Olympique Lyonnais made it two wins from two at the start of their UEFA Europa League campaign with a comfortable victory against RB Salzburg at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon. They are one of seven teams with maximum points after two rounds, alongside Dinamo Zagreb, Midtjylland, Aston Villa, Braga, Lille and Porto at the top […]
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Lille 0-1 Lyon
Lyon continued their excellent start to the Ligue 1 season with a brilliant backs-to-the-wall win against Lille at the Decathlon Arena. English midfielder Tyler Morton scored the only goal with a header in the 13th minute and Lyon defended resolutely thereafter to protect their lead. The win means that Lyon keep pace with Paris-Saint Germain […]
Utrecht 0-1 Lyon – Tessmann strikes again
Lyon opened up their UEFA Europa League campaign with a win and a fifth clean sheet in their opening six games of the 2025-26 season. It was a tense game with few clear-cut opportunities for either team, but Lyon dominated the possession and won it with a wonder strike from USA international midfielder Tanner Tessmann […]
Lyon 1-0 Angers
Lyon manager Paulo Fonseca handed debuts to two new signings in his starting XI for the visit of Angers on matchday five of the Ligue 1 season. Slovak goalkeeper Dominik Greif, signed from Mallorca, came in to replace Rémy Descamps, who picked up an injury in the defeat at Rennes. Up front there was a […]
Rennes Robbery: Rennes 3-1 Lyon
Lyon lost their one hundred percent record in controversial fashion at Roazhon Park with a 3-1 defeat to Rennes. Playing without a centre forward for the second game running, Les Gones dominated the first half and took the lead in the 14th minute. Corentin Tolisso, playing as a false nine, rose highest in the box […]
Lyon 1-0 Marseille
Olympique Lyonnais won a keenly contested ‘Olympico’ at the Groupama Stadium on matchday 3 of the season to maintain their 100% record and join PSG at the top of the nascent Ligue 1 table on nine points. The build up to the game was overshadowed by the breaking news that Lyon’s star striker (and indeed […]
Lyon 3-0 Metz
Paulo Fonseca made just one change to the line-up that beat Lens 1-0 on the opening weekend of the 2025-26 Ligue 1 season. Sael Kumbedi dropped to the bench, with Ainsley Maitland-Niles moving back into the right-back position and new signing Pavel Šulc coming into the team on the right side of attack to make […]
Athletic Club edge thriller v Sevilla
Athletic Club got their La Liga season off to a fine start with a thrilling 3-2 win against Sevilla at the San Mamés Barria. Los Leones put their miserable pre-season form firmly behind them in front of 49,134 raucous home fans despite a strong fight-back from the visitors in the second half. Nico Williams, who […]
Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal – opening day disappointment
Manchester United fell to a 1-0 defeat against Arsenal at Old Trafford on the opening weekend of the 2025-26 Premier League season. Arsenal’s Italian defender Riccardo Calafiori headed in the only goal from point-blank range after United ‘keeper Altay Bayindir weakly flapped at a Declan Rice corner under his own crossbar in the 13th minute. […]
Lens 0-1 Lyon – OL off to a winning start
Olympique Lyonnais got their 2025-26 Ligue 1 campaign off to a winning start with a 1-0 victory away at Lens. Georgia international striker Georges Mikautadze scored the only goal of the game in stoppage time at the end of the first half to take the three points back to Lyon. After a turbulent summer when […]