Olympique Lyon host Nantes in Ligue 1 on Friday night. Lyon will be looking to extend their unbeaten run to six games as they play lowly placed Nantes. After back to back draws in their previous matches, Lyon will be playing to pick up a win and three points against Nantes. I am going to give a straight win to Lyon for these reasons:

Firstly. Lyon are in a good form and are fighting to get into European positions. They are seven points off of the European positions with 27 matches played, and can realistically get into the European positions. Their gaffer has made mention of making the push for the positions, and the motivation to achieve that will be at the back of their minds as they take on opponents going forward. Lyon's form is in contradiction to Nantes' form who had been on a long losing streak until they got a draw last weekend. Nantes have a leaky defence. And they do not really perform well away from home. They conceded seven times in their last two away matches. The stark difference in their forms has got the advantage tipped to Lyon.

Secondly. Lyon has got their attack talisman, Lacazette, returned in their recent matches. Alexandre Lacazette has been on fire since the start of the season. Lyon are fairly well placed because of the goal contributions of Lacazette in this campaign. Without his 16 goals during this campaign, Lyon will immensely be struggling with the relegation zone teams. Having their talisman available is a big advantage to Lyon, and gives them an edge over Nantes.

Thirdly. Coupled with the leaky defence of Nantes, their attack has been impotent as well. They have scored one of the fewest goals in Ligue 1 this season. After 27 matches played so far in Ligue 1, they have been able to score only 29 goals. Lyon's defence may not have much to worry about from Nantes' attack, and will have much of their focus on mounting attacks on Nantes' defence. The odds greatly stark against Nantes with this kind of form they are in presently.

Considering what is at stake for Lyon and their superior form compared to Nantes, I see Lyon easily winning this one.

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周五晚上，里昂将在法甲主场迎战南特。里昂将在对阵排名较低的南特时，将他们的不败纪录扩大到六场。在经历了之前的背靠背战平之后，里昂将在对阵南特的比赛中取得一场胜利和三分。我认为里昂会直接获胜，原因如下:

首先。里昂的状态很好，正在为进入欧洲赛场而战。在27场比赛后，他们距离欧洲区排名还有7分的差距，他们完全可以进入欧洲区排名。他们的主教练已经提到要努力争取位置，当他们面对未来的对手时，实现这一目标的动力将会在他们的脑海中。里昂的状态与南特的状态相矛盾，南特在上周末被逼平之前一直处于连败状态。南特的防守漏洞百出。而且他们在离家的地方表现得并不好。他们在最近的两场客场比赛中丢了7次球。两队状态上的明显差异让里昂占据了优势。

其次。里昂的锋线护身符拉卡泽特在最近的比赛中回归。亚历山大·拉卡泽特从赛季开始就一直处于火热状态。由于拉卡泽特在本赛季的进球贡献，里昂处于相当有利的位置。在这个赛季没有他的16个进球，里昂将在降级区球队中苦苦挣扎。拥有他们的护身符对里昂来说是一个很大的优势，这让他们在对阵南特时更有优势。

第三。加上南特的防守漏洞百出，他们的进攻也无能为力。他们是本赛季法甲进球数最少的球队之一。在迄今为止的27场法甲比赛中，他们只进了29个球。里昂的后防线可能不会太担心南特的进攻，他们会把大部分精力集中在对南特的防守进行攻击上。以南特目前的状态，对阵他们的几率非常大。

考虑到里昂的处境以及他们比南特更好的状态，我认为里昂很容易赢得这场比赛。