Ligue 1

Lyon 3-2 Lens

Lyon vs Lens finished 3-2 in Ligue 1. Key event: 6' Maxwel Cornet (assist Lucas Paquetá · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.1%, 63.8%). Head to head: H2H last 2: 1-0-1. Venue: Groupama Stadium. Home form: W W D W W; Away form: W L W L W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

LYO 3 - 2 Finished

LEN

Competition Ligue 1 Season 2021 Country France Venue Groupama Stadium, Décines-Charpieu

Your time 06 Jan 2021, 20:00 Venue time 06 Jan 2021, 21:00 CET

Match context 4 facts

Home form W W D W W 13 pts, goals 13-4, 2.60 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Away form W L W L W 9 pts, goals 9-6, 1.80 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Lyon · season record 10 W · 6 D · 1 L 2021: 17 recorded matches, goals 34–14; before 06 Jan 2021 UTC. Not official standings.

Lens · season record 8 W · 3 D · 5 L 2021: 16 recorded matches, goals 26–24; before 06 Jan 2021 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 23 shots · 4 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Lyon 11 shots · 1.82 xG · 2 goals

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Lens 12 shots · 0.95 xG · 2 goals

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 41 events

6' shot Maxwel Cornet LYO assist Lucas Paquetá · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.1%, 63.8%

9' shot Memphis Depay LYO assist Tinotenda Kadewere · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.2%, 55.4%

15' shot Jonathan Clauss LEN xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.3%, 27.6%

17' shot Florian Sotoca LEN assist Gaël Kakuta · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.8%, 59.6%

18' shot Thiago Mendes LYO assist Léo Dubois · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 72.7%, 27.1%

20' shot Loic Bade LEN assist Ismael Boura · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 92.9%, 48.1%

23' shot Houssem Aouar LYO assist Memphis Depay · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.1%, 57.5%

30' shot Lucas Paquetá LYO xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 79.3%, 30.8%

33' shot Sinaly Diomande LYO assist Léo Dubois · xG 0.01 · Set Piece · location 90.1%, 58.7%

38' shot Memphis Depay LYO assist Lucas Paquetá · xG 0.4 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.4%, 54.3%

39' Goal Memphis Depay 1–0 LYO assist Lucas Paquetá

40' Yellow Houssem Aouar LYO Yellow card

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43' shot Gaël Kakuta LEN xG 0.16 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 81.9%, 54.9%

45' shot Steven Fortes LEN xG 0 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 2.8%, 52.4%

46' Goal Steven Fortes 2–0LYO Own goal

47' shot Florian Sotoca LEN assist Jonathan Gradit · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.9%, 40.6%

51' shot Memphis Depay LYO xG 0.76 · Right Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

51' Yellow Jean-Louis Leca LEN Yellow card

52' Goal Memphis Depay 3–0LYO Penalty

53' shot Tinotenda Kadewere LYO assist Thiago Mendes · xG 0.26 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.1%, 31%

55' shot Florian Sotoca LEN assist Gaël Kakuta · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85%, 67.8%

56' shot Tinotenda Kadewere LYO assist Houssem Aouar · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.6%, 38.8%

56' Goal Florian Sotoca 3–1LEN assist Gaël Kakuta

58' shot Ignatius Ganago LEN assist Florian Sotoca · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.5%, 56.6%

59' shot Memphis Depay LYO assist Maxwel Cornet · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70%, 66.3%

61' shot Gaël Kakuta LEN assist Florian Sotoca · xG 0.26 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.6%, 56.5%

66' Sub Rayan Cherki LYO on for Léo Dubois · Injury substitution

69' shot Seko Fofana LEN assist Cheick Oumar Doucoure · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.5%, 33.2%

71' Sub Issiaga Sylla LEN on for Ismaël Boura

71' Sub Maxence Caqueret LYO on for Houssem Aouar

77' Sub Simon Banza LEN on for Florian Sotoca

78' Sub Arnaud Kalimuendo LEN on for Ignatius Ganago

79' shot Gaël Kakuta LEN assist Issiaga Sylla · xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 86.8%, 52.7%

83' Sub David Pereira Da Costa LEN on for Seko Fofana

83' Sub Clément Michelin LEN on for Jonathan Clauss

85' Yellow Loïc Badé LEN Yellow card

87' Sub Jean Lucas LYO on for Lucas Paquetá

87' Sub Melvin Bard LYO on for Maxwel Cornet

88' shot Cheick Oumar Doucoure LEN assist Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.1%, 53.2%

