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FC Utrecht v Lyon : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 25th Sep, 20:00 BST, Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca leads his Lyon team to the Stadion Galgenwaard in the Europa League on Thursday night, with Ron Jans's FC Utrecht their challengers. We have odds from leading bookmakers for 17 different betting markets plus predictions, stats and head-to-head data for both teams. You can access it all using the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Analysing all relevant statistics, including historical head-to-head (H2H) data, we predict this tie will deliver both joy and despair to both sets of supporters. We predict both Utrecht and Lyon to find the back of the net during the 90 minutes, but the ultimate victor of the match seems less clear. Bookmaker's odds also point towards a both teams to score bet, and that's our recommendation.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 47% chance of Lyon coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Utrecht
30%
12/5
5%
9/4
Draw
23%
5/2
3%
27/10
1%
Lyon
47%
21/20
5%
11/10
2%
Draw 1-1
11%
6/1
8%
6/1
7%
Lyon 2-1
9%
8/115/2
Lyon 1-0
8%
9/117/2
Utrecht 2-1
7%
11/110/1
Lyon 2-0
7%
11/110/1
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1
9%
10/1
Utrecht 1-0
6%
12/111/1
Lyon 3-1
5%
14/112/1
Draw 0-0
4%
14/1
15%
11/1
8%
Utrecht 2-0
4%
18/116/1
Lyon 3-0
4%
18/1
10%
16/1
Lyon 3-2
4%
20/116/1
Utrecht 3-1
3%
22/118/1
Utrecht 3-2
3%
28/1
12%
20/1
Lyon 4-1
2%
28/1
15%
22/1
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
4/68/13
1%
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
6/56/5
2%
Home 1st Goal
46%
11/106/5
Away 1st Goal
51%
8/113/4
1%
No 1st Goal
3%
14/1
15%
10/1
8%
BTTS - Yes
61%
4/711/20
BTTS - No
39%
5/413/10
BTTS - Home Win
17%
9/24/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
8%
10/3
BTTS - Away Win
26%
11/45/2
3%
Home/draw
53%
8/11
4%
8/11
Away/draw
70%
3/10
2%
1/3
Home/away
77%
2/7
1%
2/7
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
1/51/5
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
7/216/5
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
38%
13/829/20
Under 3.5 Goals
62%
1/21/2
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
7/210/3
3%
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
1/51/5
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
8/17/1
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/141/16
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/25
1%
1/40
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
12/1
15%
11/1
Home DNB
46%
11/8
6%
11/8
Away DNB
63%
8/15
3%
8/15
Utrecht win to nil
13%
6/1
8%
-
Lyon win to nil
21%
3/1
8%
-
Utrecht / Utrecht
16%
4/14/1
Utrecht / Lyon
4%
20/116/1
Utrecht / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Utrecht
11%
13/26/1
7%
Draw / Lyon
15%
9/24/1
5%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/19/2
4%
Lyon / Utrecht
3%
25/120/1
Lyon / Lyon
24%
9/4
7%
11/5
3%
Lyon / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Europa League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Utrecht
Lyon
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Celta000000 
-
-
-
-
2
Utrecht000000 
-
-
-
Sep 25
3
Nottm Forest000000 
Dec 11
-
-
-
4
Roma000000 
-
-
-
-
5
Porto000000 
Nov 6
-
-
-
6
Feyenoord000000 
-
-
-
-
7
Rangers000000 
-
-
-
-
8
Lille000000 
-
-
-
-
9
D. Zagreb000000 
-
-
-
-
10
Salzburg000000 
-
-
Oct 2
-
11
Braga000000 
-
-
-
-
12
Fenerbahce000000 
-
-
-
-
13
Red Star Bel.000000 
-
-
-
-
14
PAOK000000 
-
-
Jan 29
-
15
Real Betis000000 
-
Nov 27
-
Nov 6
16
M. Tel-Aviv000000 
-
-
-
Nov 27
17
Celtic000000 
-
Jan 29
-
-
18
Plzen000000 
-
-
-
-
19
Ferencvaros000000 
-
-
-
-
20
Young Boys000000 
-
-
-
Jan 22
21
Basel000000 
-
-
Oct 23
-
22
A Villa000000 
-
-
-
-
23
Lyon000000 
Sep 25
-
-
-
24
Midtjylland000000 
-
-
-
-
25
Freiburg000000 
-
Oct 23
-
-
26
Ludogorets000000 
-
-
-
-
27
Sturm Graz000000 
-
-
-
-
28
Nice000000 
-
-
-
-
29
FCSB000000 
-
-
-
-
30
Bologna000000 
-
-
-
-
31
Stuttgart000000 
-
-
-
-
32
Malmö000000 
-
-
-
-
33
GA Eagles000000 
-
-
Dec 11
-
34
Panathinaikos000000 
-
-
-
-
35
Genk000000 
Jan 22
-
-
-
36
Brann000000 
-
Oct 2
-
-
37
Sheriff 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-3A
-
-
38
Servette 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-3A
-
-
39
Hsk Zrinjski Mostar 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
-
-
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Win / draw / win form
6
Utrecht have not lost in 6 consecutive european games
Utrecht
7 league games
