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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +47 | Paris Saint-Germain | 31 | 70 | 1 |
| +17 | AS Monaco | 31 | 58 | 7 |
| +16 | Brest | 31 | 56 | 7 |
| +18 | Lille | 31 | 55 | 6 |
Statistics
 RCL |
LYON |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sael Kumbedi Nseke |
| 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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