Lyon vs Rangers match Analysis and Prediction

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The two top sides in Group A have already qualified for the last 32 of the Europa League and will meet this Thursday in their final group match where Lyon will play host to Rangers at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium.

The hosts have been in great form in this competition and have maintained a 100% record; the only team in the ongoing campaign to do so and also scored 15 goals in the process to be ranked the top in the competition so far, and will want to end the group stage in style maintaining the record.

Lyon have on contrary been inconsistent run of form in Ligue 1 and are now placed 12^th in the standings having won 6 times, drawn 5 times and lost 5 as well in the 16 matches played in the league so far and have 23 points on their name 1 above Nantes.

Lyon’s inconsistent run of form in Ligue 1 continued at the weekend when they played out a 2-2 draw away against Bordeaux, Alberth Elis equalized for the hosts just before the hour mark.

Ranges on the other hand are the second placed after the hosts, 8 points adrift and a draw will cement their spot in the knockout stage following that Sparta Praha are just 3 points adrift and a win would favor them if they had a better goal difference.

Rangers have a better head to head record against the hosts here and this match would be an interesting one with the rangers looking to maintain the record. The Rangers secured the second position in the group after a 2-0 victory over Sparta Prague on the home patch in the previous round.

The visitors now come to this match on the back of a 3-0 victory in the match against Dundee in the league matchday 17.

Lyon vs Rangers head to head

In the previous 4 head to head fixtures each side has won twice with Lyon takin the latest victory back in September in the group’s fixture. Rangers have lost none of their last 5 away matches and have a