It's time for episode two of the Olympique Lyonnais - Porto Round of 16 battle

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 17.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (59186 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League Round of 16 between Olympique Lyonnais and Porto. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Last season, Olympique Lyonnais's Champions League journey ended in the semi-finals.

Olympique Lyonnais have collected 26 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 7-5-3. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Olympique Lyonnais has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Olympique Lyonnais's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Rennes. The striker Dembélé was declared "man of the match" for Lyon with the rating of 8.0/10. Dembélé scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The manager Bosz will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Reims in only three days.

A decent goal production from Olympique Lyonnais in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. Lyon have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Porto form and stats

Porto was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.

Porto have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 35 points collected from 13 Primeira Liga games. 11 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.

Impressive finishing from Vieira, Galeno, Taremi and Conceição secured the home win 4-0 against Tondela in their previous game. Otávio got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Otávio served one assist, hit two key passes and had 53 successful passes (of 62 total).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Porto in our archives, and the results are: one win for Porto, three draws and zero defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Primeira Liga trip to Boavista.

Porto are a potent attacking force on the road with their 33 goals in 13 league games. Porto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Olympique Lyonnais and Porto have met before this season: Porto - Olympique Lyonnais 0-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Lyon wins - draws - Porto wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
14 goals
PortoF. de Lima Barbosa
F. de Lima Barbosa
11 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
10 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Porto missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Lyonnais Porto
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
12 6   Won W   9 19
7 3   Drew D   1 3
6 3   Lost L   1 3
39 18   Scored S   28 58
30 12   Conceded C   11 24
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 84%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 72%
28% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   55% 48%
20% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 16%
60% 58%   BTTS BTTS   55% 60%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 32%
12% 8%   Failed to Score F T   9% 8%
 
4.4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.9
4.2 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3 3.4
1.8 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
3 0   Red cards R C   1 7
 
13.6 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   16.4 17
4.4 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 5.7
36% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 41%
 
11.5 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   8.5 8.4
4.6 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 2.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 28 20 5 3 59 24 14 13 1 0 34 7 14 7 4 3 25 17 35 65
2 Olympique Marseille 28 14 8 6 43 26 14 5 5 4 22 16 14 9 3 2 21 10 17 50
3 Nice 28 15 6 7 38 21 14 7 3 4 18 14 14 8 3 3 20 7 17 50
4 Rennes 28 15 4 9 57 27 14 10 1 3 33 9 14 5 3 6 24 18 30 49
5 Strasbourg 28 13 8 7 50 32 14 8 3 3 28 13 14 5 5 4 22 19 18 47
6 Lille 28 11 10 7 37 35 14 6 6 2 19 16 14 5 4 5 18 19 2 43
7 Nantes 28 12 6 10 36 30 14 9 2 3 24 13 14 3 4 7 12 17 6 42
8 Monaco 28 11 8 9 40 30 14 7 4 3 26 13 14 4 4 6 14 17 10 41
9 Lens 28 11 8 9 42 38 14 6 5 3 23 15 14 5 3 6 19 23 4 41
10 Olympique Lyonnais 28 11 9 8 40 37 15 7 5 3 25 18 13 4 4 5 15 19 3 41
11 Montpellier 28 11 5 12 41 40 15 7 3 5 24 18 13 4 2 7 17 22 1 38
12 Reims 28 8 11 9 32 31 13 4 5 4 18 13 15 4 6 5 14 18 1 35
13 Brest 28 9 8 11 36 42 14 5 3 6 21 22 14 4 5 5 15 20 -6 35
14 Angers SCO 28 7 8 13 31 41 14 5 1 8 15 18 14 2 7 5 16 23 -10 29
15 Troyes 28 7 7 14 26 41 14 3 6 5 13 14 14 4 1 9 13 27 -15 28
16 Clermont 28 7 7 14 27 48 14 3 5 6 14 19 14 4 2 8 13 29 -21 28
17 Lorient 28 6 9 13 24 43 13 4 4 5 11 14 15 2 5 8 13 29 -19 27
18 Saint-Etienne 28 6 8 14 28 50 14 3 5 6 17 26 14 3 3 8 11 24 -22 26
19 Metz 28 4 11 13 25 46 14 1 6 7 15 25 14 3 5 6 10 21 -21 23
20 Bordeaux 28 4 10 14 38 68 14 2 5 7 20 27 14 2 5 7 18 41 -30 22
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 26 22 4 0 67 19 13 11 2 0 34 9 13 11 2 0 33 10 48 70
2 Sporting CP 25 19 4 2 49 16 13 11 1 1 24 5 12 8 3 1 25 11 33 61
3 Benfica 26 18 4 4 66 24 13 8 2 3 31 13 13 10 2 1 35 11 42 58
4 Sporting Braga 26 13 7 6 41 25 14 7 4 3 22 11 12 6 3 3 19 14 16 46
5 Gil Vicente 26 12 9 5 37 25 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 7 5 1 18 10 12 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 26 10 6 10 36 34 12 7 2 3 23 15 14 3 4 7 13 19 2 36
7 Estoril 26 8 10 8 30 30 13 3 6 4 17 17 13 5 4 4 13 13 0 34
8 Maritimo 26 8 8 10 30 33 13 3 6 4 14 12 13 5 2 6 16 21 -3 32
9 Pacos de Ferreira 26 7 9 10 23 31 13 3 5 5 14 18 13 4 4 5 9 13 -8 30
10 Santa Clara 26 7 9 10 30 43 13 6 4 3 18 21 13 1 5 7 12 22 -13 30
11 Portimonense 26 7 8 11 25 30 13 2 4 7 10 17 13 5 4 4 15 13 -5 29
12 Famalicao 26 6 9 11 32 40 13 3 6 4 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 26 -8 27
13 Boavista 26 4 15 7 31 39 13 3 9 1 18 15 13 1 6 6 13 24 -8 27
14 Vizela 26 5 10 11 28 44 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 2 5 6 16 27 -16 25
15 Arouca 26 5 7 14 23 46 13 3 2 8 11 27 13 2 5 6 12 19 -23 22
16 Tondela 26 6 3 17 31 52 13 4 1 8 18 25 13 2 2 9 13 27 -21 21
17 Moreirense 25 4 8 13 23 40 12 3 3 6 15 17 13 1 5 7 8 23 -17 20
18 Belenenses 26 3 8 15 15 46 13 3 3 7 10 26 13 0 5 8 5 20 -31 17

