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Possession
59%41%
Lyon v Fenerbahçe 1-2 · UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions LeagueWhat happened
Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added
Fenerbahçe beat Lyon 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League.
M. Fofana 61' scored for Lyon, V. Muriqi 24' and A. Brown 28' for Fenerbahçe.
Lyon had 59% of the ball to Fenerbahçe's 41%; the sides had 17 and 15 shots (6 and 7 on target).
The referee showed 4 yellow cards and no reds.
Key stats
Shots
1715
Shots on Target
67
Corners
57
Pass Accuracy
89%79%
Fouls
1215
Match timeline
- 90+5’Yellow cardD. Nene
- 90+4’Yellow cardM. Guendouzi
- 86’SubstitutionT. Morton · On: M. Bidstrup
- 86’SubstitutionAbner Vinicius · On: N. Tagliafico
- 80’SubstitutionM. Greenwood · On: I. Kahveci
- 80’SubstitutionV. Muriqi · On: R. Lukaku
- 76’SubstitutionT. Tessmann · On: P. Sulc
- 76’SubstitutionO. Aydin · On: D. Nene
- 71’VARK. Boudache · Goal Disallowed - offside
Team stats comparison
LyonFenerbahçe
- 59Possession41
- 17Shots15
- 6Shots on Target7
- 5Corners7
- 3Offsides2
- 6Saves5
- 435Passes305
- 89Pass Accuracy79
- 12Fouls15
- 1Yellow Cards1
Match info
- Competition
- UEFA Champions League
- Referee
- Maurizio Mariani, Italy
- Lyon coach
- Paulo Fonseca
- Fenerbahçe coach
- Ismail Kartal
Match record
- Competition
- UEFA Champions League
- Kick-off
- Match ID
cornerflick:match:lyon-vs-fenerbahce-champions-league-2026-08-26
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Lineups
Confirmed selections
Lyon4-3-3
Starting XI
- 1Dominik GreifGK
- 98Ainsley Maitland-NilesDF
- 21Ruben KluivertDF
- 19Moussa NiakhatéDF
- 16Abner ViníciusDF
- 6Tanner TessmannMF
- 23Tyler MortonMF
- 8Corentin TolissoMF
- 7Ernest NuamahFW
- 17Loïs OpendaFW
- 11Malick FofanaFW
Bench
- 40Rémy Descamps
- 3Nicolás Tagliafico
- 13Zachary Athekame
- 20Felix Bacher
- 22Clinton Mata
- 2Mads Bidstrup
- 39Mathys de Carvalho
- 76Mohamed Ouédraogo
- 99Noah Nartey
- 10Pavel Šulc
- 26Kaïl Boudache
- 45Rémi Himbert
Coach · Paulo Fonseca
- Lyon
- Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe4-2-3-1
Starting XI
- 31EdersonGK
- 27Nélson SemedoDF
- 37Milan ŠkriniarDF
- 15Nathan AkéDF
- 3Archie BrownDF
- 91N'Golo KantéMF
- 6Mattéo GuendouziMF
- 11Mason GreenwoodMF
- 94Talisca ↓MF
- 70Oğuz AydınMF
- 19Vedat MuriqiFW
Bench
- 13Tarık Çetin
- 75Kuzey Sapaz
- 14Yiğit Efe Demir
- 18Mert Müldür
- 22Levent Mercan
- 5İsmail Yüksek
- 17İrfan Can Kahveci
- 28Bartuğ Elmaz
- 9Romelu Lukaku
- 45Dorgeles Nene
Coach · Ismail Kartal
Head to head
0Wins2Draws
1WinsPrevious 3 meetings
- 2026 · UEFA Champions LeagueLyon1 - 2Fenerbahçe
- 2026 · UEFA Champions LeagueLyon1 - 1Fenerbahçe
- 2025 · UEFA Europa LeagueLyon0 - 0Fenerbahçe
Meetings held in the Cornerflick archive.
UEFA Champions League table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paris Saint Germain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
| 2 |  Bayern München | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
| 3 |  Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 3 |
| 4 |  Manchester United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 3 |
| 5 |  Como | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
| 20 |  Fenerbahçe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Full timeline
18 events
- 24’V. MuriqiFenerbahçe0–1
- 28’A. BrownFenerbahçe · assist M. Greenwood0–2
- 32’Yellow cardM. Skriniar
- 51’Yellow cardL. Openda
- 61’M. FofanaLyon · assist A. Maitland-Niles1–2
- 62’SubstitutionA. Maitland-Niles · On: Z. Athekame
- 62’SubstitutionE. Nuamah · On: K. Boudache
- 64’VARL. Openda · Goal Disallowed - offside
- 67’SubstitutionTalisca · On: I. Yuksek
- 71’VARK. Boudache · Goal Disallowed - offside
- 76’SubstitutionT. Tessmann · On: P. Sulc
- 76’SubstitutionO. Aydin · On: D. Nene
- 80’SubstitutionM. Greenwood · On: I. Kahveci
- 80’SubstitutionV. Muriqi · On: R. Lukaku
- 86’SubstitutionT. Morton · On: M. Bidstrup
- 86’SubstitutionAbner Vinicius · On: N. Tagliafico
- 90+4’Yellow cardM. Guendouzi
- 90+5’Yellow cardD. Nene
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