May 14th features a match where Olympique Lyonnais plays host to Nantes in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Olympique Lyonnais sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Metz. Vincent Pajot struck first for Metz in the 27th minute on a feed from Lenny Lacroix, then Didier Lamkel Ze added another in the 40th minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Olympique Lyonnais should be reasonably happy with their performance, while nantes sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Nice. Ludovic Blas struck first for Nantes in the 47th minute on a penalty kick, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Nice couldn’t muster any offence and Nantes ran away with the shutout win. Nantes is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Olympique Lyonnais took the match by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over 23000 fans. Moussa Dembélé scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 35th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Nantes was frustrated by Olympique Lyonnais’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Olympique Lyonnais ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Kalifa Coulibaly and Moses Simon have been the hottest scorers for Nantes in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each. Moussa Dembélé has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 7 goals for Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais will be without Tanguy Ndombélé, Léo Dubois, Rayan Cherki, Jason Denayer, Anthony Lopes, Maxence Caqueret and Sinaly Diomande, while Willem Geubbels, Charles Traoré and Jean-Charles Castelletto are unavailable to play for Nantes.