Feyenoord vs Lyon

Stadion Feijenoord is the venue as Feyenoord and Olympique Lyon go head-to-head in an exciting pre-season friendly. Though both sides boast vast European experience, this will be their first-ever meeting.

Only yesterday, an understrength Lyon side suffered a thumping 5-0 defeat to Eredivisie outfit Willem II, making it two pre-season losses in a row. More importantly, ‘Les Gones’ conceded eight goals across those two failures without replying. But Peter Bosz’s team had won back-to-back summer friendlies beforehand, netting precisely two goals on each occasion. Overall, Lyon’s pre-season fixtures have been extremely fun to watch as all six have featured 3+ total goals, at an average of 4.33 per match. Interestingly, none of the Frenchmen’s last 14 outings have ended as a draw (W8, L6), with 64% of them yielding a full-time margin of 2+ goals.

Meanwhile, Feyenoord head into proceedings off the back of an embarrassing 4-0 pre-season defeat at the hands of Royale Union SG, their second reverse in three summer friendlies (W1). But other than a hard-fought 2-1 win over Red Bull Salzburg, last season’s beaten Europa Conference League finalists have conceded 11 unanswered goals across their other two pre-season matches. After back-to-back draws in early May, none of Feyenoord’s six subsequent games have ended level (W2, L4), with four seeing the winner keep a clean sheet. Arne Slot’s men have drawn a blank in three of their last four outings, casting doubt on their ability to trouble Lyon’s backline.