Season so far

UEFA Europa League

Key, Lyon v PAOK
League position, Olympique Lyonnais 1st, PAOK 12thTotal points, Olympique Lyonnais 18, PAOK 12

Goals scored

Olympique Lyonnais 14PAOK 15

Form guide

All competitions

Olympique Lyonnais won
v Metz
2
5
Ligue 1
PAOK won
v Real Betis
2
0
UEFA Europa League
Olympique Lyonnais won
v Young Boys
0
1
UEFA Europa League
PAOK won
v OFI
3
0
Super League 1
Olympique Lyonnais won
v Brest
2
1
Ligue 1
PAOK won
v Olympiakos
0
2
Cup
Olympique Lyonnais won
v Lille
1
2
Coupe de France
PAOK won
v Panaitolikos
0
3
Super League 1
Olympique Lyonnais won
v Monaco
1
3
Ligue 1
PAOK draw
v Atromitos
1
1
Cup

Match Facts

  • The two previous European meetings between Lyon and PAOK Salonika produced 10 goals – a 3-3 draw and 4-0 win for PAOK in a two-legged Cup Winners’ Cup tie in 1973-74.

  • PAOK Salonika have lost seven of their last nine major European matches against French teams (W2), although they beat Lille 4-3 earlier this season in the UEFA Europa League.

  • Lyon have won six of their seven UEFA Europa League games this season (L1), while only in 2005-06 and 2016-17 have they won seven matches in a single major European season.

  • Since losing 3-1 to Celta de Vigo on MD2, PAOK Salonika are unbeaten in their last five UEFA Europa League games (W3 D2), their best run in the competition since they went through the full 2013-14 group stage without suffering a defeat (W3 D3).

  • On MD7 against Young Boys, Ainsley Maitland-Niles became only the second English player to score in the UEFA Europa League for a French side after Joey Barton for Marseille in November 2012; he now has eight goal involvements in the competition (2 goals, six assists), but only once in consecutive appearances (March/April 2019 for Arsenal).