Betting tips for Villarreal vs Lyon - 22.02.2018

The Yellow Submarine will have to overcome the 3-1 first leg in France to eliminate Olympique Lyon and qualify for the knockout stages of the Europa League 17-18. Villarreal comes at a very bad time to the game, after not winning in the last four games, losing 3 and drawing last weekend at the RCDE Stadium. The Castellon team fell to 6th place in the Santander League, adding 38 points in 24 games, to 7 of the fourth place occupied by Real Madrid. The yellow team secured the first place in Group A of the Europa League, which is why it has the favor factor in this 1/16 final against French Olympique Lyon.

The Castellón team took some momentum after the dismissal of Fran Escribá and the arrival of Javier Calleja to the bench. The Yellow Submarine will have something more than 180 million budget this campaign, which dreams of getting back into the Champions League. The Castellonans have invested 42 million euros in the signings of 4 players: the Portuguese defender Rubén Semedo, for which they have paid 14 million euros to Sporting CP; the Turkish forward Enes Ünal, for which they pay another 14 million to Manchester City; the midfielder Pablo Fornals, for which they have paid the 12 million euros of his clause of rescission to Malaga; and the definitive purchase of goalkeeper Andrés Fernández to FC Porto, for which they have paid 2 million euros.

The sale of Bakambú to Chinese football has meant the arrival of the team of the Colombian Roger Martínez.


 Olympique Lyon is 4th in Ligue 1, adding 14 wins, 7 draws and 5 in 26 games. In Europe, the team added two draws in the first two games (1-1 in Limassol and at home, against Atalanta) before beating Everton in their double duel (1-2 at Goodison Park and 3-0 at Parc OL). in the last day) and end up yielding in Bergamo against Atalanta.

The Lyonnais club has a budget of 145.65 million euros for this season in which it hopes to return to fight for the titles in France, and return to compete with good grades in Europe. The team has entered 102 million euros with the sales of French international striker Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal paid 53 million euros); midfielder Corentin Tolisso to Bayern Munich in exchange for 41.5 million; the pivot Maxime Gonalons to AS Roma in exchange for 5 million; from Maciej Rybus to Lokomotiv Moscow for 1.75 million; and that of Mathieu Valbuena to Fenerbahçe for 1.5 million euros more. Six are the reinforcements of the team in this summer market: the end Bertrand Traore, signed by Chelsea in exchange for 10 million euros; Real Madrid forward Mariano Díaz; the center of Besiktas, Marcelo; the side Ferland Mendy, from Le Havre; left-back Brazilian Marçal, from Benfica; and Ajax right-back Kenny Tete.

Villarreal vs Lyon   Prediction: X/2 6.80

Villarreal vs Lyon   Betting tip: Over 3.5 Goals @ 1.80

Villarreal vs Lyon Score recommendations: 2-3 10.00