
Lyon vs Lens 2021-22 Ligue 1
Oct 30, 2021, 7:00 PMLyon weather Lens storm to go fifth in Ligue 1
Olympique Lyonnais hung on for dear life in the second half to claim a 2-1 home win against second-placed RC Lens and move up to fifth in Ligue 1.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 10': Lucas Paquetá (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 25': Goal! Lyon 1, Lens 0. Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 38': Florian Sotoca (Lens) is shown the yellow card.
- 41': Goal! Lyon 2, Lens 0. Houssem Aouar (Lyon) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Lyon 2, Lens 0.
- 45': Substitution, Lens. Gaël Kakuta replaces Florian Sotoca.
- 54': Jonathan Clauss (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 61': Goal! Lyon 2, Lens 1. Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gaël Kakuta.
- 64': Substitution, Lyon. Thiago Mendes replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
- 76': Substitution, Lens. David Costa replaces Wesley Saïd.
- 76': Substitution, Lens. Corentin Jean replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga.
- 77': Substitution, Lyon. Sinaly Diomandé replaces Jérôme Boateng.
- 78': Substitution, Lyon. Rayan Cherki replaces Karl Toko Ekambi.
- 78': Substitution, Lyon. Malo Gusto replaces Léo Dubois because of an injury.
- 85': Substitution, Lens. Charles Boli replaces Jonathan Gradit.
- 85': Substitution, Lens. Deiver Machado replaces Jonathan Clauss.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Lyon. Islam Slimani replaces Bruno Guimarães because of an injury.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Lyon 2, Lens 1.
Game Information
7:00 PM, Sat, Oct 30, 2021
Venue: Groupama Stadium
Location: Lyon, France
Attendance: 50,373
French Ligue 1 Standings
POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | Angers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | AJ Auxerre | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Le Havre AC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Statistics
RCL | LYON | |
---|---|---|
13 | Fouls | 7 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
3 | Offsides | 1 |
5 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
2 | Saves | 7 |
45.4 | Possession | 54.6 |
18 | SHOTS | 13 |
10 | ON GOAL | 4 |
0.6 | On Target % | 0.3 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
373 | Accurate Passes | 472 |
444 | Passes | 558 |
0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
4 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
23 | Crosses | 8 |
0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
42 | Long Balls | 43 |
28 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
4 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
9 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
19 | Tackles | 17 |
0.5 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
16 | Interceptions | 12 |
8 | Effective Clearances | 23 |
8 | Clearances | 23 |
Lyon (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Anthony Lopes (GK) |
5 | Jason Denayer |
27 | Jérôme Boateng |
3 | Emerson |
14 | Léo Dubois |
8 | Houssem Aouar |
39 | Bruno Guimarães |
25 | Maxence Caqueret |
10 | Lucas Paquetá ![]() |
7 | Karl Toko Ekambi |
29 | Xherdan Shaqiri |
Lens (3-4-1-2)
No. | Name |
---|---|
16 | Jean-Louis Leca (GK) |
4 | Kevin Danso |
14 | Facundo Medina |
24 | Jonathan Gradit |
8 | Seko Fofana |
28 | Cheick Doucouré |
7 | Florian Sotoca ![]() |
29 | Przemyslaw Frankowski |
11 | Jonathan Clauss ![]() |
15 | Arnaud Kalimuendo |
22 | Wesley Saïd |
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