Last season, Strasbourg finished in 15th place, just five points ahead of relegated Auxerre. On the other hand, Lyon was five points behind seventh-placed Lille and missed out on a place in the European Cups. Strasbourg had a much better pre-season than Lyon, at least when it comes to the results of the pre-season games. Vieira's team played mostly with German teams. Twice each with Freiburg and Werder Bremen and once with Hoffenheim. They achieved victories over the latter opponent and one of two against the team from Bremen, while the other three were draws. They also beat Sturm Graz, and their only defeat was against Besiktas. On the other hand, Lyon achieved only one victory during the preparations, with four defeats. They managed to beat only the Dutch lower league Treffers with a goal in the 90th minute for 2-1, while they were defeated by ManUnited, Maastricht, Celta and in the general rehearsal before the start of the season, by Crystal Palace. at the start of the season, Vieira strengthened all the lines of the team with one player each. In defense, he brought in Ivory Coast national team member Syla, who arrived from Bruges for 20 million euros. On the other hand, Laurent Blanc spent only ten million euros and strengthened the team with five solid players. But they lost some very important players like Dembele , Aouar and Thiago Mendes. With all of these missings and poor overall form, I don't see Lyon winning here. Strasbourg enters the new season as a completely different team and I see them taking at least one point in this interesting clash.

上赛季，斯特拉斯堡排名第15位，仅比降级的欧塞尔领先5分。另一方面，里昂落后第七名里尔5分，与欧洲杯无缘。斯特拉斯堡的季前赛比里昂要好得多，至少从季前赛的结果来看是这样。维埃拉的球队主要和德国队一起踢球。在弗赖堡和云达不莱梅各2次，在霍芬海姆各1次。他们战胜了后一个对手，两场比赛中的一场战胜了来自不来梅的球队，而其他三场比赛都是平局。他们还击败了格拉茨，唯一的失败是对阵贝西克塔斯。另一方面，里昂在备战期间只取得了一场胜利，四场失利。他们在比赛第90分钟打进一球，以2比1击败了荷兰低级别联赛的特雷弗斯队，但他们被曼联、马斯特里赫特、塞尔塔击败，并在赛季开始前的总预演中被水晶宫击败。在赛季开始时，维埃拉加强了球队的所有防线，每个防线都有一名球员。在防守方面，他以2000万欧元的价格从布鲁日引进了科特迪瓦国家队成员西拉。另一方面，布兰科只花了1000万欧元，用5名稳定的球员加强了球队。但是他们失去了一些非常重要的球员，比如登贝莱、阿尔和蒂亚戈·门德斯。由于所有这些缺阵和糟糕的整体状态，我不认为里昂会在这里获胜。斯特拉斯堡作为一支完全不同的球队进入了新赛季，我认为他们在这场有趣的比赛中至少能拿到一分。