DéCINES-CHARPIEU. Olympique Lyonnais beat Lens to win 2-1. It was Olympique Lyonnais to strike first with a penalty of K. Toko Ekambi at the 25′. Then H. Aouar scored again for Olympique Lyonnais in the 41′ minute with a goal. Eventually, A. Kalimuendo reduced the distance for Lens with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​

The match was played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Décines-Charpieu on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mikael Lesage who had the assistance of Huseyin Ocak and Gwenaël Pasqualotti. The 4th official was Pierre Gaillouste.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Olympique Lyonnais had a superior ball possession 55% while Lens was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lens was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, Olympique Lyonnais was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Olympique Lyonnais shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lens shot 18 times, 8 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card (L. Paqueta). Talking about the opposition, Lens received 2 yellow cards (J. Clauss and F. Sotoca).

Standings

After this match, Olympique Lyonnais will have 19 points like Olympique Marseille to stay in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Lens will stay with 21 points to stay in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais will play away with Rennes on the 7th of November with a 11-10 head to head in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (11 draws).

Lens will host Troyes on the 5th of November with a 9-6 head to head statistic in favor of Lens (5 draws).

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

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

The manager Peter Bosz decided to play with the following team: Anthony Lopes (8.0), Léo Dubois (6.4), Jérôme Boateng (7.5), Jason Denayer (7.4), Emerson Palmieri (7.2), Maxence Caqueret (6.1), Bruno Guimarães (7.7), Xherdan Shaqiri (6.8), Houssem Aouar (7.3), Karl Toko Ekambi (7.2) and Lucas Paquetá (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: K. Bonnevie, Henrique, I. Slimani, H. Keita, Rayan Cherki (6.1), Sinaly Diomande (7.1), Thiago Mendes (6.8), D. Da Silva and Malo Gusto (6.6).

Olympique Lyonnais could not rely on the presence of M. Gusto (injured) and I. Slimani (injured).

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 5 changes: X. Shaqiri for T. Mendes (64′), J. Boateng for S. Diomande (77′), K. Toko Ekambi for R. Cherki (78′), L. Dubois for M. Gusto (78′) and B. Guimaraes for I. Slimani (90′).

Best player: Anthony Lopes​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Lyonnais was the goalkeeper: Anthony Lopes. His rating is 8.02. He performed 7 saves.

Lens – Formation

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

Regarding the opposition, Franck Haise played with: Jean-Louis Leca (6.4), Jonathan Gradit (6.5), Kevin Danso (7.1), Facundo Medina (6.4), Jonathan Clauss (6.8), Cheick Doucouré (7.0), Seko Fofana (7.2), Przemysław Frankowski (6.9), Florian Sotoca (6.2), Wesley Saïd (6.8) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: David Da Costa (6.2), W. Fariñez, Corentin Jean (6.4), Y. Cahuzac, Gaël Kakuta (7.5), Deiver Machado (6.5), C. Wooh, M. Haïdara and Charles Boli (7.0).

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: F. Sotoca for G. Kakuta (46′), W. Said for D. Costa (76′), A. Kalimuendo for C. Jean (77′), J. Gradit for C. Boli (85′) and J. Clauss for D. Machado (85′).

Best player: Gaël Kakuta​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Gaël Kakuta.

His rating is (7.5) with 16 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Lyonnais – Lens – 2-1
• Metz – Saint-Étienne – 1-1