French Ligue 1

Lyon vs Lens 2022-23 Ligue 1

  • 23': Alexandre Lacazette
  • 64': Rayan Cherki
FT
2 - 1
  • 39': Deiver Machado

Lens down to fourth as winless run continues in Lyon

RC Lens's winless run in Ligue 1 continued with a 2-1 defeat at improving Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday as they slipped to fourth in the standings.

Match Commentary

  • 14': Castello Lukeba (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 23': Goal! Lyon 1, Lens 0. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a through ball.
  • 39': Goal! Lyon 1, Lens 1. Deiver Machado (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Florian Sotoca.
  • 45': Substitution, Lyon. Amin Sarr replaces Alexandre Lacazette because of an injury.
  • 45': Second Half begins Lyon 1, Lens 1.
  • 63': Substitution, Lens. Przemyslaw Frankowski replaces Julien Le Cardinal.
  • 63': Substitution, Lens. Loïs Openda replaces Angelo Fulgini.
  • 64': Goal! Lyon 2, Lens 1. Rayan Cherki (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxence Caqueret.
  • 66': Substitution, Lyon. Moussa Dembélé replaces Bradley Barcola.
  • 69': Substitution, Lens. David Costa replaces Jonathan Gradit.
  • 77': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Deiver Machado.
  • 77': Substitution, Lens. Rémy Labeau Lascary replaces Florian Sotoca.
  • 80': Substitution, Lyon. Johann Lepenant replaces Rayan Cherki.
  • 85': Salis Abdul Samed (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Groupama Stadium
Location: Lyon, France
Attendance: 53,426

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+39 Paris Saint-Germain 26 59 1
+16 Brest 26 47 5
+11 AS Monaco 26 46 6
+14 Lille 26 43 5
Full Table

Statistics

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11 Fouls 15
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 4
5 Corner Kicks 2
3 Saves 3
58.9 Possession 41.1
14 SHOTS 11
4 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
504 Accurate Passes 341
599 Passes 430
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 0
26 Crosses 7
0.2 Cross % 0.0
34 Long Balls 55
17 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 3
6 Effective Tackles 11
18 Tackles 22
0.3 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 21
7 Effective Clearances 26
7 Clearances 26

Line-Ups

LYON Lyon (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
1 Anthony Lopes (GK)
5 Dejan Lovren
4 Castello Lukeba Yellow Card
2 Sinaly Diomande
88 Corentin Tolisso
6 Maxence Caqueret
18 Rayan Cherki
3 Nicolás Tagliafico
20 Sael Kumbedi Nseke
26 Bradley Barcola
10 Alexandre Lacazette

RCL Lens (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
30 Brice Samba (GK)
4 Kevin Danso
14 Facundo Medina
24 Jonathan Gradit
8 Seko Fofana
26 Salis Abdul Samed Yellow Card
3 Deiver Machado
25 Julien Le Cardinal
7 Florian Sotoca
20 Angelo Fulgini
28 Adrien Thomasson

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