Lens vs Lyon, 2026-27 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1

Lens

36': Florian Sotoca
76': Matthieu Udol
84': Matthieu Udol

FT
2 - 1

Lyon

85': Khalis Merah

About

Lens are hosting Lyon at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France, starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Foul by Felix Bacher (Lyon).
4': Odsonne Édouard (Lens) wins a free kick on the right wing.
12': Attempt saved. Florian Sotoca (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner by Dominik Greif (Lyon).
12': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Dominik Greif.
13': Attempt missed. Ismaëlo Ganiou (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
15': Foul by Abner Vinícius (Lyon).
15': Florian Thauvin (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Loïs Openda (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
16': Foul by Jonathan Gradit (Lens).
18': Ernest Nuamah (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
18': Foul by Kyllian Antonio (Lens).
20': Loïs Openda (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
20': Foul by Jonathan Gradit (Lens).
22': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by Yacine Titraoui (Lens).
22': Ernest Nuamah (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
22': Foul by Yacine Titraoui (Lens).
23': Foul by Abner Vinícius (Lyon).
23': Michaël Cuisance (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Abner Vinícius (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Attempt blocked. Mads Bidstrup (Lyon) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abner Vinícius with a cross.
26': Attempt missed. Florian Sotoca (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Ruben Aguilar.
27': Delay in match (Lens).
27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
28': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Florian Thauvin (Lens).
28': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Zachary Athekame.
29': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Tyler Morton.
30': Attempt missed. Jonathan Gradit (Lens) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Thauvin with a cross following a corner.
30': Foul by Loïs Openda (Lyon).
30': Ismaëlo Ganiou (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
30': Foul by Zachary Athekame (Lyon).
30': Florian Sotoca (Lens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
32': Attempt missed. Odsonne Édouard (Lens) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matthieu Udol with a cross.
33': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Abner Vinícius.
34': Foul by Corentin Tolisso (Lyon).
34': Kyllian Antonio (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Felix Bacher (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Odsonne Édouard (Lens).
36': Goal! Lens 1, Lyon 0. Florian Sotoca (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Thauvin with a through ball.
38': Attempt missed. Ruben Aguilar (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
40': Attempt blocked. Loïs Openda (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tyler Morton.
41': Mads Bidstrup (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
41': Foul by Michaël Cuisance (Lens).
44': Attempt saved. Florian Thauvin (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Dominik Greif (Lyon). Assisted by Michaël Cuisance.
44': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Dominik Greif.
45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Odsonne Édouard (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by Dominik Greif (Lyon). Assisted by Ruben Aguilar.
45'+1': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Dominik Greif.
45'+1': Attempt missed. Florian Sotoca (Lens) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Florian Thauvin with a cross following a corner.
45'+2': First Half ends, Lens 1, Lyon 0.
45': Second Half begins Lens 1, Lyon 0.
48': Attempt saved. Pavel Sulc (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Robin Risser (Lens). Assisted by Loïs Openda.
48': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Yacine Titraoui.
49': Attempt blocked. Matthieu Udol (Lens) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Florian Thauvin.
49': Loïs Openda (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Jonathan Gradit (Lens).
50': Jonathan Gradit (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
50': Delay in match because of an injury Jonathan Gradit (Lens).
50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
51': Foul by Felix Bacher (Lyon).
51': Odsonne Édouard (Lens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
53': Attempt missed. Ruben Aguilar (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Matthieu Udol.
53': Substitution, Lens. Samson Baidoo replaces Jonathan Gradit because of an injury.
54': Substitution, Lens. Amadou Haidara replaces Yacine Titraoui.
54': Pavel Sulc (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
54': Foul by Kyllian Antonio (Lens).
55': Loïs Openda (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Foul by Ismaëlo Ganiou (Lens).
56': Foul by Felix Bacher (Lyon).
56': Florian Sotoca (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Ernest Nuamah (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by Kyllian Antonio (Lens).
58': Delay in match because of an injury Loïs Openda (Lyon).
60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
60': Substitution, Lyon. Keito Nakamura replaces Loïs Openda because of an injury.
60': Substitution, Lyon. Noah Nartey replaces Mads Bidstrup.
66': Attempt saved. Florian Thauvin (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Dominik Greif (Lyon). Assisted by Michaël Cuisance.
67': Attempt saved. Keito Nakamura (Lyon) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Robin Risser (Lens). Assisted by Zachary Athekame.
67': Offside, Lyon. Pavel Sulc is caught offside.
68': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Ruben Kluivert.
69': Substitution, Lens. Franjo Ivanovic replaces Odsonne Édouard.
69': Substitution, Lens. Junior Kadile replaces Florian Sotoca.
71': Substitution, Lyon. Kaïl Boudache replaces Ernest Nuamah.
73': Attempt saved. Tyler Morton (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Robin Risser (Lens).
73': Attempt blocked. Tyler Morton (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Keito Nakamura.
74': Foul by Abner Vinícius (Lyon).
74': Florian Thauvin (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Attempt missed. Kaïl Boudache (Lyon) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pavel Sulc following a fast break.
75': Foul by Kaïl Boudache (Lyon).
75': Kyllian Antonio (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Attempt saved. Junior Kadile (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Dominik Greif (Lyon). Assisted by Matthieu Udol.
76': Handball by Keito Nakamura (Lyon).
76': Goal! Lens 2, Lyon 0. Matthieu Udol (Lens) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Thauvin with a cross following a set piece situation.
77': Substitution, Lyon. Tanner Tessmann replaces Tyler Morton.
78': Substitution, Lyon. Khalis Merah replaces Pavel Sulc.
79': Attempt missed. Khalis Merah (Lyon) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Zachary Athekame with a cross.
81': Attempt missed. Keito Nakamura (Lyon) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tanner Tessmann.
83': Substitution, Lens. Andrija Bulatovic replaces Michaël Cuisance.
84': Khalis Merah (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Foul by Matthieu Udol (Lens).
84': Matthieu Udol (Lens) is shown the red card.
85': Goal! Lens 2, Lyon 1. Khalis Merah (Lyon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
86': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Andrija Bulatovic.
87': Attempt missed. Ruben Kluivert (Lyon) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Zachary Athekame with a cross following a corner.
88': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Samson Baidoo.
90': Foul by Felix Bacher (Lyon).
90': Junior Kadile (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Felix Bacher (Lyon) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Robin Risser (Lens). Assisted by Zachary Athekame with a cross.
90'+3': Offside, Lens. Andrija Bulatovic is caught offside.
90'+5': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Andrija Bulatovic.
90'+5': Attempt missed. Felix Bacher (Lyon) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kaïl Boudache with a cross.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Lens 2, Lyon 1.
0': Match ends, Lens 2, Lyon 1.

