CSKA Moscow – Lyon Prediction & Picks (08.03.2018)

CSKA Moscow and Olympique Lyonnais meet at Stadion na Tret’ey Peschanoy ulitse, in a match for this phase of the UEFA Europa League (8th Finals). This will be the first direct confrontation between these two teams, as they have never faced each other before.

CSKA Moscow:

The home team reaches this stage of the UEFA Europa League (8th Finals) after having eliminated Crvena Zvezda, after a home victory by (1-0) and a draw by (0-0) away in the previous eliminatory. The team comes to this match after a home victory over Ural Sverdlovskaya by (1-0). In the last 10 home matches CSKA Moscow has won 4, tied 5 and lost 1. The defense has been strong and only has suffered goals in 3 of the last 10 matches.

The CSKA Moscow makes in this exhibition the last of a series of four consecutive games before his fans, trying to maintain the good performance that has been presented at the beginning of the year, since he is undefeated for nine games, considering all the competitions that are disputing. Now, it comes from two consecutive victories, being the last of them for the Russian championship, in which it occupies the fourth position. The team has five games without scoring, which shows the consistency of the defensive system. To reach the second round of the Europa League, he needed to eliminate the Red Star, which he achieved with some difficulty. For this duel, the technician is expected to organize the team in 3-1-4-2 or in 3-5-2, with highlight for the Brazilian Vitinho in the attack.

Lyon:

The visiting team reached this stage of the UEFA Europa League (8th Finals) after a win by (0-1) and a home win by (3-1) with Villarreal. The team comes to this match after a draw away with Montpellier by (1-1). In the last 4 UEFA Champions League matches they played against UEFA Europa League, Olympique Lyonnais won 2, tied 1 and lost 1. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 25 of the last 37 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that usually does not feel difficult to open the scoring: it scored the first goal in 7 of the last 8 matches for the UEFA Europa League, of these 7 reached the break in advantage in 3 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of 90 ‘in 5

Lyon enter the field for the third time in a row playing away from their fan and is not going through a great moment of form in the season, considering that they have accumulated only one win in the last five games and now they have not won three times. matches. In his last match, he had more game volume and finished twice as many times as the opponent, but he was not very efficient and managed only a draw away from home against Montpellier, valid for the French championship, in which he now occupies the fourth position. The team reached the last 16 of the Europa League after eliminating Villarreal with two victories. The 4-2-3-1 should be the tactical scheme adopted for this match, with highlight for Tousart in midfield.