DéCINES-CHARPIEU. Lens was after all too good for Olympique Lyonnais with the goal of Florian Sotoca (43′), Elye Wahi (53′ pen) and Kevin Danso (87′).

The match was played at the Groupama Stadium stadium in Décines-Charpieu on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard with the support of Alexis Auger and Nicolas Rodrigues. The 4th official was Ahmed Taleb. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 2.72 degrees Celsius or 36.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 99%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Olympique Lyonnais was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Lens that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Lens was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lens won the contest.​

Olympique Lyonnais shot 13 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lens shot 18 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Olympique Lyonnais didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Lens received 2 yellow cards (Jonathan Gradit and Kevin Danso).

(Olympique Lyonnais) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (84′).

Standings

After this match, Olympique Lyonnais stays with 28 points to remain in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Lens will has 39 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais will play away with Lorient on the 10th of March with a 13-7 head to head in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (11 draws).

Lens will host Brest on the 10th of March with a 10-8 head to head statistic in favor of Brest (5 draws).

Olympique Lyonnais – Formation

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

The manager Pierre Sage decided to play with the following team: Anthony Lopes (7.7), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (6.4), Jake O’Brien (7.1), Duje Caleta-Car (6.3), Nicolás Tagliafico (6.4), Maxence Caqueret (6.4), Nemanja Matić (6.4), Orel Mangala (7.0), Ernest Nuamah (7.1), Gift Emmanuel Orban (6.8) and Saïd Benrahma (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Dejan Lovren, Mama Baldé (6.4), Corentin Tolisso, Malick Fofana (6.8), Adryelson, Rayan Cherki (7.3), Henrique Silva, Lucas Perri and Clinton Mata (6.4).

Substitutions

Olympique Lyonnais made 4 changes: Gift Emmanuel Orban for Rayan Cherki (61′), Orel Mangala for Malick Fofana (61′), Saïd Benrahma for Mama Baldé (77′) and Ernest Nuamah for Clinton Mata (86′).

Player of the match: Anthony Lopes​

The most impressive player for Olympique Lyonnais was the goalkeeper: Anthony Lopes. His rating is 7.65. He performed 5 saves.

Lens – Formation

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

Franck Haise played with: Brice Samba (8.1), Jonathan Gradit (7.5), Kevin Danso (8.1), Facundo Medina (7.7), Ruben Aguilar (7.5), Nampalys Mendy (7.1), Neil El Aynaoui (7.3), Przemyslaw Frankowski (7.7), David da Costa (7.9), Florian Sotoca (8.4) and Elye Wahi (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Salis Abdul Samed  (6.8), Angelo Fulgini, Jean-Louis Leca, Wesley Saïd (7.0), Abdukodir Khusanov (6.8), Morgan Guilavogui, Tom Tony Pouilly, Andy Diouf and Adrien Thomasson (7.5).

Lens could not rely on the presence of Wesley Saïd (injured).

Substitutions

Lens made 4 changes: Jonathan Gradit for Abdukodir Khusanov (87′), Nampalys Mendy for Salis Abdul Samed  (73′), David da Costa for Adrien Thomasson (74′) and Elye Wahi for Wesley Saïd (79′).

Player of the match: Florian Sotoca​

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

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 42 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Lyonnais – Lens – 0-3
• Brest – Le Havre – 1-0
• Montpellier – Strasbourg – 2-2
• Nantes – Metz – 0-2
• Toulouse – Nice – 2-1
• Rennes – Lorient – 1-2