Lyon vs Lens

6 January 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Eric Wattellier

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

  • Memphis Depay 39’, 52’ (pen)
  • Steven Fortes 46’ (og)
  • Florian Sotoca 56’
  • Cheick Oumar Doucoure 89’

Match summary

Lyon beat Lens 3-2. Lyon led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Memphis Depay put Lyon ahead in the 39th minute, set up by Lucas Paquetá. In the second half, Fortes's own goal made it 2-0 in the 46th minute, Depay made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 52nd minute, Florian Sotoca pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 56th minute, set up by Gaël Kakuta, and Cheick Oumar Doucoure made it 3-2 in the 89th minute, set up by Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 1.82 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Lens's 0.95 from 11.

Match stats

Lyon Lens
11 Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.82 xG 0.95
1.06 Non-penalty xG 0.95
9 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Lyon Lens
Kick-off
Memphis Depay
Assist: Lucas Paquetá1-0 (Lyon)
39’
Half-time1-0
Steven Fortes
Own goal2-0 (Lyon)
46’
Memphis Depay
Penalty3-0 (Lyon)
52’
56’
Florian Sotoca
Assist: Gaël Kakuta3-1 (Lens)
89’
Cheick Oumar Doucoure
Assist: Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga3-2 (Lens)
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Lyon
  • Houssem Aouar
Lens
  • Jean-Louis Leca
  • Loic Bade

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.82 0.95 39’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), 1-0 39’ 46’ Steven Fortes (Lyon) own goal, 2-0 46’ 52’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), 3-0 52’ 56’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 3-1 56’ 89’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), 3-2 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.82 0.95 39’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), 1-0 Depay 39’ 46’ Steven Fortes (Lyon) own goal, 2-0 Fortes 46’ 52’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), 3-0 Depay 52’ 56’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 3-1 Sotoca 56’ 89’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), 3-2 Doucoure 89’
Lyon 1.82 xGLens 0.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Lyon attacking 
52’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 39’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 62’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.26 xG, blocked 54’ Tinotenda Kadewere (Lyon), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 44’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, blocked 21’ Loic Bade (Lens), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 18’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 57’ Tinotenda Kadewere (Lyon), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 89’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 31’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 59’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 7’ Maxwel Cornet (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 10’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 24’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 56’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 16’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 80’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Sinaly Diomande (Lyon), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 19’ Thiago Mendes (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Steven Fortes (Lens), own goal 52’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 39’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 54’ Tinotenda Kadewere (Lyon), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 62’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.26 xG, blocked 44’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, blocked 21’ Loic Bade (Lens), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 18’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 57’ Tinotenda Kadewere (Lyon), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 89’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 59’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 7’ Maxwel Cornet (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 10’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 24’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 56’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 16’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 80’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Sinaly Diomande (Lyon), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 19’ Thiago Mendes (Lyon), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Steven Fortes (Lens), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Anthony Lopes GK900 0.000.000
Léo Dubois DEF660 0.000.032
Jason Denayer DEF900 0.000.000
Sinaly Diomande DEF901 0.010.000
Mattia De Sciglio DEF900 0.000.000
Thiago Mendes MID901 0.010.261
Lucas Paquetá MID8811 0.070.462
Houssem Aouar MID711 0.060.111
Tinotenda Kadewere FWD902 0.370.061
Memphis Depay FWD8824 1.240.061
Maxwel Cornet FWD871 0.060.011
Mathis Cherki Sub240 0.000.000
Maxence Caqueret Sub190 0.000.000
Melvin Bard Sub30 0.000.000
Jean Lucas Sub20 0.000.000
Djamel Benlamri Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 63% Avg odds 1.50
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.54
Lens win 16% Avg odds 6.04

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

Form going into the game

Lyon WWDWW
Lens WLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Lens 1-1 Lyon, 03 Apr 21  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.