Statistics

LYON		RCL
12	Fouls	13
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	1
1	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	4
51.7	Possession	48.3
13	SHOTS	15
5	ON GOAL	7
0.4	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
412	Accurate Passes	385
487	Passes	454
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
7	Accurate Crosses	6
19	Crosses	18
0.4	Cross %	0.3
34	Long Balls	43
22	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	1
8	Effective Tackles	8
10	Tackles	19
0.8	Tackle %	0.4
5	Interceptions	9
23	Effective Clearances	26
23	Clearances	26

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Location: Lens, France

Ligue 1 Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Paris Saint-Germain	8	+7	17
2	Stade Rennais	8	+4	16
3	Lille	8	+5	15
4	AS Monaco	8	+4	15

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Lens (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
40	Robin Risser (GK)
25	Pierre Ganiou
32	Kyllian Antonio
24	Jonathan Gradit
8	Yassine Titraoui
27	Michaël Cuisance
14	Matthieu Udol
2	Ruben Aguilar
11	Odsonne Édouard
7	Florian Sotoca
10	Florian Thauvin

Lens Substitutes:

Junior Kadile, Amadou Haidara, Mathieu Gorgelin, Mezian Soares, Saud Abdulhamid, Andrija Bulatovic, Michal Skoras, Franjo Ivanovic, Samson Baidoo.

Lyon (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Dominik Greif (GK)
21	Ruben Kluivert
20	Felix Bacher
16	Abner
13	Zachary Athekame
23	Tyler Morton
8	Corentin Tolisso
2	Mads Bidstrup
10	Pavel Sulc
17	Loïs Openda
7	Ernest Nuamah

Lyon Substitutes:

Khalis Merah, Noah Nartey, Keito Nakamura, Noham Kamara, Rémy Descamps, Kail Boudache, Julien Duranville, Clinton Mata, Tanner Tessmann.

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