Lyon vs Lens

3 March 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Jérôme Brisard

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Florian Sotoca 43’
  • Sepe Elye Wahi 53’ (pen)
  • Kevin Danso 87’

Match summary

Lens won comfortably, 3-0 away at Lyon. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Florian Sotoca put Lens ahead with a header in the 43rd minute, set up by David Pereira Da Costa, Sepe Elye Wahi made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 53rd minute, and Kevin Danso made it 0-3 with a header in the 87th minute, set up by Adrien Thomasson.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 3.39 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Lyon's 2.83 from 13. Lyon had a player sent off.

Match stats

Lyon Lens
13 Shots 18
4 Shots on Target 8
2 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
2.13 xG 3.35
2.13 Non-penalty xG 2.59
6 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Lyon Lens
Kick-off
43’
Florian Sotoca
Assist: David Pereira Da Costa0-1 (Lens)
Half-time0-1
53’
Sepe Elye Wahi
Penalty0-2 (Lens)
87’
Kevin Danso
Assist: Adrien Thomasson0-3 (Lens)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Lyon
  • Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Lens
  • Kevin Danso
  • Jonathan Gradit

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 2.83 3.39 43’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 0-1 43’ 53’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), 0-2 53’ 87’ Kevin Danso (Lens), 0-3 87’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.83 3.39 43’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 0-1 Sotoca 43’ 53’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), 0-2 Wahi 53’ 87’ Kevin Danso (Lens), 0-3 Danso 87’
Lyon 2.83 xGLens 3.39 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Lyon attacking 
79’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon), from a corner, 0.94 xG, saved 53’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 79’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon), from a corner, 0.74 xG, saved 43’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.73 xG, goal 37’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 79’ Malick Fofana (Lyon), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 87’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.33 xG, goal 66’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 54’ Ernest Nuamah (Lyon), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 24’ Ernest Nuamah (Lyon), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 84’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 65’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 65’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 79’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 22’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+6’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 33’ Said Benrahma (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 7’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 86’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 14’ Orel Mangala (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 30’ Gift Orban (Lyon), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 44’ Said Benrahma (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 50’ Nampalys Mendy (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+1’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Said Benrahma (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon), from a corner, 0.94 xG, saved 53’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 79’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon), from a corner, 0.74 xG, saved 43’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.73 xG, goal 37’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 79’ Malick Fofana (Lyon), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 87’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.33 xG, goal 66’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 54’ Ernest Nuamah (Lyon), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 24’ Ernest Nuamah (Lyon), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 84’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 65’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 65’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 22’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 79’ Jake O'Brien (Lyon), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+6’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 33’ Said Benrahma (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 86’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 7’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 14’ Orel Mangala (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 30’ Gift Orban (Lyon), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 44’ Said Benrahma (Lyon), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 50’ Nampalys Mendy (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+1’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 73’ Said Benrahma (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Anthony Lopes GK900 0.000.000
Ainsley Maitland-Niles DEF852 1.680.000
Duje Caleta-Car DEF900 0.000.000
Jake O'Brien DEF902 0.180.741
Nicolás Tagliafico DEF900 0.000.051
Maxence Caqueret MID900 0.000.111
Nemanja Matic MID900 0.000.000
Orel Mangala MID621 0.060.000
Ernest Nuamah FWD872 0.240.122
Gift Orban FWD621 0.050.000
Said Benrahma FWD783 0.160.263
Malick Fofana Sub281 0.370.000
Mathis Cherki Sub281 0.080.563
Mama Baldé Sub120 0.000.000
Clinton Mata Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 37% Avg odds 2.59
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.29
Lens win 34% Avg odds 2.81

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

Form going into the game

Lyon LWWWW
Lens WWWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 3-2 Lyon, 02 Dec 23 Next meeting: Lens 0-0 Lyon, 15 Sep 24  All Lyon vs Lens 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.