. KouassiA. Faye
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Y Mvogo  GLK27
-
B Meïté DEF233
4
-
A. Faye DEF13
7
-
N Adjei DEF11
-
T Bris MID2822
-
A Avon MID2711
3
-
N Cadiou MID2411
1
-
K. Kouassi MID2726
4
-
J Makengo FWD2732
1
-
P Pagis FWD2483
1
-
B Dieng FWD1892
3
-
Subs
B Kamara GLK3
-
I Silva DEF151
1
-
D Yongwa DEF221
3
1
P Katseris DEF121
2
-
B Fadiga MID
-
M. Bley MID1
-
D. Semedo MID1
-
A Tosin  FWD234
1
-
S Soumano FWD2942
2
-