Lyon vs Fenerbahçe 1-2
Fenerbahçe beat Lyon 2-1 at the Groupama Stadium in the Champions League play-offs on 26 August 2026. Vedat Muriqi (24') and Allan Brown (28') put the visitors two goals ahead by half-time, and Mohamed Fofana (61') pulled one back for Lyon. Lyon had 59% of possession and 17 shots to Fenerbahçe's 16, but Fenerbahçe had one more shot on target (7 to 6).
Match note written by Pitcharium from the match data.Match timeline
- 24'V. Muriqi
- 28'A. Brown assist M. Greenwood
- 32'Milan Škriniar · Yellow card
- Loïs Openda · Yellow card51'
- M. Fofana assist A. Maitland-Niles61'
- A. Maitland-Niles for Z. Athekame62'
- E. Nuamah for K. Boudache62'
- Loïs Openda · VAR check65'
- 67'Talisca for I. Yuksek
- Kaïl Boudache · VAR check71'
- T. Tessmann for P. Sulc76'
- 76'O. Aydin for D. Nene
- 80'V. Muriqi for R. Lukaku
- 80'M. Greenwood for I. Kahveci
- Abner Vinicius for N. Tagliafico86'
- T. Morton for M. Bidstrup86'
- 90+5'Dorgeles Nene · Yellow card
- 90+4'Mattéo Guendouzi · Yellow card
Match stats
Line-ups
Lyon starting XI
- 1D. Greif
- 98A. Maitland-Niles
- 21R. Kluivert
- 19M. Niakhate
- 16Abner Vinicius
- 6T. Tessmann
- 23T. Morton
- 8C. Tolisso
- 7E. Nuamah
- 17L. Openda
- 11M. Fofana
Lyon bench · coach Paulo Fonseca
Fenerbahçe starting XI
- 31Ederson
- 27N. Semedo
- 37M. Skriniar
- 15N. Ake
- 3A. Brown
- 91N. Kante
- 6M. Guendouzi
- 11M. Greenwood
- 94Talisca
- 70O. Aydin
- 19V. Muriqi
Fenerbahçe bench · coach Ismail Kartal
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UEFA Champions League table
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 |  Villarreal | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 30 |  Feyenoord | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 31 |  Fenerbahçe | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 32 |  Slavia Praha | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 33 |  Viking | 3 | -4 | 1 |
Match info
CompetitionUEFA Champions League
RoundPlay-offs
Kick-off
VenueGroupama Stadium, Lyon
RefereeMaurizio Mariani