Olympique Lyonnais:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 26 22 4 0 67 19 13 11 2 0 34 9 13 11 2 0 33 10 48 70
2 Sporting CP 25 19 4 2 49 16 13 11 1 1 24 5 12 8 3 1 25 11 33 61
3 Benfica 26 18 4 4 66 24 13 8 2 3 31 13 13 10 2 1 35 11 42 58
4 Sporting Braga 26 13 7 6 41 25 14 7 4 3 22 11 12 6 3 3 19 14 16 46
5 Gil Vicente 26 12 9 5 37 25 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 7 5 1 18 10 12 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 26 10 6 10 36 34 12 7 2 3 23 15 14 3 4 7 13 19 2 36
7 Estoril 26 8 10 8 30 30 13 3 6 4 17 17 13 5 4 4 13 13 0 34
8 Maritimo 26 8 8 10 30 33 13 3 6 4 14 12 13 5 2 6 16 21 -3 32
9 Pacos de Ferreira 26 7 9 10 23 31 13 3 5 5 14 18 13 4 4 5 9 13 -8 30
10 Santa Clara 26 7 9 10 30 43 13 6 4 3 18 21 13 1 5 7 12 22 -13 30
11 Portimonense 26 7 8 11 25 30 13 2 4 7 10 17 13 5 4 4 15 13 -5 29
12 Famalicao 26 6 9 11 32 40 13 3 6 4 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 26 -8 27
13 Boavista 26 4 15 7 31 39 13 3 9 1 18 15 13 1 6 6 13 24 -8 27
14 Vizela 26 5 10 11 28 44 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 2 5 6 16 27 -16 25
15 Arouca 26 5 7 14 23 46 13 3 2 8 11 27 13 2 5 6 12 19 -23 22
16 Tondela 26 6 3 17 31 52 13 4 1 8 18 25 13 2 2 9 13 27 -21 21
17 Moreirense 25 4 8 13 23 40 12 3 3 6 15 17 13 1 5 7 8 23 -17 20
18 Belenenses 26 3 8 15 15 46 13 3 3 7 10 26 13 0 5 8 5 20 -31 17

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.