Football prediction Lyon vs FCSB: Second leg of Europa League round of 16

Lyon will host FCSB at Groupama Stadium in the early morning of March 14 in the second leg of the Europa League round of 16. In the first leg, the French team won convincingly 3-1 right on Romanian soil, giving them a big advantage in the race for a ticket to the quarterfinals.

Expected lineup Lyon vs FCSB

Lyon (4-2-3-1): Perri; Kumbedi, Mata, Niakhate, Tagliafico; Tessmann, Matic; Cherki, Tolisso, Nuamah; Lacazette.

FCSB (4-2-3-1): Tarnovanu; Cretu, Popescu, Dawa, Radunovic; Sut, Chiriches; Miculescu, Tanase, Cisotti; Gheorghita.

Recent form and results Lyon vs FCSB

Although they only need to avoid defeat by a two-goal margin to advance, with their superior strength, Lyon can absolutely continue to win the return match. The head-to-head record also shows the dominance of the French team when they have won FCSB 4 times in the past, and all of those victories were by a margin of 2 goals or more.

FCSB, although wanting to create a miracle, have no basis to believe in a comeback. Not only are they inferior to Lyon in terms of skill, but their form is not really good when playing away against teams from the top 5 European leagues. Since losing to Lyon in 2009, they have traveled to the top 5 leagues 10 times and lost 8 matches (2 draws).

Lyon vs FCSB team information

Lyon: No significant absences. Coach Paulo Fonseca can field his strongest lineup.

FCSB: Alexandru Pantea, Octavian Popescu, Darius Olaru, William Baeten and Mihai Lixandru are out due to injury. New signings Ionut Cercel, Alexandru Stoian and Jordan Gele are ineligible as they were not registered for the Europa League knockout stages.

Score prediction for the match between Lyon vs FCSB

Lyon have every advantage in their hands to win and advance to the quarter-finals. With their consistent form and superior squad, they can completely beat FCSB again.

Score prediction: Lyon 3-1 FCSB