Lyon are 8 pts behind the 3rd placed Lille in France. This weekend Lille plays away to Monaco, so if Lyon manage to get the difference to 5 pts, they will stand a chance for a CL place, with 8 rounds to go.
This year against the better teams:
Lyon-Lille 0:0
Lyon-Monaco 2-3
PSG-Lyon 4:0
Lille-Lyon 0:0
Monaco-Lyon 2:1
In EL, they won their group against Betis, Rijeka and Guimaraes with a 3-3-0 record. In the first knock-out round they eliminated the Ukrainian team Chernomorets 1:0 on aggregate, and in the 1/8 finals they beat the Czechs Plzen 5:3 on aggregate. Yesterday's defeat was their first in Europe this year, but that surely has a lot to do with the fact that they had a 4:1 advantage from the first leg.
Overall, it's good that Lyon aren't a team we can underestimate, so I expect a serious approach to these two games.