88' Sub Djamel Benlamri LYO on for Memphis Depay

89' Goal Cheick Doucouré 3–2LEN assist Arnaud Kalimuendo

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 3-5-4

Lens leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 5 wins, 3 losses, 4 draws. Latest meeting: 17 May 2026 · Lyon vs Lens · 0 - 4.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

17 May 2026

Lyon 0 - 4 Lens

05 Mar 2026

Lyon 2 - 2 Lens

16 Aug 2025

Lens 0 - 1 Lyon

04 May 2025

Lyon 1 - 2 Lens

15 Sep 2024

Lens 0 - 0 Lyon

03 Mar 2024

Lyon 0 - 3 Lens

02 Dec 2023

Lens 3 - 2 Lyon

12 Feb 2023

Lyon 2 - 1 Lens

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02 Oct 2022

Lens 1 - 0 Lyon

19 Feb 2022

Lens 1 - 1 Lyon

30 Oct 2021

Lyon 2 - 1 Lens

03 Apr 2021

Lens 1 - 1 Lyon

Team statistics 17 metrics

50% Ball Possession 50%

50% 50%

1.82 Expected Goals 0.95

65% 34%

11 Total Shots 12

47% 52%

6 Shots on Goal 3

66% 33%

7 Corner Kicks 4

63% 36%

9 Fouls 10

47% 52%

1 Yellow Cards 2

33% 66%

1 Goalkeeper Saves 4

20% 80%

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1 Blocked shots 3

2 Offsides 2

9 Free kicks 9

4 Shots off target 5

25 Throw-ins 11

7 Goal kicks 9

1 Total saves 4

0 Hit woodwork 0

6 Shots inside box 6

Lineups

16 Jean-Louis Leca GK 24 Jonathan Gradit DEF 4 Loïc Badé DEF 15 Steven Fortes DEF 11 Jonathan Clauss MID 28 Cheick Doucouré MID 8 Seko Fofana MID 33 Ismaël Boura MID 10 Gaël Kakuta FWD 7 Florian Sotoca FWD 9 Ignatius Ganago FWD 1 Anthony Lopes GK 14 Léo Dubois DEF 2 Sinaly Diomandé DEF 5 Jason Denayer DEF 22 Mattia De Sciglio DEF 12 Lucas Paquetá MID 23 Thiago Mendes MID 8 Houssem Aouar MID 11 Tino Kadewere FWD 10 Memphis Depay FWD 27 Maxwel Cornet FWD

Lens

3-4-1-2 · Manager Franck Haise

16 J Jean-Louis Leca · Captain GK

24 J Jonathan Gradit DEF

4 L Loïc Badé DEF

15 S Steven Fortes DEF

11 J Jonathan Clauss MID

28 C Cheick Doucouré MID

8 S Seko Fofana MID

33 I Ismaël Boura MID

10 G Gaël Kakuta FWD

7 F Florian Sotoca FWD

9 I Ignatius Ganago FWD

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3 I Issiaga Sylla DEF

23 S Simon Banza FWD

29 A Arnaud Kalimuendo FWD

13 C Clément Michelin DEF

34 D David Pereira Da Costa MID

30 W Wuilker Faríñez GK

21 M Massadio Haïdara DEF

18 Y Yannick Cahuzac MID

25 C Corentin Jean FWD

Lyon

4-3-3 · Manager Rudi Garcia

1 A Anthony Lopes GK

14 L Léo Dubois DEF

2 S Sinaly Diomandé DEF

5 J Jason Denayer DEF

22 M Mattia De Sciglio DEF

12 L Lucas Paquetá MID

23 T Thiago Mendes MID

8 H Houssem Aouar MID

11 T Tino Kadewere FWD

10 M Memphis Depay · Captain FWD

27 M Maxwel Cornet FWD

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18 R Rayan Cherki MID

25 M Maxence Caqueret MID

26 M Melvin Bard DEF

4 J Jean Lucas MID

3 D Djamel Benlamri DEF

30 J Julian Pollersbeck GK

17 M Malo Gusto DEF

28 F Florent Sanchez Da Silva MID

33 Y Yaya Soumare DEF