FC Porto will play host to Olympique Lyonnais when they clash in the first leg of their Europa League tie on Wednesday evening.
Venue: Estádio do Dragão (Porto)
Key Statistics
FC Porto are unbeaten in their last 18 games in all competitions (W15, D3).
They have scored in each of their last 26 games in all competitions.
The hosts have kept just two clean sheets in their last ten games.
Lyon have lost just one of their last eight away games (W4, D3).
The visitors have three clean sheets from their last ten games.
Head to head
Porto and Lyon have met two times in the past. Porto won one of those games while the other ended in a draw.
Latest performances in all competitions
FC Porto: W-W-D-D-W
Lyon: W-L-D-W-L
FC Porto
The two sides are no strangers to each other, with both teams having played four times in non-competitive games and once in the Champions League back in 2004, with the Portuguese giants winning 4-2 on aggregate.
Since their group stage loss to Atletico Madrid, which ultimately led to their exit from the Champions League, Porto have not tasted defeat (W15, D3). They have lost just once since the turn of the year.
In their run of 18 games, FC Porto spectacularly defeated SC Lazio 4-2 on aggregate in their Europa League knockout rounds and heading into this encounter with Lyon. The streak looks certain to continue unless the French team can put up a better fight than the Italians did.
Sergio Conceicao has been the man at the heart of all Porto have done this season and has built a formidable team since taking over the job in 2017. He has won all possible trophies since taking charge, and the possibility of adding a European trophy to his impressive resume looks possible given his team’s imperious form.
Possible FC Porto starting line-up
Diogo Costa; Joao Mario, Chancel Mbemba, Pepe, Wendell; Otavio, Vitinha, Mateus Uribe, Pepe; Mehdi Taremi, Evanilson.
Injured: Wilson Manafa
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais travel to Portugal to take on runaway Portuguese league leaders FC Porto as they continue their quest to add a European trophy to their trophy cabinet, having won all possible trophies in France.
Peter Bosz’s team enter this encounter off the back of an impressive 4-1 win over Lorient in the French league and will be full of high spirits and morale as they go toe to toe against the Portuguese Giants.
The win against Lorient was their second in consecutive games and it leaves them in ninth position five points off Rennes in the fourth position.
Heading into this game, Peter Bosz knows he will have to help his team and come up with a strategy to stifle the Portuguese team’s attacking threats. Their hosts have plundered in 63 goals in the league and only Bayern Munich, Man City, Liverpool and Dortmund only bettered their record across Europe’s top five leagues.
Possible Lyon starting line-up
Anthony Lopes; Malo Gusto, Thiago Mendes, Castello Lukeba, Emerson Palmieri; Maxence Caqueret, Houssem Aouar; Romain Faivre, Lucas Paqueta, Karl Toko Ekambi; Moussa Dembele..
Injured: Tanguy Ndombele, Leo Dubois, Sinaly Diomande, Mathis Cherki
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Porto 2-1 Real Betis
