Anderlecht — Olympique Lyonnais 1:2, 16 September: match result

match finished UEFA Europa League · Matchday 1 Wednesday 16 September · 19:00 UTC

Anderlecht 29th · 0 pts LLWWW

1 : 2 1st half 0:2

Olympique Lyonnais 5th · 3 pts WW

Lotto Park · referee R. De Burgos

Match predictionValue

No goal fest expected

88% · Anderlecht concede 0.9 goals per game

Prediction landed. We predicted “No goal fest expected”, and the match finished 1:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Anderlecht 32% draw 25% Olympique Lyonnais 43%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Olympique Lyonnais win, and the match finished 1:2. Fans backed Olympique Lyonnais win — they got it right.

fans 37 votes

Anderlecht 33% draw 16% Olympique Lyonnais 51%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

N. Nartey 0-1 8'

K. Nakamura assist: M. Ouedraogo 0-2 22'

M. Niakhate 26'

M. Ouedraogo 44'

M. Kana for R. Amane 46'

F. Bacher for M. Niakhate 46'

N. Tagliafico for M. Ouedraogo 46'

M. Cvetkovic assist: A. Maamar 1-2 61'

P. Sulc for L. Openda 65'

M. Bidstrup for N. Nartey 74'

C. Tolisso for T. Morton 74'

T. Bentayeb for T. Aasgaard 74'

D. Sikan for L. Ambros 74'

O. Antman for M. Cvetkovic 85'

N. Ojea for L. Augustinsson 90+3'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Anderlecht 4-4-2 · Vitor Bruno 4-3-3 · Paulo Fonseca Olympique Lyonnais

Colin Coosemans  
Ali Maamar  12 Andrew Omobamidele  27 Léo Pétrot  6 Ludwig Augustinsson  
Lukáš Ambros  24 Enric Llansana  8 Romeo Amane  10 Marten Winkler  
Mihajlo Cvetković  19 Thelo Aasgaard  

Kaïl Boudache  17 Loïs Openda  11 Keito Nakamura  
Tanner Tessmann  23 Tyler Morton  99 Noah Nartey  
Ruben Kluivert  22 Clinton Mata  19 Moussa Niakhaté  76 Mohamed Ouédraogo  
Rémy Descamps  

Anderlecht bench

14Danylo Sikan
61Joshua Nga Kana
32Justin Heekeren
50Kaïs Barry
55Marco Kana
29Mario Stroeykens
53Noa Cobiella
68Noah Kalonji
5Oleg Reabciuk
11Oliver Antman
21Tawfik Bentayeb
83Tristan Degreef

Olympique Lyonnais bench

8Corentin Tolisso
1Dominik Greif
7Ernest Nuamah
20Felix Bacher
24Julien Duranville
25Justin Bengui
18Khalis Merah
2Mads Bidstrup
3Nicolás Tagliafico
10Pavel Šulc
45Rémi Himbert
13Zachary Athekame

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

58%Possession42%

14Shots13

5Shots on target10

5Shots off target1

4Blocked shots2

11Shots inside box11

3Shots outside box2

108Attacks71

60Dangerous attacks26

6Corners4

3Offsides5

14Fouls12

0Yellow cards2

8Saves3

477Passes350

398Accurate passes274

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Anderlecht

Olympique LyonnaisThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Anderlecht and Olympique Lyonnais met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Europa League on 16 September at Lotto Park. Final score — 1:2.

Anderlecht sit 29th on 0 points after 8 matches (5 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), 3 matches without conceding. Olympique Lyonnais sit 5th on 3 points after 2 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses), won 2 matches in a row.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Anderlecht last five Olympique Lyonnais

LLWWW form WW

8 Matches 2

5 — 1 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 0 — 0

15 — 7 Scored — conceded 5 — 3

2 Points per game 3

1.88 Goals scored per game 2.5

3 Clean sheets 0

1 Failed to score 0

winless in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Anderlecht at home: 4 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 10—5, 2.25 points per match.

Olympique Lyonnais away: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 2—1, 3 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
7	Ferencváros	2	2	0	0	5—2	6
8	Olympique Lyonnais	2	2	0	0	5—3	6
9	Sunderland	2	2	0	0	3—1	6
…
28	Celta de Vigo	2	0	0	2	1—3	0
29	Anderlecht	2	0	0	2	1—3	0
30	Hoffenheim	1	0	0	1	0—2	0

Full UEFA Europa League table