Lyon vs Lens

12 February 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Eric Wattellier

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Alexandre Lacazette 23’
  • Mathis Cherki 64’
  • Deiver Machado 39’

Match summary

Lyon beat Lens 2-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Alexandre Lacazette put Lyon ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Mathis Cherki, Deiver Machado equalised in the 39th minute, set up by Florian Sotoca, and Mathis Cherki won it in the 64th minute, set up by Maxence Caqueret.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lyon created 1.53 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Lens 1.31 from 14.

Match stats

Lyon Lens
11 Shots 14
5 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.53 xG 1.31
1.53 Non-penalty xG 1.31
9 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Lyon Lens
Kick-off
Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Mathis Cherki1-0 (Lyon)
23’
39’
Deiver Machado
Assist: Florian Sotoca1-1 (Lens)
Half-time1-1
Mathis Cherki
Assist: Maxence Caqueret2-1 (Lyon)
64’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Lyon
  • Castello Lukeba
Lens
  • Salis Abdul Samed

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.53 1.31 23’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), 1-0 23’ 39’ Deiver Machado (Lens), 1-1 39’ 64’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), 2-1 64’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.53 1.31 23’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), 1-0 Lacazette 23’ 39’ Deiver Machado (Lens), 1-1 Machado 39’ 64’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), 2-1 Cherki 64’
Lyon 1.53 xGLens 1.31 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Lyon attacking 
28’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 70’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 90+1’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 23’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 33’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 77’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 62’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 47’ Bradley Barcola (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 39’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 64’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 59’ Amin Sarr (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 87’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 8’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 21’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 72’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 75’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 62’ Corentin Tolisso (Lyon), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 83’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 28’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 70’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 90+1’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 23’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 33’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 77’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 62’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 47’ Bradley Barcola (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 39’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 64’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 59’ Amin Sarr (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 87’ Moussa Dembele (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 8’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 21’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 72’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 37’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 62’ Corentin Tolisso (Lyon), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 83’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Anthony Lopes GK900 0.000.000
Dejan Lovren DEF900 0.000.000
Castello Lukeba DEF900 0.000.000
Sinaly Diomande DEF900 0.000.000
Sael Kumbedi MID900 0.000.000
Corentin Tolisso MID901 0.010.351
Maxence Caqueret MID9010 0.000.092
Nicolás Tagliafico MID901 0.020.000
Mathis Cherki MID82112 0.170.712
Bradley Barcola FWD681 0.080.082
Alexandre Lacazette FWD4812 0.390.000
Amin Sarr Sub421 0.070.081
Moussa Dembele Sub223 0.790.000
Johann Lepenant Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 38% Avg odds 2.50
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.28
Lens win 33% Avg odds 2.90

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

Form going into the game

Lyon DLWDW
Lens DWDLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 1-0 Lyon, 02 Oct 22 Next meeting: Lens 3-2 Lyon, 02 Dec 23  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.