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title: "Numerous absences hit Lyon and Crystal Palace ahead of Europa League clash"
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# Numerous absences hit Lyon and Crystal Palace ahead of Europa League clash

Lyon host Crystal Palace in the second round of the league phase of the UEFA Europa League, on the evening of Thursday 15 October at 19:45 Damascus time, amid numerous absences in both squads.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 14 October 2026، 08:02 ، updated 22:02 Saudi time

![Numerous absences hit Lyon and Crystal Palace ahead of Europa League clash](https://riyadaty.com/img/blog-1200.jpg/covers/6356eb1e43de2f4954de0119b55c10f99c26a0d6.webp)

Numerous absences hit Lyon and Crystal Palace ahead of Europa League clash

[Lyon](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/lyon-273) meet their guests [Crystal Palace](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/crystal-palace-198) on 15 October 2026 at 19:45 Damascus time, in a clash bringing the two sides together as part of the second round of the league phase of the [UEFA Europa League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/uefa-europa-league-21) for the 2026/27 season.

The beIN SPORTS channel will broadcast the events of the match.

Lyon go into the match without [Rémi Stéphane Himbert](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/r%C3%A9mi-st%C3%A9phane-himbert-8084), [Moussa Niakhaté](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/moussa-niakhat%C3%A9-8070), [Mohamed Ouédraogo](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/mohamed-ou%C3%A9draogo-8077) and [Ikoma-Loïs Openda](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/ikoma-lo%C3%AFs-openda-8087), with Niakhaté, Ouédraogo and Openda absent due to injury.

In contrast, Crystal Palace suffer wider absences, as [Cheick Oumar Doucouré](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/cheick-oumar-doucour%C3%A9-5621), [Zavier Gozo](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/zavier-gozo-5630), [Evann Guessand](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/evann-guessand-5631) and [Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jefferson-andr%C3%A9s-lerma-sol%C3%ADs-5625) will be missing for other reasons, while [Dean Bradley Henderson](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/dean-bradley-henderson-5608), [Jean-Philippe Mateta](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jean-philippe-mateta-5634), [Chadi Riad Dnanou](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/chadi-riad-dnanou-5618) and [Takehiro Tomiyasu](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/takehiro-tomiyasu-5620) are absent due to injury.

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