FCSB vs Lyon Prediction & Betting Tips (6 March)

Despite its fairly beautiful 11th place won during the league phase of this Europa League, the FSCB could not avoid a passage by the dams where it was opposed to the PAOK Salonique. Better than their opponent, the Romanians have succeeded in the pass of the weapon of being able to win on the first leg 1-2 in the boiling Greek stadium of Thessaloniki before being able to confirm on the return to their audience 2-0 and permanently validate their place in the 1/8th finals. This club that was previously called the Steaua Bucharest is also fully committed to the championship to try to keep its title of champion of Romania. Following with several opponents, this training remains on 3 success of rank in its championship before challenging its neighbor of Rapid Bucharest next weekend to keep its first place. The Lyonnais, for its part, indeed met expectations during the league phase by finishing in the top 8 of this mini-championship.

The French displayed a very honorable assessment of 4 victories, 3 draws and a defeat to finally take place in 6th final place. These great performances therefore allowed them to avoid both perilous and energy -consuming dams. On the national scene, the players of Paulo Fonseca had gone through a difficult period before recovering with 2 large victories won against Reims 4-0 and Montpellier 1-4. Stopped thereafter by PSG 2-3, the Gones will try to relaunch themselves against Brest next weekend to get closer to European places. 

Suspended during the dam back against the PAOK, the very good Birligea striker (3 goals in C3, 10 league goals) should make his return for this match. It would be a good news for Romanians who would therefore recover their top scorer but be careful because he also missed the last days of the championship. In addition, Baeten, Lixandru, Olaru (8 goals, 3 championship assists), Popescu (2 goals, 1 championship pass), and replacing Toma still garnish the ranks of the infirmary and all should be forfeit this week. In addition to the French, the French Jordan Gele, who was enrolled last winter, is not registered with the UEFA to participate in this competition. The Gones will have to be wary of the yield of the Miclescu striker (3 goals in C3, 4 in the league) who is quite formidable.

Lyonnais, the Portuguese coach Paulo Fonseca could have the luxury of counting on all of his living forces to prepare this meeting since Tagliafico, who was suspended for the championship last weekend, will be eligible to compete in the Europa League. A little less comfortable physically than in the past years, Lacazette (7 goals In Ligue 1) is not always established by his coach who sometimes prefers Mikautadze (6 goals) to him. The midfielder Tolisso, who achieved an excellent month of February, is the safe bet of this team while the playmaker Cherki (5 goals in L1) always fishes a little in terms of regularity. With his 4 goals scored in the competition, the young Belgian Malick Fofana is the most decisive Lyon player in C3 for the moment.