Our representative Fenerbahçe is hosting the French team Lyon in the 7th week of the UEFA Europa League.
The yellow-dark blue team definitely wants to leave this critical match with a victory.
You can watch the Fenerbahçe-Lyon match live from our news…
FENERBAHÇE-LYON MATCH 11’S:
Fenerbahçe: İrfan Can, Osayi-Samuel, Yusuf, Çağlar, Djiku, Amrabat, Fred, Szymanski, Tadic, İrfan Can Kahveci, En-Nesyri
Lyon: Perri, Kumbedi, Mata, Niakhate, Abner, Matic, Tolisso, Cherki, Benrahma, Fofana, Mikautadze
WHEN IS THE FENERBAHÇE – LYON MATCH?
The Fenerbahçe – Lyon match, which will be played in the 7th week of the UEFA Europa League, started on Thursday, January 23 at 20.45 CET.
WHICH CHANNEL IS THE FENERBAHÇE – LYON MATCH ON?
Fenerbahçe – Lyon match, which will be played at Ülker Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, will be broadcast live on Tabi and TRT 1 screens.
IS FENERBAHÇE – LYON MATCH WITHOUT PASSWORD?
Fenerbahçe – Lyon match broadcast on Yes, Of course and TRT 1 screens can be followed by football fans without a password.
5TH APPOINTMENT BETWEEN FENERBAHÇE AND LYON
Fenerhaçe and Lyon, who faced each other in the 7th week of the UEFA Europa League, went on their 5th date. In the 2001-2002 and 2004-2005 seasons, the French team, among the teams in the same group in the UEFA Champions League, won all 4 matches. The yellow-dark blue team, who scored against Lyon 4 times in these matches, conceded 11 goals from the French representative.
FIRST RED, THEN CANCELLED!
Referee Simone Sozza, who gave a red card after Lyon’s Niakhate intervened against İrfan Can Kahveci, changed his decision after the VAR review and issued a yellow card.
Niakhate first received a red card in this position and was replaced with a yellow card after the VAR check. pic.twitter.com/M7yO1JNlDS
— TRT Spor (@trtspor) January 23, 2025
281st MATCH IN EUROPEAN CUP
Fenerbahçe, which has competed in a total of 280 matches in European cups since its establishment, played its 281st match. The yellow-dark blue team has won 111 of the matches they have played so far and drew in 58 matches. Having lost all 111 matches, Canary aims to be the winning side in the Lyon match.
Fenerbahçe, which scored 381 goals in 280 European matches, could not prevent 400 goals in its goal.
143rd MATCH IN UEFA
Fenerbahçe played its 143rd match in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League organizations. Canary, who had 62 wins, 35 draws and 45 losses in 142 matches played, scored the opponent’s net 198 times. He conceded 180 goals in his goal.
22nd BATTLE AGAINST FRANCE TEAMS
Fenerbahçe has played 21 matches with French teams so far. He played the most official matches with Nice. Canary had 2 wins and 3 losses in these matches, 3 of which were European Champion Clubs Cup and 2 of which were UEFA Cup. Playing in the European Champion Clubs’ Cup with the Bordeaux team in the 1985-1986 season, Fenerbahçe won the first match 3-2 and advanced to the next round with a goalless draw at home. The yellow-dark blue team played against Cannes in the 1994-1995 season and lost to their opponent in both matches in this round. In the 2012-2013 season, Canary had 1 win and 1 draw in the matches played against Marseille, one of its rivals in the group stage of the Europa League. Fenerbahçe drew (2-2, 3-3) in the 2 matches it played against Rennes in the UEFA Europa League Group B, where it finished as the leader with 14 points in the 2022-2023 season. Fenerbahçe also faced Lille 4 times this season, with whom it was paired in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, and experienced 2 draws and 2 losses.
İrfan Can Eğribayat closed the gap well against Lacazette!❌ pic.twitter.com/wLCFUm6hgx
— TRT Spor (@trtspor) January 23, 2025
LYON DOESN’T WANT TO LOSE
Lyon, which ranks 4th in the UEFA Europa League with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, does not want to lose against Fenerbahçe. Aiming to finish in the top 8, the French representative has faced Turkish teams 13 times in official matches so far. Lyon had 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses in the matches it played with Beşiktaş, Trabzonspor, Denizlispor and İstanbulspor, as well as Fenerbahçe. Lyon last faced Beşiktaş on October 24, 2024 and lost 1-0.
UNEXPECTED DECLINE IN LIGUE 1
Olympique Lyon is in the 6th place in the French Ligue 1 with 29 points after playing 18 matches this season, with 8 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. While Pierre Sage’s students collected 4 points in the last 3 matches, they attracted attention with their up-and-down performance in the league, unlike the Europa League. Lyon sent 29 goals to the opponent’s net and conceded 22 goals. Alexandre Lacazette stood out in the team with 5 goals and Georges Mikautadze with 4 goals, while Malick Fofana and Mathis Cherki contributed 3 goals and 3 assists each.
ITALIAN REFEREE FOR THE EUROPEAN MATCH
Simone Sozza from the Italian Football Federation blows the whistle in the match between Fenerbahçe and Olympique Lyon. Sozza’s assistants are Alberto Tegoni and Giorgio Peretti. The fourth referee of the match is Matteo Marchetti. Italian Paolo Mazzoleni is sitting in the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) chair of the match. He is accompanied by Daniele Doveri in AVAR.