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Lyon v PAOK Salonika : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Groupama Stadium, Lyon

Răzvan Lucescu pays counterpart Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca a visit on Thursday night in the Europa League, as their PAOK Salonika and Lyon teams face each other at the Groupama Stadium. Europa League stats are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) records included too. It's all on this page, with data visualisations and the best odds available for seventeen major betting markets using the tabs.

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Lyon's next match is v Nice at 19:45 on Sunday 15th February
PAOK Salonika's next match is v Aris at 17:00 on Sunday 8th February

The last European Europa League meeting between Lyon and PAOK was on Thursday 29th January 2026

European Europa League

January 29th 2026

Lyon 4	2 PAOK

R. Himbert 33'	20' G. Giakoumakis
K. Merah 55'	66' S. Meïté
A. Karabec 87'
A. Gomes Rodriguez 90'

	LYN PAO
Shots On	8 3
Shots Off	8 1
Corners	3 2
Possession	62% 38%
Fouls	15 12
Yellow/red cards	1/0 2/1

Lyon	PAOK

R. Descamps M. Niakhaté R. Kluivert (A. Da Silva Santos 69') C. Mata Pedro Lourenço A. Karabec T. Morton (T. Tessmann 46') M. de Carvalho (A. Hamdani 87') K. Merah (T. Gonçalves 69') A. Bastardo Moreira (A. Gomes Rodriguez 87') R. Himbert A. Maitland-Niles	J. Kenny I. Michailidis T. Kędziora A. Baba S. Meïté (A. Mythou 87') G. Giakoumakis (M. Camara 90') M. Ozdoev I. Konstantelias (K. Despodov 84') T. Barcellos Freda A. Tsiftsis A. Živković

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Lyon and PAOK will score a minimum of two between them during the standard 90 mins. This is based on the recent form of the respective sides, as well as past records of their head-to-head clashes. We give it a probability of 80%. Bookmakers have it priced at 1.22.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lyon are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 40% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Lyon 40%	8/5 10%	1/100 4%
Draw 25%	23/10 6%	25/1
PAOK 35%	17/10 20%	200/1 17%
Draw 1-1 12%	5/1 6%	11/5
Lyon 2-1 9%	9/1	29/20
Lyon 1-0 9%	17/2 7%	13/2 7%
PAOK 2-1 8%	9/1 12%	9/1 13%
PAOK 1-0 8%	17/2 13%	5/1
Lyon 2-0 6%	12/1 13%	10/1 7%
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1 12%	4/11 13%
Draw 0-0 6%	10/1	7/1 10%
PAOK 2-0 5%	12/1 21%	6/1 9%
Lyon 3-1 4%	20/1 8%	11/5
PAOK 3-1 4%	20/1 17%	33/1 15%
Lyon 3-0 3%	25/1 18%	20/1 9%
Lyon 3-2 3%	28/1	14/5
PAOK 3-2 3%	28/1	18/1 15%
PAOK 3-0 2%	25/1	11/1 11%
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	10/11	1/3 4%
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	10/11	21/10 3%
Home 1st Goal 49%	10/11 9%	1/1 1%
Away 1st Goal 47%	1/1 9%	21/20 10%
No 1st Goal 3%	10/1	13/2 16%
BTTS - Yes 57%	7/10 3%	2/5 5%
BTTS - No 43%	21/20 3%	13/8 5%
BTTS - Home Win 20%	4/1 5%	23/10
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3 9%	7/20 4%
BTTS - Away Win 18%	4/1 20%	16/1 17%
Home/draw 65%	4/9 5%	1/300 4%
Away/draw 60%	1/2 12%	18/1 7%
Home/away 75%	1/3 2%	1/1000
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	2/7 2%	1/9 2%
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	11/4 8%	5/1 6%
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	12/5 9%	1/2 5%
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	1/3 3%	7/5 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	5/1	19/10 5%
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/8	4/11 1%
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	12/1 10%	19/5 5%
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/25 1%	2/13
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/16	1/14 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	9/1	13/2 16%
Home DNB 57%	5/6 8%	1/14 4%
Away DNB 53%	5/6 21%	13/2 13%
Lyon win to nil 20%	7/2 14%	-
PAOK win to nil 17%	4/1 10%	-
Lyon / Lyon 21%	3/1 14%	9/1 7%
Lyon / PAOK 3%	25/1 17%	55/1 15%
Lyon / Draw 6%	12/1	33/1
Draw / Lyon 14%	5/1 10%	21/20 5%
Draw / PAOK 12%	11/2 17%	19/4 14%
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2 8%	19/10 5%
PAOK / Lyon 4%	25/1	33/1 11%
PAOK / PAOK 18%	10/3 21%	25/1 18%
PAOK / Draw 7%	12/1 12%	33/1