Home
Overall
6
Goals: Scored
11
Conceded
7
Games: Scored
5 / 7
Conceded
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
Failed to score
2 / 7
Won
2
Draw
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Utrecht0 - 0Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
Utrecht2 - 1Servette
Utrecht4 - 1Sheriff
Utrecht1 - 1Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
Utrecht3 - 3Napoli
Utrecht1 - 1Steaua
Utrecht0 - 0Liverpool
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
10 / 14
Conceded
9 / 14
Clean sheets
5 / 14
Failed to score
4 / 14
Won
5
Draw
7
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HUtrecht0 - 0Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
AUtrecht2 - 0Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
HUtrecht2 - 1Servette
AUtrecht3 - 1Servette
HUtrecht4 - 1Sheriff
AUtrecht3 - 1Sheriff
AUtrecht1 - 2Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
HUtrecht1 - 1Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
AUtrecht0 - 0Liverpool
HUtrecht3 - 3Napoli
AUtrecht1 - 3Steaua
HUtrecht1 - 1Steaua
HUtrecht0 - 0Liverpool
AUtrecht0 - 0Napoli
Lyon
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man Utd2 - 2Lyon
FCSB1 - 3Lyon
Fenerbahce0 - 0Lyon
Qarabag1 - 4Lyon
Hoffenheim2 - 2Lyon
Rangers1 - 4Lyon
West Ham1 - 1Lyon
Porto0 - 1Lyon
Brondby1 - 3Lyon
Sparta3 - 4Lyon
Rangers0 - 2Lyon
Man City1 - 3Lyon
Juventus2 - 1Lyon
Zenit2 - 0Lyon
Benfica2 - 1Lyon
RB Leipzig0 - 2Lyon
Barcelona5 - 1Lyon
Shakhtar1 - 1Lyon
Hoffenheim3 - 3Lyon
Man City1 - 2Lyon
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
8
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALyon2 - 2Man Utd
HLyon2 - 2Man Utd
HLyon4 - 0FCSB
ALyon3 - 1FCSB
HLyon1 - 1Ludogorets
ALyon0 - 0Fenerbahce
HLyon3 - 2E.Frankfurt
ALyon4 - 1Qarabag
ALyon2 - 2Hoffenheim
HLyon0 - 1Besiktas
ALyon4 - 1Rangers
HLyon2 - 0Olympiakos
HLyon0 - 3West Ham
ALyon1 - 1West Ham
HLyon1 - 1Porto
ALyon1 - 0Porto
HLyon1 - 1Rangers
ALyon3 - 1Brondby
HLyon3 - 0Sparta
ALyon4 - 3Sparta
Goal Statistics

Lyon have been consistent in attack of late, scoring in 5 consecutive Europa League games. Their PG of 1.8 against FC Utrecht on Thursday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Utrecht Lyon
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 74% probability that Utrecht will score 1 or more goals
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that Lyon will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
7 home / away league games
=0
Utrecht’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+50
Lyon have scored 50% more goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
2.0
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season
Utrecht
PG (predicted goals)
Lyon
1.4
1.8
Attack rating
FCU
LYN
12%
better
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Games scored15
17
Failed to score4
1
Scored first10
10
Goals scored41
40
Avg. goals scored2.1
2
Avg. shots per game11
10
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for19
21
Avg. XG for1.7
2
KickOff rating
+12%
Defence rating
27%
better
FCU
LYN
view stats
Games conceded11
13
Clean sheets8
5
Conceded first7
8
Goals conceded14
24
Avg. goals conceded0.7
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
7
Conversion rate against10%
14%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+27%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Utrecht v Lyon will show here when available.

Utrecht Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6542
V BarkasV JensenS KarouaniM Hoorn 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
V Barkas GLK6
-
S Horemans DEF622
-
S Karouani DEF614
1
-
N Viergever  DEF62
1
-
M Hoorn  DEF6
2
-
G. Zechiël MID612
2
-
V Jensen MID65
1
-
A. Engwanda MID61
2
-
A Blake FWD611
2
-
D Murkin DEF51
-
M Rodríguez FWD5
-
D Min FWD51
-
D Wit MID4
-
M Jonathans FWD4
-
N Ohio FWD4
-
M Didden  DEF3
-
N Vesterlund DEF3
1
-
Y Cathline FWD3
-
S Haller  FWD2
-
K Finnsson DEF1
-
D Berg MID1
-
C Bozdogan MID1
-
K Gadellaa GLK
-
M Brouwer GLK
-
M Eerdhuijzen DEF
-
R. el Arguioui MID
-
I Jenner MID
-
Z Iqbal MID
-
E. Demircan FWD
-
J Haar FWD
-
Lyon Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Greif GLK
-
R Descamps GLK
-
L. Diarra GLK
-
Abner DEF
-
M Niakhaté DEF
-
A Maitland-Niles DEF
-
N Tagliafico DEF
-
R Kluivert DEF
-
C Mata DEF
-
T. Barišić DEF
-
A Laaziri DEF
-
C Tolisso MID
-
A Karabec MID
-
T Tessmann MID
-
P Sulc MID
-
K. Merah MID
-
T Morton MID
-
O Mangala MID
-
M. de Carvalho MID
-
M Fofana FWD
-
M Satriano FWD
-
R Ghezzal  FWD
-
A. Gomes Rodriguez FWD
-
A Moreira FWD
-
E. Honoré Molébé FWD
-
E Nuamah FWD
-