Lens 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Friday 9 October 2026

Result

Lens 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Friday 9 October 2026, 18:45 UTC · Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens · half-time 1-0

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Lens 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Lens won against Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday 9 October 2026 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Florian Sotoca opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Lens's goals came from Florian Sotoca (36') and Matthieu Udol (76'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Khalis Merah (85').

Discipline: Lens received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Lens were 15th on 4 points from 5 and Olympique Lyonnais 2nd on 11 points from 5. In the current table Lens are 9th on 13 points and Olympique Lyonnais are 3rd on 17 points.

Lens lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Thauvin of Lens (8.9), ahead of Florian Sotoca (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Lens wins, 2 draws and 3 for Olympique Lyonnais.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · AbnerOlympique Lyonnais
  • 36'Goal · Florian SotocaLens · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Jonathan GraditLens
  • 76'Goal · Matthieu UdolLens · 2-0
  • 84'Red card · Matthieu UdolLens
  • 85'Goal · Khalis MerahOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Olympique Lyonnais9522157+817WLWLW
9Lens94141613+313LWWWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lens 5, draws 2, Olympique Lyonnais 3.

Team news

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Lens line-up (3-4-2-1)

Robin Risser, Jonathan Gradit, Ismaëlo Ganiou, Kyllian Antonio, Ruben Aguilar, Michaël Cuisance, Yassine Titraoui, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Florian Sotoca, Odsonne Édouard

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-3-3)

Dominik Greif, Zachary Athekame, Felix Bacher, Ruben Kluivert, Abner, Mads Bidstrup, Tyler Morton, Corentin Tolisso, Ernest Nuamah, Pavel Sulc, Loïs Openda

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