Young Boys 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 22 January 2026
Result
Young Boys 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais
Europa League · Thursday 22 January 2026, 17:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Young Boys 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais: match report
Young Boys were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 22 January 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Ainsley Maitland-Niles of Olympique Lyonnais in the 45th minute.
Discipline: Young Boys received 3 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Young Boys were 9th on 15 points from 8 and Olympique Lyonnais 7th on 15 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Young Boys lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ruben Kluivert of Olympique Lyonnais (7.4), level with Ainsley Maitland-Niles (7.4).
Going into the match Young Boys's last five read W-L-L-W-W and Olympique Lyonnais's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 45+1'Goal · Ainsley Maitland-Niles
- 82'Yellow card · Ruben Kluivert
- 83'Yellow card · Tyler Morton
- 83'Yellow card · Rayan Raveloson
- 90+2'Yellow card · Loris Benito
- 90+2'Yellow card · Sandro Lauper
- 90+5'Yellow card · M. de Carvalho
Team news
Young Boys line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marvin Keller, Saidy Janko, Gregory Wüthrich, Sandro Lauper, Loris Benito, Rayan Raveloson, Edimilson Fernandes, Darian Males, Alvyn Sanches, Alan Virginius, Sergio Córdova
Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-3-3)
Rémy Descamps, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Clinton Mata, Ruben Kluivert, Nicolás Tagliafico, Tanner Tessmann, Tyler Morton, Khalis Merah, Adam Karabec, Pavel Sulc, Afonso Moreira