Lyon take on the visitors Besiktas at “Parc Olympique Lyonnais” in the first-leg match of the UEFA Europa League’s quarter-final. The game will be played Lyon on Thursday, April 13th.
This weekend Lyon were unexpectedly defeated by Lorient with 1:4 scoreline in the Ligue 1, moreover, they recorded only one win, one draw and three losses in five recent matches. Regarding the UEFA Europa League, in the Play offs the French at first have thrashed AZ Alkmaar in both games with 4:1 and 7:1 scorelines, afterwards they knocked out AS Roma in 1/8 with 4:2 and 1:2 scorelines. Lyon show solid results at their own turf recording 15 victories, two draws and six defeats in all competitions. It should be noted that Saturday’s loss to Lorient ended Lyon’s six-match winning home streak with 28 goals for and five goals against.
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On weekend Besiktas took 4:3 win vs. Trabzonspor on the road and keep leading in the Turkish Super Lig. To the forthcoming game in France Besiktas come up with 11-match unbeaten run as for the last time they were defeated on the 10th of February. In Eurocups’ spring “Kara Kartallar” knocked out Hapoel Beer Sheva 3:1, 2:1 and Olympiakos Piraeus 1:1, 4:1. Senol Gunes’s team show great football on the road resulted in 11 victories, seven draws and three defeats in 21 played matches of the season. The Besiktas’s undefeated away streak counts for five games and has lasted since the 16th of February.
Lyon and Besiktas have never met before. The home-field advantage plays the great part in the Eurocups, consequently, the French are the favourites of the Thursday’s clash, especially, they had to make conclusions from their loss to Lorient last weekend.
Prediction for the match: Lyon to win.
