On the 17th of March, Porto will travel to Décines-Charpieu to battle Olympique Lyonnais in a meeting of these two Europa League teams. Olympique Lyonnais is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Rennes. Benjamin Bourigeaud struck first for Rennes in the 11th minute on a feed from Gaëtan Laborde, then Baptiste Santamaria added another in the 13th minute. Olympique Lyonnais should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Porto recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Tondela. Mehdi Taremi scored the first goal for Porto in the 45th minute on a penalty, then Wenderson Galeno added another in the 73rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tondela couldn’t manage to score, and Porto took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Porto should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Olympique Lyonnais and Porto last played eachother at the Estádio Do Dragão on Wednesday Mar 9th. Olympique Lyonnais won by a score of 1 to 0. Lucas Paquetá struck first for Olympique Lyonnais in the 59th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Porto was frustrated by Olympique Lyonnais’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Olympique Lyonnais ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Evanilson and Mehdi Taremi have been the hottest scorers for Porto in the last five each having scored 3 goals each. Both Romain Faivre and Moussa Dembélé have been the hottest scorers for Olympique Lyonnais in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.