Olympique Lyonnais – Celta Vigo: a ticket to the quarter-finals up for grabs at the Groupama Stadium 
Groupama Stadium hosts the Europa League return leg on Thursday night. Lyon face Celta Vigo with a place in the last eight on the line after a stalemate in Spain. Lyon will try to feed off a noisy crowd; Celta must regroup after losing the first-leg edge. Two teams. Both hunting a night to remember.
Lyon’s momentum has hit a wall 
Paulo Fonseca’s side are wobbling. Lyon haven’t won in six matches across all competitions. A surprise French Cup exit to Lens piles on the pressure. The first leg swung after a Celta red card and a late equaliser from Brazilian striker Endrick. Lyon dominate territory but lack cutting edge in the danger zone. They do have recent experience at this stage—two runs here in recent seasons—but form has gone cold.
Celta’s return to the continental stage 
Under Claudio Giraldez, Celta are back in Europe for the first time since 2016-17. They showed real tactical discipline in the first leg while down to ten men. Keeper Ionut Radu produced a string of crucial saves before finally conceding late on. Form looks solid — one defeat in five — and they’ll try to punish Lyon on quick transitions to unsettle the home defence.
Probable line-ups
Lyon: Greif ; Mata, Niakhate, Kango, Tagliafico ; Morton, Tolisso, Tessmann ; Vinicius, Endrick, Yaremchuk
Celta Vigo: Radu ; Alonso, Starfelt, Rodriguez, Carreira ; Moriba, Vecino, Rueda ; Swedberg, Duran, Aspas
Football Tip Olympique Lyonnais vs Celta Vigo
Lyon to win
Lyon will own the ball across this tie and they’ll lean on a raucous home crowd to force the issue.
Celta will miss the suspended player sent off in the first leg. Their defensive block will inevitably tire under repeated waves of pressure.
Lyon’s greater experience on big European nights should be enough to see them through to the quarters.
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