Lens vs Lyon

2 October 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Florian Sotoca 82’ (pen)

Match summary

Lens won 1-0 at home to Lyon. It was goalless at half-time.

Florian Sotoca put Lens ahead from the penalty spot in the 82nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 2.99 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Lyon's 0.08 from 4.

Match stats

Lens Lyon
21 Shots 4
6 Shots on Target 0
6 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.99 xG 0.08
2.23 Non-penalty xG 0.08
11 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Lens Lyon
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Florian Sotoca
Penalty1-0 (Lens)
82’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Florian Sotoca
  • Wesley Said
Lyon
  • Nicolás Tagliafico
  • Jeff Reine-Adelaide

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.99 0.08 82’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 1-0 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.99 0.08 82’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 1-0 Sotoca 82’
Lens 2.99 xGLyon 0.08 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lyon attacking Lens attacking 
82’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 38’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 77’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.42 xG, off target 24’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 76’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 64’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 56’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 59’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 80’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 70’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 69’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 39’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 75’ Jimmy Cabot (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 17’ Loïs Openda (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 38’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 84’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 50’ Johann Lepenant (Lyon), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 1’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 82’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 38’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 77’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.42 xG, off target 24’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 76’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 64’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 59’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 56’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 70’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 69’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 39’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 75’ Jimmy Cabot (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 17’ Loïs Openda (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 38’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 84’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 1’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 50’ Johann Lepenant (Lyon), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
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 DEF903 0.630.000
Kevin Danso DEF902 0.810.000
Massadio Haidara DEF900 0.000.041
Jimmy Cabot MID901 0.030.636
Deiver Machado MID780 0.000.543
Salis Abdul Samed MID902 0.040.162
Seko Fofana MID871 0.070.021
Florian Sotoca MID8713 0.860.091
David Pereira Da Costa MID722 0.150.021
Loïs Openda FWD725 0.260.451
Alexis Claude Maurice Sub181 0.020.131
Wesley Said Sub181 0.130.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski Sub120 0.000.000
Jean Onana Sub30 0.000.000
Adam Buksa Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 41% Avg odds 2.32
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.61
Lyon win 32% Avg odds 2.96

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

Form going into the game

Lens WWDWD
Lyon WWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 1-1 Lyon, 19 Feb 22 Next meeting: Lyon 2-1 Lens, 12 Feb 23  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.