In the penultimate round of the UEFA Champions League regular season, Valencia played Lyon Eiswell at home, with the two sides winning the last three meetings. The two teams met in the first leg of the season, with Valencia's suffocating defence allowing Lyon to score just 55 points and eventually claim a big away win. Valencia are currently 14th in the league with 14 wins and 18 losses, while Lyon are 17th in the league with 7 wins and 25 losses.
This is Valencia's last home game in the Champions League regular season this season, and they will play Partizan away next week, and only one of the two games will be lost to miss the playoffs. Valencia have already started talks to get a wild card for next season's Champions League and league officials. Valencia have lost six of their last seven Champions League games, with their only win coming by two points over Bayern Munich. In the last three games, there has been no main core Davis. However, Davies scored 24 points from his comeback in the most recent La Liga game against Gran Canaria. The team recently signed Jiangsu foreign player Kaba to replace the injured Toure, but he will not play today. Jones did not play in the most recent La Liga game and Harper did not play in last week's game against Maccabi, but the team's official website shows that the squad is basically complete today. Valencia currently have multiple playoff rivals in the playoffs. With an equal record, they will have a clean sheet advantage against Efes, Sarakillis and Partizan and a minus 19 points against Milan.
A win for Lyon today will guarantee they won't be bottom of the table, with three defeats in a row against the top seven teams in the league. The lead was reversed at the end of the third quarter, and the last three games averaged a net minus of 14.3 points in the final quarter. De Colo will also face his old club today, and the first Champions League team he played for in his career was Valencia, and he only needs three points tonight to surpass Spanoulis to become second in the all-time Champions League scoring list. In addition, Valencia's core defender Chris Jones made a name for himself in Lyon and helped Lyon win the Ligue 1 title in 2022.
Lyon, under their third manager, Putpe, have won two of their last six games and have kept the suspense until the end against some of the biggest teams. Lyon now have a full roster, with five players averaging double-doubles per game. Valencia have been underperforming in either the Champions League or La Liga lately, and the additions of Anderson and Pangers don't look to be helping in any way so far. This match is in favor of Lyon Eswell.
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