Olympique Lyonnais 4-2 PAOK: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 29 January 2026
Result
Olympique Lyonnais 4-2 PAOK
Europa League · Thursday 29 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Olympique Lyonnais 4-2 PAOK: match report
Olympique Lyonnais defeated PAOK 4-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Georgios Giakoumakis opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Rémi Himbert (33'), Khalis Merah (55'), Adam Karabec (87') and Alejandro Gomes Rodríguez (90+3'). PAOK scored through Georgios Giakoumakis (20') and Soualiho Meïté (66').
Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card; PAOK received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 3rd on 18 points from 7 and PAOK 6th on 17 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and PAOK in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Afonso Moreira of Olympique Lyonnais (8.4), ahead of Adam Karabec (8.1).
Going into the match Olympique Lyonnais's last five read W-W-W-L-W and PAOK's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Georgios Giakoumakis
- 33'Goal · Rémi Himbert
- 35'Yellow card · Giannis Konstantelias
- 40'Second yellow · Giannis Konstantelias
- 45'Yellow card · Tyler Morton
- 55'Goal · Khalis Merah
- 66'Goal · Soualiho Meïté
- 77'Yellow card · Georgios Giakoumakis
- 82'Red card · Razvan Lucescu
- 83'Missed penalty · Adam Karabec
- 87'Goal · Adam Karabec
- 90+3'Goal · Alejandro Gomes Rodríguez
Team news
Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rémy Descamps, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Clinton Mata, Moussa Niakhaté, Ruben Kluivert, Mathys de Carvalho, Tyler Morton, Adam Karabec, Khalis Merah, Afonso Moreira, Rémi Himbert
PAOK line-up (4-2-3-1)
Antonis Tsiftsis, Jonjoe Kenny, Tomasz Kędziora, Giannis Michailidis, Abdul Rahman Baba, Magomed Ozdoev, Soualiho Meïté, Andrija Zivkovic, Giannis Konstantelias, Taison, Georgios Giakoumakis