Real Sociedad vs Olympique Lyonnais prediction and preview

Real Sociedad vs Olympique Lyonnais

Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2026, 17:45 UTC · Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastián

Real Sociedad · Olympique Lyonnais · Europa League predictions

The Europa League fixture between Real Sociedad and Olympique Lyonnais is scheduled for Thursday 5 November 2026 at 17:45 UTC at Anoeta Stadium in San Sebastián. Real Sociedad sit 14th on 4 points after 3 matches, while Olympique Lyonnais are 12th in the table with 6 points from 3.

Real Sociedad come into the game with a L-W-W-W-D run in the league (3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5), while Olympique Lyonnais's recent sequence reads W-L-L-W-W. Over their last 6, Real Sociedad have scored 3.0 and conceded 1.3 goals per game, with 5 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Olympique Lyonnais average 1.3 scored and 1.7 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

The sides have met 4 times in the records we hold: Real Sociedad won 2, 0 games were drawn and Olympique Lyonnais won 2. Those games averaged 1.5 goals, 0 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 0. The most recent meeting, on 28 Aug 2013, ended Real Sociedad 2-0 Olympique Lyonnais.

Real Sociedad are without Luken Beitia (injury), Arsen Zakharyan (injury) and Álvaro Odriozola (injury). Luken Beitia has featured heavily in recent matches. Olympique Lyonnais list 5 absentees, including Pavel Sulc (injury), Loïs Openda (injury) and Tyler Morton (injury). Pavel Sulc and Loïs Openda have featured heavily in recent matches. Anastasios Papapetrou is the appointed referee. Across 33 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.7 yellow cards per game and 0.1 penalties per game, and home sides won 46% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make Real Sociedad favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.