Lyon vs Lens

4 May 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Jeremy Stinat

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Georges Mikautadze 79’
  • Goduine Koyalipou 21’
  • Anass Zaroury 85’

Match summary

Lens won 2-1 away at Lyon, with a late winner. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Goduine Koyalipou put Lens ahead from a corner in the 21st minute, set up by Adrien Thomasson, Georges Mikautadze equalised with a header in the 79th minute, set up by Clinton Mata, and Anass Zaroury won it in the 85th minute, set up by Adrien Thomasson.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lyon created 1.18 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots, Lens 0.95 from 8.

Match stats

Lyon Lens
18 Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.18 xG 0.95
1.18 Non-penalty xG 0.95
28 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Lyon Lens
Kick-off
21’
Goduine Koyalipou
Assist: Adrien Thomasson
0-1 (Lens)
Half-time0-1
Georges Mikautadze
Assist: Clinton Mata
1-1 (Lyon)
79’
85’
Anass Zaroury
Assist: Adrien Thomasson
1-2 (Lens)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Lyon
  • Moussa Niakhate
  • Malick Fofana
Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Deiver Machado
  • Nampalys Mendy

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.18 0.95 21’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), 0-1 21’ 79’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), 1-1 79’ 85’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), 1-2 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.18 0.95 21’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), 0-1 Koyalipou 21’ 79’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), 1-1 Mikautadze 79’ 85’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), 1-2 Zaroury 85’
Lyon 1.18 xGLens 0.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Lyon attacking 
21’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 79’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), open play, 0.18 xG, goal 57’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 59’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 35’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 15’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 21’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 62’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 45’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 45’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 26’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 78’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Thiago Almada (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Thiago Almada (Lyon), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 58’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Nemanja Matic (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Clinton Mata (Lyon), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 84’ Martín Satriano (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 79’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), open play, 0.18 xG, goal 57’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 59’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 35’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 15’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 21’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 62’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 45’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 45’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 26’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 78’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Thiago Almada (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Thiago Almada (Lyon), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 58’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Nemanja Matic (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Clinton Mata (Lyon), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 84’ Martín Satriano (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lucas Perri GK900 0.000.000
Ainsley Maitland-Niles DEF901 0.020.000
Clinton Mata DEF9011 0.020.181
Moussa Niakhate DEF900 0.000.061
Nicolás Tagliafico DEF904 0.320.000
Corentin Tolisso MID900 0.000.000
Nemanja Matic MID731 0.020.122
Mathis Cherki MID905 0.310.132
Thiago Almada MID902 0.090.163
Malick Fofana MID900 0.000.315
Georges Mikautadze FWD9014 0.400.101
Alejandro Rodríguez Sub170 0.000.000
Tanner Tessmann Sub10 0.000.051

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 66% Avg odds 1.43
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.04
Lens win 15% Avg odds 6.37

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

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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.