Lyon vs Porto Prediction | Europa League RO16 - bettingexpert
Lots of exciting fixtures in the Europa League this week. We are particularly interested in the one that will take place at Parc Olympique Lyonnais. Les Gones will be welcoming the Dragões for their second leg game in the Europa League Round of 16. The game will take place on Thursday, 17 March, with the kickoff scheduled for 21:00.
The home side were victorious a week ago, but let’s see shat our Lyon vs Porto prediction has to say about the upcoming encounter.
Lyon vs Porto Recent Form
Even though Lyon are not doing so well in the domestic championship (10th place at the moment), they are one step closer to qualifying for their first Europa League quarter-finals in six years. They managed to defeat Porto in their home court last week, and in case they want to progress further, a defeat is not an option, given the abolishment of the away goal rule.
Lyon’s last ten games are a mix of wins in (six of them), one draw, and three defeats. The other two came at the hands of Monaco (2:0), Lille (0:1), and Rennes (2:4). The last two losses were away games, so, fortunately, they will be playing at home on Thursday. They have only been defeated in two out of their 22 games at home in EL. First, it was at the hands of Juventus in 2013/14 and then CSKA Moscow in 2017/18.
Porto are currently at the very top in their domestic championship, with a six-point advantage over the second-placed Sporting. It seems that the 30th title is in the books. The last time the 2011 Europa League champions lost a game before this one against Lyon was way back in December, when Atletico Madrid defeated them in the Champions League, 1:3. As a matter of fact, all their defeats came in Europe, as they are undefeated in the domestic championship.
Lyon vs Porto Recent Matchups
Our Lyon vs Porto prediction has looked into the teams’ h2h record, and here is what we have to report. They have met seven times in total, and interestingly enough, last week’s game was the only second win for the French side. The Portuguese were the better side three times, and one game resulted in a draw.
From more recent encounters, we can highlight the one that took place in July 2021. It was a club friendly that resulted in eight scored goals, five for Porto and three for Lyon.
Lyon vs Porto Stats & Analysis
The Dragões were successful in all of their three European outings in France. They defeated Lille, Monaco, and Marseille in 2014/15, 2017/18, and 2020/21, respectively. What’s perhaps even more impressive is that they have won all of these games without conceding a single goal.
However, they have a record that they would like to see come to an end. They conceded two or more goals in each of their last eight away games in EL. Also, they did not manage to win a single one.
On the other hand, when discussing interesting facts, Lyon have suffered elimination from one out of six EL ties having won the first leg. This happened in 2017/18 in their encounter with CSKA Moscow when they were eliminated on away goals.
Lyon vs Porto Betting Tips
Our Lyon vs Porto prediction is going to give a slight advantage to the home side both for winning this game and going through. They are available at 2.25 to defeat Porto, while Porto winning this away game are valued at 3.10. Additionally, the bookmakers have assigned a draw the odds of 3.70.
Lyon going through can be found at 1.22, while Porto advancing to the quarter-finals is valued at 4.40. Also, the bookmakers believe that there will be more than 2.5 goals, so this outcome is available at 1.71. Similarly, they expect both Lyon and Porto to score, so this bet is valued at 1.58.
Moussa Dembélé was successful in finding the net in four out of five away games, and three times he was also the last scorer. He is valued at 2.50 to score and 5.75 to be the first and the last scorer.
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