DéCINES-CHARPIEU. Olympique Lyonnais beat Lens to win 2-1. It was Olympique Lyonnais to strike first with a goal of Alexandre Lacazette at the 23′. Then it was a goal in the 39′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, R. Cherki gave the win to Olympique Lyonnais in the 65′ minute with a goal. Lens lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Décines-Charpieu on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. In front of 53,426 spectators.​ The referee was Eric Wattellier who had the assistance of Julien Aube and Valentin Evrard. The 4th official was Azzedine Souifi.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lens had a strong ball possession 59% while Olympique Lyonnais was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lens had a more offensive attitude with 69 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Olympique Lyonnais found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Olympique Lyonnais shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lens shot 16 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card (C. Lukeba). Regarding the opposition, Lens received 1 yellow card (Salis Abdul Samed).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Olympique Lyonnais will have 35 points to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Lens will stay with 46 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais will host Lorient on the 5th of March with a 13-7 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (9 draws).

Lens will host Nantes on the 19th of February with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Nantes (5 draws).

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

Olympique Lyonnais started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Laurent Blanc decided to play with the following team: Anthony Lopes (7.0), Sinaly Diomandé (7.0), Dejan Lovren (7.6), Castello Lukeba (7.0), Sael Kumbedi (6.4), Maxence Caqueret (7.9), Corentin Tolisso (7.4), Nicolás Tagliafico (7.5), Rayan Cherki (8.3), Alexandre Lacazette (7.4) and Bradley Barcola (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Sekou Lega, Amin Sarr (6.7), Moussa Dembélé (6.4), Houssem Aouar, Henrique, Jérôme Boateng, Thiago Mendes, Rémy Riou and Johann Lepenant (6.3).

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 3 changes: Alexandre Lacazette for A. Sarr (46′), B. Barcola for Moussa Dembélé (66′) and R. Cherki for Johann Lepenant (80′).

Best player: Rayan Cherki​

The most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was Rayan Cherki.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 34 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Lens – Formation

Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Franck Haise played with: Brice Samba (6.4), Jonathan Gradit (7.1), Kevin Danso (7.1), Facundo Medina (6.4), Julien Le Cardinal (6.8), Salis Abdul Samed (6.3), Seko Fofana (6.8), Deiver Machado (6.8), Adrien Thomasson (6.4), Angelo Fulgini (6.4) and Florian Sotoca (7.3).

They had on the bench: Junior Onana, Massadio Haïdara (6.6), Ismaël Boura, Remy Labeau Lascary (6.8), Łukasz Poręba, David da Costa (6.8), Przemysław Frankowski (6.4), Jean-Louis Leca and Loïs Openda (6.4).

Substitutions

Lens made 4 changes: Julien Le Cardinal for Przemysław Frankowski (63′), Angelo Fulgini for Loïs Openda (63′), Jonathan Gradit for David Costa (69′) and Deiver Machado for Massadio Haïdara (77′).

Best player: Florian Sotoca​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lens was Florian Sotoca.

His rating is (7.3) with 29 passes (62% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Olympique Lyonnais – Lens – 2-1
• Angers SCO – Auxerre – 1-1
• Toulouse – Rennes – 3-1
• Reims – Troyes – 4-0
• Montpellier – Brest – 3-0
• Lille – Strasbourg – 2-0
• Nantes – Lorient – 1-0