UEFA Europa League Matchday 5 Thu, Nov 26 · 20:00 Groupama Stadium, Décines-Charpieu
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Away travel1,630 kmRest days5 · 21.1Matches / 14d1 · 0
Real contextStrength only
Lyon—%
Draw—%
Lillestrom—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Décines-Charpieu)

Forecast from 11 Nov

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Lyon and Lillestrom. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

LyonLillestrom
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
60 Current StrengthIn forecast 27
55 AttackIn forecast 23
56 DefenceIn forecast 31
85 Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Lyon

Attack—
Defense risk—

Lillestrom

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

LyonLillestrom
2.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.50
1.53 xGVia Att/Def —
1.52 xG allowedVia Att/Def —
+0.97 Goals minus xGContext —
100% Scored inContext 100%
0% Clean sheetsContext 0%
12.00 ShotsContext 14.50
7.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.00
58% On target shareContext 28%
9.50 Shots in the boxContext 7.00
79% Box shareContext 56%
21% ConversionContext 7%
— OffsidesContext 1.50
12.50 Shots allowedContext 13.00
4.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.50
4.00 BlocksContext 4.00
2.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.50
56% Save rateContext 64%
47% PossessionIn forecast 58%
419 PassesContext 475
348 Accurate passesContext 393
83% Pass accuracyContext 83%
6.88 Team ratingContext 6.63
8.00 FoulsContext 11.50
11.00 Fouls sufferedContext 13.00
1.50 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 2 games
1.90 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.32 xGVia Att/Def —
1.57 xG allowedVia Att/Def —
+0.58 Goals minus xGContext —
90% Scored inContext 75%
30% Clean sheetsContext 25%
12.70 ShotsContext —
5.89 Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
42% On target shareContext 28%
9.10 Shots in the boxContext —
72% Box shareContext —
15% ConversionContext 7%
2.57 OffsidesContext —
12.40 Shots allowedContext —
4.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def —
2.30 BlocksContext 6.00
3.40 Goalkeeper savesContext —
76% Save rateContext 64%
52% PossessionIn forecast 55%
457 PassesContext —
389 Accurate passesContext —
85% Pass accuracyContext —
6.95 Team ratingContext —
10.50 FoulsContext 12.75
13.80 Fouls sufferedContext 11.25
1.40 Yellow cardsContext 1.75
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 4 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Lyon
Rest5 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km1,118 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 85 · 12 pts vs 7.1 for an average club · +4.3 vs expected
  • W18 OctH · Nice2–12.2 xPts
  • W15 OctH · Crystal Palace3–21.5 xPts
  • L9 OctA · Lens1–21.1 xPts
  • W19 SepH · Rennes4–01.6 xPts
  • W16 SepA · Anderlecht2–11.3 xPts
Lillestrom
Rest21.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel1,630 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load20%Moderate
Form 30 · 1 pts vs 3.4 for an average club · -1.7 vs expected
  • D15 OctA · Sparta Praha1–11.1 xPts
  • L17 SepH · Torreense1–21.7 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Lyon Lillestrom
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Moderate · 20
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match5Ligue 1 2026-2027, 21 Nov21.1UEFA Europa League 2026-2027 - League phase, 5 Nov
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km1,630 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,118 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 1 / 40 / 0 / 1
Next matchdays after this one314

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Lyon Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Nice (H) 2–1, 18 Oct
40R. Descamps(G)
16Abner 19M. Niakhaté 22Clinton Mata 13Z. Athekame
2M. Bidstrup 6F. Tessmann
24J. Duranville 99N. Nartey 26K. Boudache
10P. Šulc
Lillestrom Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-3 · vs Sparta Praha (A) 1–1, 15 Oct
12P. Dahlberg(G)
26W. Paintsil 47S. Kristiansen 28L. Gabrielsen 2Lars Ranger
14G. Nyheim 21F. Ottosson 29Y. Ibrahimaj
20Vá 8F. Gulbrandsen 22D. Bassi

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Lyon Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Lillestrom Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Lyon · Home 3.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
1-0-0
Scored
3.00
Conceded
2.00
Lillestrom · Away 1.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
0-1-0
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

Lyon2 games · scored 5 · conceded 3
2 0-15
1 16-30
1 31-45
1 46-60
1 61-75
1 1 76-90
Lillestrom2 games · scored 2 · conceded 3
0-15
1 16-30
31-45
2 46-60
61-75
2 76-90
Lyon10 games · scored 19 · conceded 10
3 0-15
3 3 16-30
4 2 31-45
2 1 46-60
2 2 61-75
5 2 76-90
Lillestrom4 games · scored 4 · conceded 4
0-15
1 16-30
1 31-45
2 46-60
61-75
4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.