Olympique Lyon
For Lyon, this duel is played against Villarreal at a rather bad time. As part of the championship, the French have conceded three defeats in a row, while they could only win an away win at Montpellier in the French Cup. As for the mistakes in Ligue 1, they were beaten first away at Bordeaux and Monaco and then at Rennes’ home side last weekend. They now have four points less than third-placed Marseille and five points less than second-placed Monaco.
In the continuation of the season the players of Lyon have to win again, if they want to stay in the race for the CL-places. This duel against Villarreal is definitely a good opportunity. Especially since they played the group stage very well. Coach Genesio just can not count on injured defender Rafael.

Villarreal
The guests from Spain do not compete well in this duel. They have lost the last two championship games. First away at Betis and then at home against Alaves last weekend. Thanks to the series of five wins and one draw, the yellow submarine is still in the good fifth position in the Primera ranking and five points fewer than Real Madrid in fourth.
Sixth-placed Sevilla and seventh-placed Eibar now have only one or two points less and coach Calleja’s charges will not be easy to secure in the continuation of the season. Villarreal has conceded only one defeat in the EL group stage. However, at the moment the team has problems with the squad, as goalkeeper Fernandez, central defender Semedo, midfielders B. Soriano and R. Soriano as well as striker Sansone are injured.

Tip for Olympique Lyon – Villarreal :

– Lyon win @ 2.05