Anderlecht 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Europa League · Wednesday 16 September 2026

Result

Anderlecht 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais

Europa League · Wednesday 16 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · Lotto Park, Brussels · half-time 0-2

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Anderlecht 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Anderlecht lost to Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 in the Europa League on Wednesday 16 September 2026 at Lotto Park. The half-time score was 0-2.

Noah Nartey opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Anderlecht's goal came from Mihajlo Cvetkovic (61'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Noah Nartey (8') and Keito Nakamura (22').

Discipline: Anderlecht received no yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards.

In the current table Anderlecht are 22nd on 3 points and Olympique Lyonnais are 12th on 6 points.

Anderlecht lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Colin Coosemans of Anderlecht (8.3), level with Keito Nakamura (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Anderlecht win, 0 draws and 3 for Olympique Lyonnais.

Going into the match Anderlecht's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Olympique Lyonnais's D-W-D-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Noah NarteyOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · Keito NakamuraOlympique Lyonnais · 0-2
  • 26'Yellow card · Moussa NiakhatéOlympique Lyonnais
  • 44'Yellow card · Mohamed OuedraogoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 44'Yellow card · Mohamed OuédraogoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 61'Goal · Mihajlo CvetkovicAnderlecht · 1-2

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
12Olympique Lyonnais320156-16WWL
22Anderlecht310243+13LLW

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Head-to-head

4 meetings: Anderlecht 1, draws 0, Olympique Lyonnais 3.

Team news

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Anderlecht line-up (4-4-2)

Colin Coosemans, Ali Maamar, Andrew Omobamidele, Léo Pétrot, Ludwig Augustinsson, Lukáš Ambros, Enric Llansana, Romeo Amane, Marten Winkler, Mihajlo Cvetkovic, Thelo Aasgaard

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-3-3)

Rémy Descamps, Ruben Kluivert, Clinton Mata, Moussa Niakhaté, Mohamed Ouédraogo, Tanner Tessmann, Tyler Morton, Noah Teye Nartey, Kaïl Boudache, Loïs Openda, Keito Nakamura

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