CSKA Moscow vs Lyon (Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips) / 08.03.2018

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CSKA Moscow vs Lyon Prediction & Betting tips

Hardly any other Central European currently wants to go to Russia, where the icy temperatures still prevail there, and they have had a firm grip on us lately. And yet Olympique Lyon must begin the journey and deny Champions League relegation CSKA Moscow on Thursday (08.03., 18:00 clock) the first knockout round of the Europa League. The bad Frenchman (0/2/1) not only has to stretch his football but also has to cope with a temperature difference of around 20 degrees. For the Russians, however, the expected -10 degrees are not uncommon, but they have not been able to build a real rhythm of play due to the long-lasting winter break. Nevertheless, the CSKA Moscow has not lost any of the three competitive games in the new year so far (2/1/0), which is why we recommend a tip on the Double Chance 1 / X – also with regard to the descending form curve of the guests. Bets are offered by Bet365 at odds up to 1.48 and played by us with 4 units.

CSKA Moscow:

As last year’s winner of the Russian Premier League, CSKA Moscow participated in the qualification for the Champions League group stage. There, the team of coach Wiktar Hantscharenka prevailed first against AEK Athens and the Young Boys Bern. In the group stage they got involved with Manchester United, Benfica Lisbon and FC Basel. Three victories and three defeats in the preliminary round were enough in the end but only for the third place, which meant the descent into the Europa League. Here, the Russians got in the 1/16 finals first with Red Star Belgrade to do and sat down after a goalless draw in the first leg with the 1-0 victory in the second leg scarce, but ultimately completely deserved. Finally, it should not be forgotten that the Russians had to lay down a cold start due to the winter break, which lasted until the beginning of March.

The shape of CSKA is therefore currently difficult to assess. The only thing that is certain is that Moscow have been unbeaten in their last five home matches and their last four matches against Benfica (2: 0), Tosno (6: 0), Red Star Belgrade (1: 0) and the return leg of the Premjer League against Ural Yekaterinburg (1-0) in succession could make victorious. Striking, however, were the tight results in the new year. Because in the three competitive games, the Russians scored only two goals and kept his own box clean at the same time. At the chances the Torflaute was hardly, because of which the Hantscharenka-Elf had quite a few.

Lyon:

Olympique Lyon finished fourth last season, qualifying directly for the Europa League group stage. There they got to deal with Atalanta Bergamo, Everton FC and Apollon Limassol. The start of the group stage continued the team of coach Bruno Génésio with two draws against the Cypriots and Italians in the sand. In the subsequent three preliminary rounds, the French could enter the necessary points with three wins to make clear the rise in the knockout round. So the short and certainly not deserved defeat in Bergamo was easy to get over. As a runners-up, the Génésio-Elf got their hands on Villarreal in the 1/16 finals and won with two wins (H 3: 1, A 1: 0), which is not surprising given the recent performances at national level something unexpected came.

After all, Lyon are among the three weakest players in Ligue 1, with three points from their last five games, and were able to do well in the battle for second place behind Paris Saint Germain. The gap to third place, which would still qualify for participation in qualifying for the Champions League group stage, has therefore already grown to five points. And even in the Coupe de France, the Génésio-Elf retired a week ago at SM Caen – a rather average French first division – 0-1.