Lens vs Lyon, 2014/2015 French Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1Ligue 1 leaders Lyon beat Lens as Alexandre Lacazette scores again
Alexandre Lacazette was on target again as Lyon strengthened their position at the top of Ligue 1 with a 2-0 victory at Lens.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
- 2': Attempt saved. Pablo Chavarria (Lens) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Gbamin with a cross.
- 3': Attempt saved. Alharbi El Jadeyaoui (Lens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pierrick Valdivia.
- 4': Attempt missed. Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Benjamin Boulenger with a through ball.
- 6': Offside, Lyon. Samuel Umtiti tries a through ball, but Nabil Fekir is caught offside.
- 6': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Mouhamadou Dabo.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 8': Attempt saved. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rachid Ghezzal.
- 12': Benjamin Boulenger (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon).
- 13': Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Lindsay Rose (Lyon).
- 15': Offside, Lyon. Alexandre Lacazette tries a through ball, but Rachid Ghezzal is caught offside.
- 15': Foul by Lalaïna Nomenjanahary (Lens).
- 15': Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Foul by Adamo Coulibaly (Lens).
- 17': Mouhamadou Dabo (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Attempt saved. Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 19': Ahmed Kantari (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon).
- 21': Own Goal by Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Lens. Lens 0, Lyon 1.
- 23': Attempt saved. Alharbi El Jadeyaoui (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Chavarria with a headed pass.
- 23': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Anthony Lopes.
- 24': Foul by Samuel Umtiti (Lyon).
- 24': Pablo Chavarria (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Attempt missed. Lalaïna Nomenjanahary (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Adamo Coulibaly.
- 25': Penalty conceded by Boubacar Sylla (Lens) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 26': Goal! Lens 0, Lyon 2. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 27': Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27': Foul by Christophe Jallet (Lyon).
- 27': Offside, Lens. Pierrick Valdivia tries a through ball, but Pablo Chavarria is caught offside.
- 28': Foul by Corentin Tolisso (Lyon).
- 28': Lalaïna Nomenjanahary (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Foul by Mouhamadou Dabo (Lyon).
- 30': Pablo Chavarria (Lens) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 30': Delay in match Mouhamadou Dabo (Lyon) because of an injury.
- 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 32': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Christophe Jallet.
- 36': Foul by Benjamin Bourigeaud (Lens).
- 36': Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Foul by Pablo Chavarria (Lens).
- 37': Mouhamadou Dabo (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Delay in match Pierrick Valdivia (Lens) because of an injury.
- 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 44': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Foul by Pierrick Valdivia (Lens).
- 45': Foul by Lalaïna Nomenjanahary (Lens).
- 45': Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Lindsay Rose (Lyon).
- 45'+3': Attempt missed. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette with a headed pass.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Lens 0, Lyon 2.
- 68': Substitution, Lens. Aristote Madiani replaces Alharbi El Jadeyaoui.
- 0': Match ends, Lens 0, Lyon 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Lens 0, Lyon 2.
- 46': Foul by Benjamin Boulenger (Lens).
- 46': Nabil Fekir (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 47': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
- 48': Attempt missed. Jordan Ferri (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nabil Fekir.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christophe Jallet.
- 51': Offside, Lyon. Christophe Jallet tries a through ball, but Nabil Fekir is caught offside.
- 55': Substitution, Lens. Baptiste Guillaume replaces Boubacar Sylla.
- 56': Offside, Lyon. Lindsay Rose tries a through ball, but Alexandre Lacazette is caught offside.
- 57': Attempt missed. Adamo Coulibaly (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Baptiste Guillaume with a cross.
- 58': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 58': Foul by Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Lens).
- 61': Foul by Ahmed Kantari (Lens).
- 61': Nabil Fekir (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
- 64': Foul by Baptiste Guillaume (Lens).
- 64': Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Ahmed Kantari (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Foul by Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon).
- 66': Foul by Adamo Coulibaly (Lens).
- 66': Jordan Ferri (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Attempt saved. Pablo Chavarria (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin Bourigeaud with a through ball.
- 67': Foul by Ahmed Kantari (Lens).
- 67': Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 68': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Benjamin Boulenger.
- 71': Attempt missed. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
- 71': Attempt saved. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.
- 72': Foul by Pierrick Valdivia (Lens).
- 72': Jordan Ferri (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Aristote Madiani (Lens) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 73': Foul by Mouhamadou Dabo (Lyon).
- 75': Attempt blocked. Ahmed Kantari (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 76': Offside, Lens. Ahmed Kantari tries a through ball, but Adamo Coulibaly is caught offside.
- 77': Substitution, Lyon. Arnold Mvuemba replaces Mouhamadou Dabo.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Aristote Madiani (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lalaïna Nomenjanahary with a cross.
- 80': Attempt missed. Pierrick Valdivia (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 80': Offside, Lens. Ahmed Kantari tries a through ball, but Adamo Coulibaly is caught offside.
- 81': Foul by Pierrick Valdivia (Lens).
- 81': Nabil Fekir (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 84': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Maxime Gonalons.
- 84': Attempt missed. Ahmed Kantari (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 85': Substitution, Lens. Wylan Cyprien replaces Benjamin Bourigeaud.
- 87': Substitution, Lyon. Yoann Gourcuff replaces Rachid Ghezzal.
- 88': Foul by Nabil Fekir (Lyon).
- 88': Wylan Cyprien (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Christophe Jallet (Lyon).
- 89': Pierrick Valdivia (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Substitution, Lyon. Steed Malbranque replaces Jordan Ferri.
- 90'+4': Foul by Adamo Coulibaly (Lens).
- 90'+4': Lindsay Rose (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Lens 0, Lyon 2.
Statistics
 LYON |
RCL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 16 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 3 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 56.5 | Possession | 43.5 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 339 | Accurate Passes | 208 |
| 466 | Passes | 335 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 5 | Crosses | 26 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 93 | Long Balls | 83 |
| 52 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 22 | Effective Tackles | 19 |
| 27 | Tackles | 21 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 30 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 30 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne
Location: Amiens, France
Attendance: 11,173
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne
Location: Amiens, France
Attendance: 11,173
Ligue 1 Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS Monaco | 5 | +5 | 13 |
| 2 | Lyon | 5 | +8 | 11 |
| 3 | Paris FC | 5 | +5 | 11 |
| 4 | Lille | 5 | +4 | 10 |
Line-Ups
Lens (4-1-2-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rudy Riou (GK) |
| 4 | Ahmed Kantari |
| 25 | Jean-Philippe Gbamin |
| 29 | Benjamin Bourigeaud |
| 27 | Benjamin Boulenger |
| 34 | Boubacar Sylla |
| 21 | Alharbi El Jadeyaoui |
| 18 | Pierrick Valdivia |
| 20 | Lalaïna Nomenjanahary |
| 9 | Adamo Coulibaly |
| 11 | Pablo Chavarría |
Lyon (4-1-2-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Lopes (GK) |
| 23 | Samuel Umtiti |
| 22 | Lindsay Rose |
| 21 | Maxime Gonalons |
| 14 | Mouhamadou Dabo |
| 13 | Christophe Jallet |
| 11 | Rachid Ghezzal |
| 24 | Corentin Tolisso |
| 12 | Jordan Ferri |
| 18 | Nabil Fekir |
| 10 | Alexandre Lacazette |
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