
Lyon vs Lens 2022-23 Ligue 1
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
Venue: Groupama Stadium
Location: Lyon, France
Attendance: 53,426
French Ligue 1 Standings
POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
+52 | Paris Saint-Germain | 32 | 78 | 2 |
+23 | Marseille | 32 | 59 | 9 |
+24 | AS Monaco | 32 | 58 | 8 |
+21 | Nice | 32 | 57 | 7 |
Statistics
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LYON![]() |
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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 |
Lyon (3-4-1-2)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Anthony Lopes (GK) |
5 | Dejan Lovren |
4 | Castello Lukeba ![]() |
2 | Sinaly Diomande |
88 | Corentin Tolisso |
6 | Maxence Caqueret |
18 | Rayan Cherki |
3 | Nicolás Tagliafico |
20 | Saël Kumbedi |
26 | Bradley Barcola |
10 | Alexandre Lacazette |
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 ![]() |
3 | Deiver Machado |
25 | Julien Le Cardinal |
7 | Florian Sotoca |
20 | Angelo Fulgini |
28 | Adrien Thomasson |
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