UEFA Europa League Round 2 2026-10-15 · 16:45 UTC finished
Lyon (home)
VS Groupama Stadium, Lyon
Crystal Palace (away)
Prediction
55% Lyon (home) Model favorite
23% Draw
22% Crystal Palace (away)
Expected goals 1.82 — 0.99 Over 2.5 goals: 53% Both teams to score: 53%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Lyon Crystal Palace
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.361.34
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.172.34
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 64
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 11.9 15.8
Matches in the last 7 days 11
Matches in the next 7 days 33
Travel to this match (km) 543728

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability is below 70%; in backtests matches in this band end as predicted about 53.4% of the time.
no head-to-head data available

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Lyon

  • injured Loïs Openda return: Mid November 2026
  • injured Mohamed Ouédraogo return: Late June 2027
  • injured Nicolás Tagliafico return: A few weeks

Crystal Palace

  • injured Chadi Riad return: Late June 2027
  • injured Dean Henderson return: Late October 2026
  • injured Jean-Philippe Mateta return: Late October 2026
  • injured Takehiro Tomiyasu return: Late October 2026
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How predictions are made

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Data coverage

Model probabilities: available Recent xG form: available Injuries & suspensions: available Head to head: unavailable Pressing baseline: available Season context: available