French Ligue 1

Lyon vs Lens 2021-22 Ligue 1

Oct 30, 2021, 7:00 PM
  • 25': Karl Toko Ekambi (P)
  • 41': Houssem Aouar
FT
2 - 1
  • 61': Arnaud Kalimuendo

Lyon 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

Competition: French Ligue 1
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
+57 Paris Saint-Germain 34 84 2
+27 Marseille 34 65 9
+22 AS Monaco 34 61 9
+25 Nice 34 60 8
Full Table

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

Line-Ups

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 Yellow Card
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 Yellow Card
29 Przemyslaw Frankowski
11 Jonathan Clauss Yellow Card
15 Arnaud Kalimuendo
22 Wesley Saïd

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