Lyon vs Crystal Palace Preview

Lyon vs Crystal Palace

Competition – Europa League

Stadium: Groupama Stadium

Date: 15th October 2026

Kick-off time – 17:45 GMT

Both clubs won their Europa League openers, and Lyon and Crystal Palace now meet at the Groupama Stadium on Thursday with three points each already banked. Palace sit second in the 36-team standings after a 4-0 home win over Lech Poznan on 17 September, while Lyon are 11th following a 2-1 away win at Anderlecht the day before. The goal difference is what separates them, with Palace on +4 and Lyon on +1. Domestically, Palace won 3-1 at home against Nottingham Forest on Sunday, but Lyon lost 2-1 at Lens in Ligue 1 on Friday. A win would make it two from two for either side. Kick-off in Lyon is at 5:45pm UK time.

Lyon’s last five read W3 D1 L1, with ten goals scored and four conceded. The most recent result was a 2-1 defeat away at Lens in Ligue 1 on 9 October, which ended a four-match unbeaten run in the sample. Before that, Rennes were beaten 4-0 at the Groupama Stadium on 19 September, the biggest margin of the five, and Anderlecht were beaten 2-1 away in the Europa League on 16 September. Further back sit a goalless draw away at Paris FC on 12 September and a 3-1 home win over Auxerre on 4 September. Across the two home games in the run, Lyon scored seven and conceded one. The only match in which they failed to score was that 0-0 at Paris FC.

Crystal Palace have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five, scoring nine and conceding six. The latest result was a 3-1 home win over Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Sunday. Before that, they lost 2-0 at home to Bristol City in a friendly on 3 October, a game in which Palace failed to score. Further back, Palace drew 0-0 away at Leeds in the league on 20 September, won 4-0 at home against Lech Poznan in the Europa League on 17 September, and lost 3-2 at home to Ipswich in the league on 12 September. Four of the five were played at home, where Palace won two and lost two, and the only away game in the sample was the goalless draw at Leeds.

The two clubs have met just once on record, and Crystal Palace won that game. Palace beat Lyon 2-0 in a friendly on 5 August 2023, with Palace listed as the home side. That makes it one win for Palace, none for Lyon and no draws going into Thursday. Lyon have yet to beat Palace in the record, and no meeting is listed with Lyon as the home team, so the Groupama Stadium will stage the first fixture of that kind between these sides.

Palace are second in the league phase standings on three points with a goal difference of +4, and Lyon are 11th on three points with +1. A win would take Palace to six points, though their position would depend on results elsewhere on matchday two.

In the UK, the match is live on TNT Sports 1, with HBO Max streaming. Viewers in France can watch on Canal+ Foot, with Canal+ Live 2 streaming, while in the USA it’s on CBS Sports Network, Paramount+ and fuboTV. In Ireland, TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max carry the game.

Stake

Possible Lineups

Lyon

4-3-3

HOME

Crystal Palace

3-4-2-1

AWAY
G
Greif
B
Benitez
A
Abner
K
Kluivert
B
Bacher
A
Athekame
C
Canvot
R
Richards
L
Lerma
T
Tolisso
M
Morton
B
Bidstrup
M
Mitchell
T
Timber
W
Wharton
K
Khalaili
P
Pino
K
Kamada
O
Openda
S
Sulc
N
Nuamah
L
Larsen

Lyon — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✕ Lens 2-1 Lyon Ligue 1 09.10.26
✓ Lyon 4-0 Rennes Ligue 1 19.09.26
✓ Anderlecht 1-2 Lyon Europa League 16.09.26
= Paris FC 0-0 Lyon Ligue 1 12.09.26
✓ Lyon 3-1 Auxerre Ligue 1 04.09.26

Crystal Palace — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✓ Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Premier League 11.10.26
✕ Crystal Palace 0-2 Bristol City Club Friendly 03.10.26
= Leeds 0-0 Crystal Palace Premier League 20.09.26
✓ Crystal Palace 4-0 Lech Poznan Europa League 17.09.26
✕ Crystal Palace 2-3 Ipswich Premier League 12.09.26

Head to Head

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Crystal Palace 2-0 Lyon Club Friendly 05.08.23

Where to Watch

🇬🇧 Great Britain
TNT Sports 1HBO Max
🇫🇷 France
Canal+ FootCanal+ Live 2
🇮🇪 Ireland
TNT Sports 1HBO Max
🇺🇸 USA
CBS Sports NetworkParamount+fuboTVTUDN USATUDN.comTUDN AppViX
🇨🇦 Canada
DAZN CanadafuboTV Canada
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Ziggo Sport 6Ziggo Go
🇵🇹 Portugal
DAZN3 PortugalDAZN Portugal
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Blue Sport 3 LiveBlue SportCanal+ Foot
🇳🇴 Norway
Viaplay NorwayV Sport 2 Norway
🇲🇽 Mexico
Claro Sports
TV Channel Streaming Radio

Table

Europa League Standings

Pos. Team MP W D L GF GA GD P Form
1 Juventus 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
W
2 Crystal Palace 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
W
3 Sparta Praha 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
W
4 Beşiktaş 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
W
5 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
W
6 Ferencváros 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
W
7 Benfica 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
W
8 Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
W
9 OFI 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
W
10 AFC Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
W
11 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
W
12 Torreense 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
W
13 Olympiakos Piraeus 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
W
14 Salzburg 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
W
15 Sunderland 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
W
16 Omonia Nicosia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
W
17 Sturm Graz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
D
18 Rennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
D
19 Dinamo Zagreb 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
D
20 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
D
21 Jagiellonia Białystok 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
L
22 Real Sociedad 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
L
23 Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
L
24 Lillestrøm 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
L
25 Celta de Vigo 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
L
26 AZ 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
L
27 Levski Sofia 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
L
28 Celtic 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
L
29 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
L
30 Milan 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
L
31 Celje 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
L
32 Olympique Marseille 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
L
33 Ararat-Armenia 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
L
34 Viktoria Plzeň 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
L
35 Lech Poznań 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
L
36 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0
L

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