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 · PAOK · Europa League predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Georgios GiakoumakisPAOK · 0-1
  • 33'Goal · Rémi HimbertOlympique Lyonnais · 1-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Giannis KonstanteliasPAOK
  • 40'Second yellow · Giannis KonstanteliasPAOK
  • 45'Yellow card · Tyler MortonOlympique Lyonnais
  • 55'Goal · Khalis MerahOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1
  • 66'Goal · Soualiho MeïtéPAOK · 2-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Georgios GiakoumakisPAOK
  • 82'Red card · Razvan LucescuPAOK
  • 83'Missed penalty · Adam KarabecOlympique Lyonnais
  • 87'Goal · Adam KarabecOlympique Lyonnais · 3-2
  • 90+3'Goal · Alejandro Gomes RodríguezOlympique Lyonnais · 4-2

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