Overview
- The round-of-16 second leg kicks off Thursday at 1:45 p.m. ET at Groupama Stadium and streams on Paramount+.
- The first leg ended 1-1 after Javi Rueda put Celta ahead, Borja Iglesias was sent off for an elbow, and Endrick equalized in the 87th minute.
- Celta is without Iglesias due to a one-match suspension and Oscar Mingueza for yellow-card accumulation, forcing Claudio Giráldez to adjust his lineup.
- Lyon advanced from the Europa League league phase with 21 points from eight matches to reach this stage.
- USA TODAY's preview favors a narrow home win, predicting Lyon 2, Celta Vigo 1.