Win / draw / win Europa League table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Lyon PAOK
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lyon	8	7	0	1	13	21	-	-	-	l 4-2F
2	A Villa	8	7	0	1	8	21	-	-	-	-
3	Midtjylland	8	6	1	1	10	19	-	-	-	-
4	Real Betis	8	5	2	1	6	17	-	l 2-0A	w 2-0F	-
5	Porto	8	5	2	1	6	17	-	-	-	-
6	Braga	8	5	2	1	6	17	-	-	-	-
7	Freiburg	8	5	2	1	6	17	-	-	-	-
8	Roma	8	5	1	2	7	16	-	-	-	-
9	Genk	8	5	1	2	4	16	-	-	-	-
10	Bologna	8	4	3	1	7	15	-	-	-	-
11	Stuttgart	8	5	0	3	6	15	-	-	-	-
12	Ferencvaros	8	4	3	1	1	15	-	-	-	-
13	Nottm Forest	8	4	2	2	8	14	-	-	-	-
14	Plzen	8	3	5	0	5	14	-	-	-	-
15	Red Star Bel.	8	4	2	2	1	14	-	-	-	-
16	Celta	8	4	1	3	4	13	-	-	-	l 3-1F
17	PAOK	8	3	3	2	3	12	w 4-2A	-	-	-
18	Lille	8	4	0	4	3	12	-	-	-	w 3-4F
19	Fenerbahce	8	3	3	2	3	12	-	-	-	-
20	Panathinaikos	8	3	3	2	2	12	-	-	-	-
21	Celtic	8	3	2	3	-2	11	-	-	-	-
22	Ludogorets	8	3	1	4	-3	10	-	-	-	d 3-3A
23	D. Zagreb	8	3	1	4	-4	10	-	-	-	-
24	Brann	8	2	3	3	-2	9	-	-	d 1-1F	-
25	Young Boys	8	3	0	5	-6	9	-	w 0-1F	w 4-0F	-
26	Sturm Graz	8	2	1	5	-6	7	-	-	-	-
27	FCSB	8	2	1	5	-7	7	-	-	-	-
28	GA Eagles	8	2	1	5	-8	7	w 2-1F	-	-	-
29	Feyenoord	8	2	0	6	-4	6	-	-	-	-
30	Basel	8	2	0	6	-4	6	w 2-0F	-	-	-
31	Salzburg	8	2	0	6	-5	6	w 2-0F	-	-	-
32	Rangers	8	1	1	6	-9	4	-	-	-	-
33	Nice	8	1	0	7	-8	3	-	-	-	-
34	Utrecht	8	0	1	7	-10	1	-	w 0-1F	-	-
35	Malmö	8	0	1	7	-11	1	-	-	-	-
36	M. Tel-Aviv	8	0	1	7	-20	1	-	w 0-6F	d 0-00-0	-

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Win / draw / win form

Lyon have won 3 consecutive european games

Lyon have not lost in 7 consecutive home european games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lyon	2 - 1	GA Eagles
Lyon	2 - 0	Basel
Lyon	2 - 0	Salzburg
Lyon	2 - 2	Man Utd
Lyon	4 - 0	FCSB
Lyon	1 - 1	Ludogorets
Lyon	3 - 2	E.Frankfurt
Lyon	0 - 1	Besiktas
Lyon	2 - 0	Olympiakos
Lyon	0 - 3	West Ham
Lyon	1 - 1	Porto
Lyon	1 - 1	Rangers
Lyon	3 - 0	Sparta
Lyon	3 - 0	Brondby
Lyon	0 - 3	Bayern
Lyon	1 - 0	Juventus
Lyon	2 - 2	RB Leipzig
Lyon	3 - 1	Benfica
Lyon	1 - 1	Zenit
Lyon	0 - 0	Barcelona

