UEFA Europa League 2016/17: Ranking the semi-finalists

Modified Apr 25, 2017 04:26 GMT

BASEL, SWITZERLAND - MAY 18: Captian Jose Antonio Reyes (C) of Sevilla lifts the Europa League trophy as players celebrate at the award ceremoy after the UEFA Europa League Final match between Liverpool and Sevilla at St. Jakob-Park on May 18, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) — *Spanish side Sevilla won the Europa League in 2016.*

#2 Lyon

ROME, ITALY - MARCH 16: (R-L) Mathieu Valbuena, Mouctar Diakhaby and Maxime Gonalos of Olympique Lyonnais celebrate after the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 second leg match between AS Roma and Olympique Lyonnais at Stadio Olimpico on March 16, 2017 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images ) — *Olympique Lyonnais have a good chance of winning the Europa League*

One of the two teams favourite to win in Sweden on 24^th May, French outfit Lyon are the only team left in the Europa League who have entered the knockout stages, having finished third in their Champions League group stage. They suffered narrow defeats to Juventus and Sevilla in the Champions League but have made the most of their chance in the Europa League, led by the impressive Alexandre Lacazette up front and supported well by Nabil Fekir.

Lyon are currently out of the running for the Ligue 1 title and are in 5^th place after 33 games. In the Europa League knockouts, Lyon overcame Dutch side AZ Alkmaar, Italian heavyweight, AS Roma, and most recently, Turkish outfit Besiktas on penalties.

They are up against Ajax in the semi-finals and can be considered slight favourites for the tie as well as for winning the trophy and their superstar striker Lacazette, with a Whoscored.com rating of 7.85 and 31 goals so far this season, is the key.