LENS. Lens overcomes Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 after F. Sotoca scored a penalty (82′).
The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien with the assistance of Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Guillaume Paradis. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 4 Total 22
- 0 On Target 7
- 4 Off Target 15
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 111 Attack 112
- 26 Dangerous attack 62
- 123 Ball safe 112
- 0 Penalties 1
- 2 Corners 6
Fouls
- 16 Total 19
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Olympique Lyonnais was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Lens that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Lens had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lens won the encounter.
Olympique Lyonnais shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lens shot 22 times, 7 on target, 15 off target.
Cards
Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards (N. Tagliafico and J. Reine-Adelaide). On the opposite side, Lens received 2 yellow cards (F. Sotoca and W. Said).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Olympique Lyonnais will stay with 13 points like Lille and Clermont to remain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Lens will have 21 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais will play away against Rennes on the 16th of October with a 12-11 head to head record in favor of Rennes (11 draws).
Lens will play away agasint Lille on the 9th of October with a 9-4 head to head statistic in favor of Lille (5 draws).
Olympique Lyonnais – Formation
Olympique Lyonnais started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Anthony Lopes , Henrique , Thiago Mendes , Sinaly Diomandé , Nicolás Tagliafico , Maxence Caqueret , Johann Lepenant , Tetê , Rayan Cherki , Karl Toko Ekambi and Alexandre Lacazette .
The home team had on the bench: Damien Da Silva, Rémy Riou, Bradley Barcola , Houssem Aouar, Sael Kumbedi , Jeff Reine-Adélaïde and Jérôme Boateng.
Substitutions
Olympique Lyonnais made 3 changes: N. Tagliafico for S. Kumbedi (74′), R. Cherki for J. Reine-Adelaide (75′) and A. Lacazette for B. Barcola (75′).
Best player: Nicolás Tagliafico
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Lyonnais was Nicolás Tagliafico.
His rating is with 28 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 12.
Lens – Formation
Lens started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Peter Bosz played with: Brice Samba , Massadio Haïdara , Kevin Danso , Facundo Medina , Jimmy Cabot , Salis Abdul Samed , Seko Fofana , Deiver Machado , Florian Sotoca , David da Costa and Loïs Openda .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jean-Louis Leca, Wesley Saïd , Adam Buksa, Łukasz Poręba, Gaël Kakuta, Ismaël Boura, Przemysław Frankowski , Junior Onana and Alexis Claude-Maurice .
Substitutions
Lens made 5 changes: L. Openda for W. Said (71′), D. Costa for A. Claude-Maurice (72′), D. Machado for P. Frankowski (78′), F. Sotoca for A. Buksa (86′) and S. Fofana for J. Onana (87′).
Best player: Florian Sotoca
The player that probably impressed the most for Lens was Florian Sotoca.
His rating is with 1 goal, 50 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Lens – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-0
- Troyes – Reims – 2-2
- Toulouse – Montpellier – 4-2
- Lorient – Lille – 2-1
- Monaco – Nantes – 4-1
- Auxerre – Brest – 1-1
- Ajaccio – Clermont – 1-3