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Lyon	1 - 0	Young Boys
H	Lyon	2 - 1	GA Eagles
A	Lyon	6 - 0	M. Tel-Aviv
A	Lyon	0 - 2	Real Betis
H	Lyon	2 - 0	Basel
H	Lyon	2 - 0	Salzburg
A	Lyon	1 - 0	Utrecht
A	Lyon	2 - 2	Man Utd
H	Lyon	2 - 2	Man Utd
H	Lyon	4 - 0	FCSB
A	Lyon	3 - 1	FCSB
H	Lyon	1 - 1	Ludogorets
A	Lyon	0 - 0	Fenerbahce
H	Lyon	3 - 2	E.Frankfurt
A	Lyon	4 - 1	Qarabag
A	Lyon	2 - 2	Hoffenheim
H	Lyon	0 - 1	Besiktas
A	Lyon	4 - 1	Rangers
H	Lyon	2 - 0	Olympiakos
H	Lyon	0 - 3	West Ham

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Ludogorets	3 - 3	PAOK
Lille	3 - 4	PAOK
Celta	3 - 1	PAOK
Rijeka	1 - 0	PAOK
RZ Pellets	0 - 0	PAOK
FCSB	2 - 0	PAOK
R.Sociedad	2 - 0	PAOK
Rigas Futbola Skola	0 - 2	PAOK
Man Utd	2 - 0	PAOK
Galatasaray	3 - 1	PAOK
Shamrock	0 - 2	PAOK
Malmö	2 - 2	PAOK
Borac Banja Luka	0 - 1	PAOK
Brugge	1 - 0	PAOK
D. Zagreb	2 - 0	PAOK
E.Frankfurt	1 - 2	PAOK
Aberdeen	2 - 3	PAOK
HJK Helsinki	2 - 3	PAOK
Hearts	1 - 2	PAOK
Hajduk Split	0 - 0	PAOK

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	PAOK	2 - 0	Real Betis
A	PAOK	3 - 3	Ludogorets
H	PAOK	1 - 1	Brann
H	PAOK	4 - 0	Young Boys
A	PAOK	4 - 3	Lille
A	PAOK	1 - 3	Celta
H	PAOK	0 - 0	M. Tel-Aviv
H	PAOK	5 - 0	Rijeka
A	PAOK	0 - 1	Rijeka
A	PAOK	0 - 0	RZ Pellets
H	PAOK	0 - 0	RZ Pellets
A	PAOK	0 - 2	FCSB
H	PAOK	1 - 2	FCSB
A	PAOK	0 - 2	R.Sociedad
H	PAOK	2 - 0	Slavia
H	PAOK	5 - 0	Ferencvaros
A	PAOK	2 - 0	Rigas Futbola Skola
A	PAOK	0 - 2	Man Utd
H	PAOK	2 - 2	Plzen
H	PAOK	0 - 1	FCSB

Goal Statistics

	Lyon 1st	PAOK 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Lyon will score 1 or more goals	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that PAOK will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Lyon have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	-9 PAOK’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season

LYN

PAO

19%

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Games scored	16		18
Failed to score	4		2
Scored first	13		13
Goals scored	40		48
Avg. goals scored	2		2.4
Avg. shots per game	11		11
Avg. shots per goal	6		4
Conversion rate for	18		23
Avg. XG for	2		2.1
KickOff rating		+19%

LYN

PAO

better

view stats

Games conceded	12		10
Clean sheets	8		10
Conceded first	5		6
Goals conceded	21		21
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	16%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.3
KickOff rating		+3%

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Lyon Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
7	2	4	2
M Niakhaté	A Karabec	A Karabec	R Kluivert

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Descamps GLK	4			-
R Kluivert DEF	6	1		2 -
C Mata DEF	7			2 -
M Niakhaté DEF	7	1		1 -
A Maitland-Niles DEF	8	1	1	1 -
M. de Carvalho MID	8		1	1 -
T Morton MID	8		1	2 -
A Karabec MID	8	2	4	-
K. Merah MID	8	1	1	-
A Moreira MID	6	2	2	1 -
R. Himbert FWD	2	1		-
Subs
D Greif GLK	4			-
L. Diarra GLK				-
Abner DEF	5	1	1	1 -
P. Mbatshi Mukuba DEF				-
T Tessmann MID	7	1		1 -
T. Gonçalves MID	3			-
E. Honoré Molébé FWD	2			-
A. Gomes Rodriguez FWD	3	1		1 -
A. Hamdani FWD	1		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	8	4	3
A Karabec	A Moreira	A Karabec	A Karabec

