Lyon - West Ham, Picks and Tips
Lyon are facing a season in which they are in danger of losing the European Cups. After 31 rounds, OL is barely 10th in the standings with 46 points. There are 21 points left to play for in seven rounds, and the gap to third-placed Rennes, for example, is 10 points. Lyon also failed to win in the last round. They finished 1-1 away to Strasbourg, a match in which the equaliser was brought about by Toko Ekambi's 90th-minute goal. It is the fourth draw in Lyon's last five matches. The last time they played at home, Lyon won 3-2. It was a game against Angers, in which Dembele scored a "double" and the winning goal was scored by Tete.
West Ham go to Lyon after another away defeat. They lost last time out at Brentford, 0-2. "The 'Hammers' had only one shot on goal space. It was the fifth consecutive away defeat, after Tottenham, Sevilla, Liverpool and Southampton. In three of them, West Ham didn't even manage to score. This left West Ham in 6th place in the Premier League. They can take their eye off the Champions League places with 51 points, six less than Tottenham in 4th place, who also have one game in hand.The Hammers were in a group with Dinamo Zagreb, Rapid Vienna and Genk. They finished top with 13 points - four wins, one draw and one defeat. West Ham then managed the feat of eliminating FC Sevilla, the competition's 'specialists'. In the very edition in which the final will take place at the "Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan". In the round in Andalusia it was 1-0 to the Spaniards. The second leg at the Olympic Stadium ended 2-0. It was 1-0 after 90 minutes, thanks to Soucek's goal. The qualifying goal came from Yarmolenko's boot in the 112th minute.
Our recommendation tip for Lyon - West Ham: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE @ 1.80