Lyon and Reims are in near-opposite veins of form as the two teams prepare to duke it out in the return to Ligue 1.
The remarkable rise of Lyon will undergo a tough test on Saturday when Reims visits the Groupama Stadium hoping to become just the third team to beat Les Gones on their own turn in 2024. After a torrid first half of the Ligue 1 season, Lyon has been reinvented under manager Pierre Sage and welcomes Will Still’s side having won 13 of its past 16 games in all competitions. The revival has been so successful for Lyon, in fact, that a win this weekend would see the team not that long ago embroiled in a relegation scrap move within a single point of Reims with only eight games to go this season.
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Almost a month since last playing at home, Lyon returns to the Groupama having clinched back-to-back away wins just before pausing for the recent international break.
Sage’s side were close to seeing their relentless road form come to a halt at Toulouse a fortnight ago, only to score twice in the final 15 minutes of the match and secure a 3-2 triumph.
Former Arsenal man Alexandre Lacazette put Les Gones ahead early before a quick-fire double from Toulouse, but Rayan Cherki and Irish defender Jake O’Brien scored late to bag all three points:
Reims’ most recent road fixture was similarly impressive as the club came from behind to bag a 2-2 draw at Ligue 1 leader Paris Saint-Germain.
Oumar Diakite netted the crucial equalizer in that clash and followed up with another goal in Reims’ 2-1 home win over Metz before the break.
It’s fair to say Les Rouges et Blancs will be facing a different Lyon compared to the one it defeated 2-0 at home in October, with few (if any) teams enjoying form like Sage’s at present.
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