French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, October 30, 2021
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Groupama Stadium · 50,373 att.

Match Report

Lyon weather Lens storm to go fifth in Ligue 1

Olympique Lyonnais hung on for dear life in the second half to claim a 2-1 home win against second-placed RC Lens and move up to fifth in Ligue 1.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
7
45.4
Possession
54.6
18
SHOTS
13
10
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
373
Accurate Passes
472
444
Passes
558
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
23
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.1
42
Long Balls
43
28
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
16
Interceptions
12
8
Effective Clearances
23
8
Clearances
23

Head to Head

LYON leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LYON · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 5Jason DenayerCD-L
  3. 27Jérôme BoatengCD-R
  4. 3EmersonLB
  5. 14Léo DuboisRB
  6. 8Houssem AouarAM
  7. 39Bruno GuimarãesLM
  8. 25Maxence CaqueretRM
  9. 10Lucas PaquetáF
  10. 7Karl Toko EkambiAM-L
  11. 29Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Habib KeitaSUB
  2. 2Sinaly DiomandeSUB
  3. 12HenriqueSUB
  4. 18Rayan CherkiSUB
  5. 40Kayne BonnevieSUB
  6. 20Islam SlimaniSUB
  7. 21Damien Da SilvaSUB
  8. 17Malo GustoSUB
  9. 23Thiago MendesSUB

RCL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 16Jean-Louis LecaG
  2. 4Kevin DansoCD
  3. 14Facundo MedinaCD-L
  4. 24Jonathan GraditCD-R
  5. 8Seko FofanaCM-L
  6. 28Cheick DoucouréCM-R
  7. 7Florian SotocaAM
  8. 29Przemyslaw FrankowskiLM
  9. 11Jonathan ClaussRM
  10. 15Arnaud KalimuendoCF-L
  11. 22Wesley SaïdCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Yannick CahuzacSUB
  2. 5Christopher WoohSUB
  3. 27Charles BoliSUB
  4. 21Massadio HaidaraSUB
  5. 1Wuilker FaríñezSUB
  6. 3Deiver MachadoSUB
  7. 10Gaël KakutaSUB
  8. 20David Da CostaSUB
  9. 25Corentin JeanSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Lucas Paquetá (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Goal! Lyon 1, Lens 0. Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  3. 38' Florian Sotoca (Lens) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 41' Goal! Lyon 2, Lens 0. Houssem Aouar (Lyon) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Lens. Gaël Kakuta replaces Florian Sotoca.
  6. 54' Jonathan Clauss (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Goal! Lyon 2, Lens 1. Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gaël Kakuta.
  8. 64' Substitution, Lyon. Thiago Mendes replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  9. 76' Substitution, Lens. David Costa replaces Wesley Saïd.
  10. 76' Substitution, Lens. Corentin Jean replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga.
  11. 77' Substitution, Lyon. Sinaly Diomandé replaces Jérôme Boateng.
  12. 78' Substitution, Lyon. Rayan Cherki replaces Karl Toko Ekambi.
  13. 78' Substitution, Lyon. Malo Gusto replaces Léo Dubois because of an injury.
  14. 85' Substitution, Lens. Charles Boli replaces Jonathan Gradit.
  15. 85' Substitution, Lens. Deiver Machado replaces Jonathan Clauss.
  16. 90'+1' Substitution, Lyon. Islam Slimani replaces Bruno Guimarães because of an injury.

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