CSKA Moscow, will host Lyon in the first leg of the last 16 of the Europa League. This match will take place at the VEB Arena, Moscow, Thursday (8/3) early morning hrs.
CSKA Moscow will try to target victory in this fight and try to ease their efforts into the Europa League quarterfinals. on the other hand, Lyon also have the same mission with the opposition team, of course they will do everything possible to medapat good results in this game.
Entertain Lyon is not an easy thing for the Russian club. Because their opponents it looks quite tough. for that the manager, Viktor Goncharenko must prepare carefully the best skuat so they can achieve satisfactory results.
As is well known, CSKA Moscow has just started the second half of the season quite well. the Goncharenko care team beat Ural with a 1-0 home win over the weekend. So far, they finished fifth in the Russian Premier League standings with 38 points.
cSKA Moscow has some good capital ahead of the first leg match of the last 16 of this Europa League competition. First, they have three wins and two draws from their last five matches in all competitions. and the second is a clash with Lyon going on in front of his own supporters, surely it will make them more confident.
On the other hand, Lyon appear less consistent in recent weeks. they recorded one win, one defeat, and three draws from their last five games in all competitions. Note that would give a separate message for the opposing team.
even so, Lyon has a pretty good record by being in fourth position Ligue 1 French standings. Overall in the Ligue 1 competition, they recorded 14 victories, 9 draws and 5 defeats. while CSKA Moscow has 11 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats in the Russian Premier League competition this season.
Towards this fight, both teams will really show a serious performance, considering they have never met before. in quality, the two teams are not far adrift, and their conditions are not much different. Nevertheless, the performance shown Lyon this season shows that the visitors have a slightly greater chance to win in this fight.
The order of Players :
cSKA Moscow: Akinfeev, Ignashevich, Berezutski, Wernbloom, Kuchaev, Golovin, Natkho, Dzagoev, Fernandes, Moses, Vitinho
Lyon: Lopes, Tete, Marcelo, Moel, Marcl, Tousart, NDombele, Traore, Aouar, Depay, Mariano