Lens vs Lyon

2 December 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Wesley Said 26’
  • Przemyslaw Frankowski 52’ (pen), 74’
  • Jake O'Brien 15’, 72’

Match summary

Lens came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Lyon. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jake O'Brien put Lyon ahead from a corner in the 15th minute, set up by Ernest Nuamah and Wesley Said equalised in the 26th minute. In the second half, Przemyslaw Frankowski put Lens in front from the penalty spot in the 52nd minute, O'Brien equalised from a corner in the 72nd minute, and Frankowski won it in the 74th minute, set up by Ruben Aguilar.

Lyon can feel hard done by, creating 3.03 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Lens's 2.70 from 10. Lens had a player sent off.

Match stats

Lens Lyon
10 Shots 12
7 Shots on Target 7
3 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 0
2.66 xG 3.03
1.90 Non-penalty xG 3.03
9 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Lens Lyon
Kick-off
15’
Jake O'Brien
Assist: Ernest Nuamah0-1 (Lyon)
Wesley Said1-1 (Lens)
26’
Half-time1-1
Przemyslaw Frankowski
Penalty2-1 (Lens)
52’
72’
Jake O'Brien2-2 (Lyon)
Przemyslaw Frankowski
Assist: Ruben Aguilar3-2 (Lens)
74’
Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Lens
  • Florian Sotoca
  • Facundo Medina
  • Deiver Machado

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.70 3.03 15’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), 0-1 15’ 26’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-1 26’ 52’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), 2-1 52’ 72’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), 2-2 72’ 74’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), 3-2 74’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.70 3.03 15’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), 0-1 O'Brien 15’ 26’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-1 Said 26’ 52’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), 2-1 Frankowski 52’ 72’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), 2-2 O'Brien 72’ 74’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), 3-2 Frankowski 74’
Lens 2.70 xGLyon 3.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lyon attacking Lens attacking 
52’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 68’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.65 xG, off target 72’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), from a corner, 0.63 xG, goal 65’ Kevin Danso (Lens), set piece, 0.58 xG, off target 81’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.56 xG, saved 15’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), from a corner, 0.51 xG, goal 26’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 59’ Diego Moreira (Lyon), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 41’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 71’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), from a corner, 0.27 xG, saved 2’ Diego Moreira (Lyon), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 20’ Deiver Machado (Lens), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 65’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 39’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 26’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 74’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 42’ Clinton Mata (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 70’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 35’ Skelly Alvero (Lyon), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Skelly Alvero (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 68’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.65 xG, off target 72’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), from a corner, 0.63 xG, goal 65’ Kevin Danso (Lens), set piece, 0.58 xG, off target 81’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.56 xG, saved 15’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), from a corner, 0.51 xG, goal 26’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 59’ Diego Moreira (Lyon), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 41’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 71’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), from a corner, 0.27 xG, saved 2’ Diego Moreira (Lyon), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 20’ Deiver Machado (Lens), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 65’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 39’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 74’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 26’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 42’ Clinton Mata (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 70’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 35’ Skelly Alvero (Lyon), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Skelly Alvero (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Brice Samba GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF902 0.090.000
Kevin Danso DEF901 0.580.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.000
Ruben Aguilar MID8010 0.000.122
Deiver Machado MID481 0.070.000
Salis Abdul Samed MID900 0.000.000
Neil El Aynaoui MID891 0.060.000
Florian Sotoca MID900 0.000.092
David Pereira Da Costa MID650 0.000.000
Wesley Said FWD6612 0.430.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski Sub4222 0.820.651
Adrien Thomasson Sub251 0.650.000
Morgan Guilavogui Sub240 0.000.000
Massadio Haidara Sub100 0.000.000
Nampalys Mendy Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 56% Avg odds 1.73
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.92
Lyon win 20% Avg odds 4.84

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lens DWDWW
Lyon DLDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lyon 2-1 Lens, 12 Feb 23 Next meeting: Lyon 0-3 Lens, 03 Mar 24  All Lens vs Lyon meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.