Celta Vigo have won five of their seven home matches across all competitions in 2026
Lyon topped the league phase of the Europa League with seven victories
Recommended bet: Draw
Celta Vigo host Ligue 1 giants Lyon in the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 tie at Balaidos Stadium on Thursday evening.
La Liga outfit Celta got the better of PAOK in the knockout phase play-offs and now come up against the team that finished top of the league phase.
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Team news
Celta Vigo boss Claudio Giraldez has a near fully fit squad to choose from with only Franco Cervi and Miguel Roman expected to remain on the treatment table.
Lyon are more depleted with a number of players unavailable including Ainsley Maitland-Niles (groin), Malick Fofana (ankle) and Pavel Sulc (thigh).
Ernest Nuamah is nearing a return from an ACL but this game will come too soon for him, while there are also doubts surrounding the fitness of Ruben Kluivert.
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The stats
Celta Vigo had won four straight games before Friday’s defeat to Real Madrid.
Lyon midfielder Corentin Tolisso has scored in each of his last four appearances.
Celta Vigo beat Ligue 1 sides Nice and Lille at home in the league phase of this competition.
Lyon were the joint-top scorers in the league phase, finding the net 18 times in eight matches.
Celta have lost only two of their 10 Europa League knockout matches (winning six and drawing two), suffering defeats at the hands of Shakhtar Donetsk and Manchester United.
This is Lyon’s 34th match against Spanish opposition in European competition but their first meeting with Celta Vigo.
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Prediction
Celta Vigo had been strong away from home in the first half of the season but their home form now appears to have caught up, with five wins from their seven matches at Balaidos Stadium since the turn of the year.
The Sky Blues have beaten Lille and PAOK in the Europa League while also defeating Real Mallorca, Rayo Vallecano and Valencia during that run.
Friday’s defeat to Real Madrid should not prove too much of a setback and Giraldez’s men will be confident of earning a positive result against Thursday’s visitors Lyon having already triumphed over French opposition this season.
Lyon finished top of the Europa League league phase standings with seven wins but have recently hit a bump in the road.
After earning 13 straight victories from December through to February, Les Gones have now gone four games without a victory, losing at Strasbourg and Marseille during that time.
When looking at the form of the two sides, Celta Vigo will be hoping to make home advantage count against a depleted Lyon team.
However, the Ligue 1 club will feel they have the quality to compete on the road and so a draw may be the smart pick.
Back the draw at 23/10 with LiveScore Bet
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