There are many words to describe the match, which is minimum the great hit of the
French Ligue 1 at the moment. On Sunday, 9 p.m., the team of
Olympique Lyonnais will play against the
Girondins de Bordeaux. As a matter of fact, that's the duel between the champion and the old dominator, who has won the title seven times before the new era of Bordeaux. Thereto, both teams did a very good job in the Champions League and they reached the qualification for the next phase.
Already on Tuesday, the Girondins de Bordeaux won 1:0 at Haifa and that's why the players of coach
Laurent Blanc have finished the group stage with an unexpected balance: They achieved 16 points, they won five of six games and they made only one draw - the 1:1 by Juventus Turin. And all that without the great midfielder
Yoann Gourcuff, who was missing because of his injury.
In the French Ligue 1, they are also on the first position, followed from Montpellier and Valenciennes. Only on the fourth place is the team of Olympique Lyonnais. After they lost 3:4 at Lille in the last round they are five points behind the leader. But the players around the goalkeeper of the team of France,
Hugo Lloris, reached an imposing victory of 4:0 against Debrecen in the Champions League on Wednesday. They have finished the group without any problemes on the second position.
On Sunday, the match doesn't bring a favorit. It is evidently, that Lyon has more pressure. The team of coach
Claude Puel has to win to maintain the direction to the title...
The facts
Olympique Lyonnais - Girondins de Bordeaux
Sunday, the 13th of December 2009, 9 p.m.
Stade Gerland
Our tip is 1, a victory for Olympique Lyonnais
The best odd is on bet365: 2,25