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Karabec MID	2	2	4	3
A Moreira MID	2	8	2	1
R Kluivert DEF	1	3
M Niakhaté DEF	1	2		1
A Maitland-Niles DEF	1	2	1	2
K. Merah MID	1	1	1
R. Himbert FWD	1	2
Subs
Abner DEF	1	1	1	1
T Tessmann MID	1	6
A. Gomes Rodriguez FWD	1	1
M. de Carvalho MID		1	1	2
T Morton MID		2	1	1
Subs
E. Honoré Molébé FWD		1
A. Hamdani FWD			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
637	15	40
M Niakhaté	A Maitland-Niles	M. de Carvalho

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M Niakhaté DEF	637	7	23
C Mata DEF	518	4	21
M. de Carvalho MID	406	15	40
T Morton MID	373	13	20
R Kluivert DEF	350	10	24
Subs
T Tessmann MID	348	4	21
A Maitland-Niles DEF	324	15	23
K. Merah MID	243	5	14
A Karabec MID	184	5	16
Subs
D Greif GLK	146
A Moreira MID	144	8	19
Subs
Abner DEF	135	3	7
R Descamps GLK	116		1
Subs
T. Gonçalves MID	25		1
R. Himbert FWD	16	1	4
Subs
E. Honoré Molébé FWD	16		3
A. Gomes Rodriguez FWD	6	1	4
A. Hamdani FWD	4	1	1

PAOK Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
12	5	5	4
A Baba	G Giakoumakis	A Zivkovic	M Ozdoev

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Tsiftsis GLK	4			1 -
J Kenny DEF	11		1	2 -
T Kedziora DEF	11			2 1
I Michailidis DEF	11		1	2 -
A Baba DEF	12	1	1	-
M Ozdoev MID	11		1	4 -
S Meïté MID	12	3	1	1 -
A Zivkovic MID	12	3	5	3 -
G Konstantelias MID	11	3	4	3 1
Taison MID	9		2	-
G Giakoumakis FWD	8	5	1	3 -
Subs
J Pavlenka GLK	8			-
J Sastre DEF	2			-
G Taylor DEF	1			-
A Vogliacco DEF	3	1		1 -
D Lovren DEF				-
M Camara MID	10	1		1 -
D Pelkas MID	5	1		1 -
A Bianco MID	5	1		-
F Chalov FWD	10	1	1	-
D. Chatsidis FWD	2		1	-
A. Mythou FWD	6	1		-
K Despodov FWD	9	1	2	1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	5	6
G Giakoumakis	G Konstantelias	A Zivkovic	G Konstantelias

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G Giakoumakis FWD	5	9	1	1
S Meïté MID	3	4	1
A Zivkovic MID	3	7	5	2
G Konstantelias MID	3	10	4	6
A Baba DEF	1	2	1	3
Subs
A Vogliacco DEF	1	1
M Camara MID	1	2
D Pelkas MID	1	1
A Bianco MID	1	2
F Chalov FWD	1	3	1
A. Mythou FWD	1	2
K Despodov FWD	1	3	2	3
J Kenny DEF		1	1	3
I Michailidis DEF		3	1	1
M Ozdoev MID		3	1	1
Taison MID		3	2	2
Subs
D. Chatsidis FWD			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
742	22	66
I Michailidis	S Meïté	S Meïté

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
I Michailidis DEF	742	20	49
T Kedziora DEF	631	16	38
A Baba DEF	534	19	49
S Meïté MID	513	22	66
J Kenny DEF	467	21	43
A Zivkovic MID	372	12	41
G Konstantelias MID	317	8	59
M Ozdoev MID	286	8	21
Taison MID	262	8	32
Subs
J Pavlenka GLK	215		5
A Vogliacco DEF	207	1	7
F Chalov FWD	147	2	20
M Camara MID	116	4	10
K Despodov FWD	105	3	16
A Bianco MID	102	10	16
A Tsiftsis GLK	100		1
G Giakoumakis FWD	81	5	34
Subs
J Sastre DEF	53	1	3
D Pelkas MID	46	2	6
A. Mythou FWD	32		10
D. Chatsidis FWD	3
G Taylor DEF	1

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Lyon v PAOK Salonika : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

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