Good evening and welcome to our coverage of the Rhône-Alpes derby between Olympique Lyonnais and Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1. Lyon are currently in 3rd - five points beyond PSG and Lille. Meanwhile, Saint-Étienne are hovering above the relegation zone in 16th. They last played each other in early November, when Lyon ran out 2-1 winners at home thanks to a brace from Tino Kadewere.
Ligue 1 / Matchday 21
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard / 24.01.2021
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- T. Kadewere(16', 68')
- Marcelo(36', 59')
- D. Bouanga(82' O.G)
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Updated 24/01/2021 at 21:53 GMT
19:50
Lyon star Memphis Depay is also a very keen rapper, doing so in both English & Dutch. He's not too bad either!
19:41
The Rhône derby is one of the most hostile rivalries in French football so the rarity of transfers between the two clubs is very understandable.
There has been a few players who have made an impact for both Lyon and Sainté in their career though...
19:30
Perhaps forgetting there's a whole pandemic going on, the Lyon ultras were in full force to give their players a big send-off ahead of the derby!
19:15
LYON TEAM NEWS
Despite also losing by a 1-0 scoreline last weekend, Lyon only make one change to their starting XI.
That solitary change sees Bruno Guimarães come in for Lucas Paquetá in the midfield trio, who is suspended. Houssem Aouar and Maxwel Cornet are both notable absentees due to injury.
New signing Islam Slimani makes the bench. He'll have a hard time displacing the front three of Kadewere, Depay and Toko-Ekambi, who have 27 goals between them in Ligue 1 so far this season.
19:07
SAINT-ETIENNE TEAM NEWS
In light of eight players being out due to injury or self-isolation, the home side make four changes to the team which started last week's 1-0 loss to Strasbourg.
Vice-captain Romain Hamouma and academy graduate Charles Abi replace Jean-Philippe Krasso and Arnaud Nordin as the strike duo, while Braga loanee Yvan Neyou comes in for Ryad Boudebouz in midfield.
Neyou makes an already inexperienced midfield even more youthful, joining two teenagers and a 20 year-old in the XI.