UEFA Europa League Matchday 3 Thu, Oct 23 2025 · 17:45 Groupama Stadium, Décines-Charpieu
Lyon
2–0 Full time · HT 1–0 xG 1.64 – 1.14
FC Basel 1893
  • C. Tolisso 3’
  • Afonso Moreira 90’
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Lyon beat FC Basel 1893

Lyon entered as favourites and won 2–0 through goals from Tolisso and Moreira. Lyon finished with the higher xG (1.64 vs 1.14). On the chances created, FC Basel 1893 deserved more: 1.0 expected points against the 0 points they took.

Lyon ✓52%
Draw25%
FC Basel 189323%

Model vs reality

Lyon goals
2
Model 1.77 · xG 1.64
FC Basel 1893 goals
0
Model 1.10 · xG 1.14
Total goals
2
Model 2.87 · xG 2.78
Score 2–0
9%
Most likely 1–1 (12%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 55%
Both scored
No
Model 56%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchC. TolissoLyon · 1 goal
8.3
  • RefereeManfredas Lukjancukas
  • Coaches— · Ludovic Magnin
  • VenueGroupama Stadium
  • Table before kick-offLyon 4th · FC Basel 1893 14th

Timeline

  1. C. Tolisso 1–0Assist Mathys de Carvalho
    3’
  2. N. VouillozYellow card · Roughing
    45+3’
  3. Half time · 1–0
  4. ⇄ T. MortonFor F. Tessmann
    46’
  5. ⇄ K. KoindrediFor A. Silu
    46’
  6. ⇄ K. RüeggFor N. Vouilloz
    46’
  7. ⇄ I. SalahFor P. Otele
    61’
  8. ⇄ B. TraoréFor M. Šotiček
    72’
  9. ⇄ R. KluivertFor A. Maitland-Niles
    72’
  10. ⇄ A. KarabecFor M. Fofana
    72’
  11. ⇄ P. ŠulcFor C. Tolisso
    79’
  12. ⇄ Afonso MoreiraFor Khalis Merah
    79’
  13. ⇄ M. BroschinskiFor X. Shaqiri
    84’
  14. M. NiakhatéYellow card · Foul
    89’
  15. Afonso Moreira 2–0Assist A. Karabec
    90’
  16. Full time · 2–0

Team stats

Lyon17 shots · 11 in box, 6 outside
FC Basel 189310 shots · 6 in box, 4 outside
LyonFC Basel 1893
60% Possession 40%
1.64 Expected goals (xG) 1.14
1.72 Expected points (xPts) 1.04
17 Shots 10
5 Shots on target 3
8 Shots off target 5
4 Blocked shots 2
11 Shots inside the box 6
6 Shots outside the box 4
541 Passes 346
89% Pass accuracy 78%
4 Corners 2
3 Goalkeeper saves 4
12 Fouls 11
3 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
7.04 Team rating 6.70

Line-ups

Lyon 4-2-3-1

17.3 D. Greif(G)
167.3 Abner 197.0 M. Niakhaté 227.2 Clinton Mata 987.0 A. Maitland-Niles ↓72’
397.3 Mathys de Carvalho A 67.2 F. Tessmann ↓46’
116.9 M. Fofana ↓72’ 88.3★ C. Tolisso ↓79’ 446.9 Khalis Merah ↓79’
205.7 M. Satriano
  • 1D. Greif (G)7.3
  • 16Abner7.3
  • 19M. Niakhaté7.0
  • 22Clinton Mata7.2
  • 98A. Maitland-Niles↓72’7.0
  • 39Mathys de CarvalhoA7.3
  • 6F. Tessmann↓46’7.2
  • 11M. Fofana↓72’6.9
  • 8C. Tolisso ★↓79’8.3
  • 44Khalis Merah↓79’6.9
  • 20M. Satriano5.7

Substitutes used

  • 23T. Morton↑46’7.0
  • 21R. Kluivert↑72’6.3
  • 7A. KarabecA↑72’6.3
  • 10P. Šulc↑79’6.5
  • 17Afonso Moreira↑79’6.3

Unused: L. Diarra, Yvann Konan, N. Tagliafico, Alejandro Gomes Rodriguez, E. Molébé

