The Women's Champions League fixture computer has thrown up a real treat on Matchday Two of the league phase as OL Lyonnes play host to Chelsea Women.
It would not be the greatest surprise if these two meet again in the final in Warsaw in May, and while the French side are rated strong favourites, they may be made to work hard by a confident Blues team.
OL Lyonnes v Chelsea Women Tips Summary
Best Bet - Handicap Tie (Chelsea +1) @ 3/1
Alternative Bet - Both teams to score @ 8/11
Bet Builder - Chelsea Women +1.5 goals, Melchie Dumornay to score, Agnes Beever-Jones 1+ shots on target, Melvine Malard 1+ shots on target @ 31/4
OL Lyonnes v Chelsea Women Prediction
Best Bet: Handicap Tie (Chelsea +1) @ 3/1
OL Lyonnes have enjoyed an utterly dominant start to the season, both domestically and in Europe and they will have their sights firmly set on a ninth Women's Champions League crown.
The perennial French champions reached the final last season and have scored at least seven goals in all four of their competitive outings this term.
However, they have yet to face a side anything like the calibre of Chelsea, who will arrive high on confidence.
Sonia Bompastor's team gave their hopes of a seventh WSL title in eight years a boost at the weekend by beating Arsenal 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.
That was their fourth clean sheet in a row, and Lyon are unlikely to be able to continue their high-scoring ways.
The teams last met in 2023, when Bompastor was in charge of Lyon and current Blues players Melvine Malard and Ellie Carpenter were on the field for the French side.
That clash saw OL Lyonnes progress to the Champions League semi-finals via a penalty shootout after both sides won the away leg of their quarter-final by a single goal.
None of the five meetings between these teams has been decided by more than that and that could still be the case after this clash.
Lyon are helped by the fact that they have not played since beating Servette 8-0 in this competition a week ago, while for Chelsea this is a fourth match in 11 days. That could well give the hosts the edge, but Chelsea can stay within a goal.
Alternative Bet: Both teams to score @ 8/11
As impressive as OL Lyonnes have been in front of goal, they have not kept a clean sheet in any of their three Premiere Ligue matches this season and Chelsea should be able to take advantage too.
The Blues put five past Manchester United and while they have not scored more than twice in any other game, they have been dominating the attacking stats, and had at least six shots on target in every competitive outing this season.
OL Lyonnes v Chelsea Women Bet Builder Tip
Chelsea Women +1.5 goals
Melchie Dumornay to score
Agnes Beever-Jones 1+ shots on target
Melvine Malard 1+ shots on target
Pays 31/4
Melchie Dumornay finished last season with a hat-trick in OL Lyonnes' 5-0 win over Paris FC in the Premiere Ligue playoff final and the Haitian midfielder has begun the new campaign in similar form.
Dumornay has scored eight goals in four competitive outings including a brace in last week's Champions League drubbing of Servette, and she looks the biggest of several OL Lyonnes threats.
Aggie Beever-Jones has played just 100 minutes for Chelsea this season and after a cameo in the weekend win over Arsenal she may be in line to start this clash.
Despite limited minutes she has had eight shots, two on target, and may feel she has a point to prove after being left out of Sarina Wiegman's England squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifier.
Melvine Malard lifted the Champions League trophy four times with OL Lyonnes and her Chelsea career began brightly with a brace from the bench on her competitive debut in a Champions League qualifier against Real Sociedad.
The former Manchester United forward had five shots in the weekend win over Arsenal, two of which were on target, and she can carry on that form against her old club.
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Key Match Stats
OL Lyonnes have scored at least seven goals in all four competitive matches this season
Chelsea have kept four successive clean sheets
OL Lyonnes have never beaten Chelsea by more than one goal
Melchie Dumornay has scored eight goals in her last four games
OL Lyonnes were runners-up to Barcelona in last year's Champions League
Chelsea are playing their fourth match in 11 days
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