Season so far

UEFA Europa League

Key, FCSB v Lyon
League position, FCSB 11th, Olympique Lyonnais 6thTotal points, FCSB 14, Olympique Lyonnais 15

Goals scored

FCSB 14Olympique Lyonnais 16

Form guide

All competitions

FCSB won
v Dinamo Bucureşti
2
1
Liga I
Olympique Lyonnais lose
v PSG
2
3
Ligue 1
FCSB won
v PAOK
2
0
UEFA Europa League
Olympique Lyonnais won
v Montpellier
1
4
Ligue 1
FCSB won
v AS FC Buzău
0
2
Liga I
Olympique Lyonnais won
v Reims
4
0
Ligue 1
FCSB won
v PAOK
1
2
UEFA Europa League
Olympique Lyonnais lose
v Olympique Marseille
3
2
Ligue 1
FCSB won
v Sepsi
3
0
Liga I
Olympique Lyonnais draw
v Ludogorets
1
1
UEFA Europa League

Previous meetings

All competitions

FCSB and Olympique Lyonnais
Played
4
FCSB Won 0Olympique Lyonnais Won 3Draw 1

Previous scores

All competitions

UEFA Champions League

Olympique Lyonnais 2 , FCSB 0 on the 5th of November 2008
Olympique Lyonnais
FCSB
5th of November 2008
FCSB 3 , Olympique Lyonnais 5 on the 21st of October 2008
FCSB
Olympique Lyonnais
21st of October 2008
Olympique Lyonnais 1 , FCSB 1 on the 6th of December 2006
Olympique Lyonnais
FCSB
6th of December 2006

Match Facts

  • This will be the fifth European meeting between FCSB and Lyon having met in the UEFA Champions League group stages in 2006-07 and 2008-09 (three Lyon wins and one draw).

  • Lyon have only faced Sparta Prague (6) and Fenerbahçe (5) more often in major European competition without ever suffering a defeat than they have FCSB (P4 W3 D1).

  • FCSB have won the first leg of each of their last three knockout ties in major European competition (all in the UEFA Europa League), although they have only gone on to progress from one of those ties (eliminated by Chelsea at this stage in 2012-13, Lazio at the last 32 stage in 2017-18, progressing past PAOK Salonika in this season’s play-off).

  • Lyon are unbeaten in their last 11 away games in the UEFA Europa League (W8 D3 – a run stretching across three different seasons), since a 1-0 loss at Atalanta in their final group game of the 2017-18 campaign.

  • No side has scored more set piece goals (excluding penalties) than FCSB in this season’s UEFA Europa League (6), with five of their last seven goals in the competition coming from corners (also a competition high this term, alongside Bodø/Glimt.