FC Basel 1893 4-4-1-1

16.9 M. Hitz(G)
317.0 D. Schmid 246.9 F. Daniliuc 267.0 A. Barišić 36.2 N. Vouilloz ↓46’
76.2 P. Otele ↓61’ 226.9 L. Leroy 56.5 A. Silu ↓46’ 196.2 M. Šotiček ↓72’
107.3 X. Shaqiri ↓84’
236.3 A. Ajeti
  • 1M. Hitz (G)6.9
  • 31D. Schmid7.0
  • 24F. Daniliuc6.9
  • 26A. Barišić7.0
  • 3N. Vouilloz↓46’6.2
  • 7P. Otele↓61’6.2
  • 22L. Leroy6.9
  • 5A. Silu↓46’6.5
  • 19M. Šotiček↓72’6.2
  • 10X. Shaqiri↓84’7.3
  • 23A. Ajeti6.3

Substitutes used

  • 27K. Rüegg↑46’6.9
  • 8K. Koindredi↑46’6.3
  • 21I. Salah↑61’6.5
  • 11B. Traoré↑72’6.3
  • 17M. Broschinski↑84’

Unused: M. Salvi, T. Spycher, J. Adjetey, M. Cissé, A. Bacanin, J. Agbonifo, J. Zé

Coach: Ludovic Magnin

Player stats

Top rated
C. TolissoLyon8.3
2nd
D. GreifLyon7.3
3rd
AbnerLyon7.3

Lyon

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
D. Greif G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 90% 39 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.3
Abner D 90 0 0 2 (0) 2 82% 50 1 0 1/3 2/0 7.3
M. Niakhaté D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 93% 59 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.0
Clinton Mata D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 71 1 3 1/1 3/1 7.2
A. Maitland-Niles M 72 0 0 0 (0) 1 92% 39 3 2 1/1 1/0 7.0
Mathys de Carvalho M 90 0 1 1 (0) 1 88% 56 1 4 1/1 3/1 7.3
F. Tessmann M 46 0 0 1 (1) 0 91% 23 1 1 2/3 0/0 7.2
M. Fofana F 72 0 0 4 (2) 2 93% 27 2 0 1/4 1/2 6.9
C. Tolisso M 79 1 0 2 (1) 1 86% 57 1 1 1/1 0/3 8.3
Khalis Merah M 79 0 0 1 (0) 1 81% 43 0 2 0/1 0/2 6.9
M. Satriano F 90 0 0 2 (1) 0 87% 15 0 1 0/2 1/0 5.7
T. Morton M 44 0 0 0 (0) 1 93% 41 0 1 0/0 0/0 7.0
R. Kluivert D 18 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 10 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
A. Karabec M 18 0 1 0 (0) 0 78% 9 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.3
P. Šulc M 11 0 0 0 (0) 1 100% 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.5
Afonso Moreira F 11 1 0 0 (0) 0 100% 1 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.3

FC Basel 1893

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
M. Hitz G 90 0 0 4 sv 0 79% 34 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
D. Schmid D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 77% 47 0 3 1/1 0/1 7.0
F. Daniliuc D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 85% 61 0 2 0/0 0/0 6.9
A. Barišić D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 81% 36 5 1 0/0 2/0 7.0
N. Vouilloz D 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 73% 11 1 0 0/0 1/1 6.2
P. Otele F 61 0 0 1 (0) 0 71% 21 0 0 0/1 2/1 6.2
L. Leroy M 90 0 0 2 (1) 1 90% 30 3 0 0/1 3/0 6.9
A. Silu M 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 77% 22 1 0 0/1 0/0 6.5
M. Šotiček 72 0 0 0 (0) 0 42% 12 0 1 0/1 0/4 6.2
X. Shaqiri M 84 0 0 2 (1) 2 71% 28 0 0 0/0 1/5 7.3
A. Ajeti F 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 73% 11 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.3
K. Rüegg D 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 7 3 2 0/1 1/0 6.9
K. Koindredi M 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 9 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.3
I. Salah F 29 0 0 2 (1) 0 63% 8 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.5
B. Traoré F 18 0 0 0 (0) 2 63% 8 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.3
M. Broschinski F 6 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 —

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.