Lens — Olympique Lyonnais 2:1, 9 October: match result

match finished Ligue 1 · Matchday 6 Friday 9 October · 18:45 UTC

Lens 10th · 7 pts LWWWL

2 : 1 1st half 1:0

Olympique Lyonnais 4th · 11 pts WLWLW

Stade Bollaert-Delelis · referee J. Stinat

Match predictionBold

Between 1 and 4 goals

83% · Olympique Lyonnais sit 6 places higher in the table

Prediction landed. We predicted “Between 1 and 4 goals”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Lens 45% draw 25% Olympique Lyonnais 30%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Lens win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Lens win — they got it right.

fans 56 votes

Lens 52% draw 15% Olympique Lyonnais 33%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

Abner Vinicius 23'

F. Sotoca assist: F. Thauvin 1-0 36'

J. Gradit 50'

S. Baidoo for J. Gradit 54'

A. Haidara for Y. Titraoui 54'

K. Nakamura for L. Openda 60'

N. Nartey for M. Bidstrup 60'

J. Kadile for F. Sotoca 69'

F. Ivanovic for O. Edouard 69'

K. Boudache for E. Nuamah 71'

M. Udol assist: F. Thauvin 2-0 77'

T. Tessmann for T. Morton 77'

K. Merah for P. Sulc 78'

A. Bulatovic for M. Cuisance 83'

M. Udol 84'

K. Merah 2-1 85'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Lens 3-4-2-1 4-3-3 Olympique Lyonnais

Robin Risser  
Jonathan Gradit  25 Ismaelo Ganiou  32 Kyllian Antonio  
Ruben Aguilar  27 Michaël Cuisance  8 Yassine Titraoui  14 Matthieu Udol  
Florian Thauvin  7 Florian Sotoca  
Odsonne Édouard  

Ernest Nuamah  10 Pavel Šulc  17 Loïs Openda  
Mads Bidstrup  23 Tyler Morton  8 Corentin Tolisso  
Zachary Athekame  20 Felix Bacher  21 Ruben Kluivert  16 Abner Vinícius  
Dominik Greif  

Lens bench

21Amadou Haidara
5Andrija Bulatović
29Franjo Ivanović
28Junior Kadile
16Mathieu Gorgelin
38Mezian Mesloub
22Michał Skóraś
6Samson Baidoo
23Saud Abdulhamid

Olympique Lyonnais bench

22Clinton Mata
24Julien Duranville
26Kaïl Boudache
11Keito Nakamura
18Khalis Merah
99Noah Nartey
85Noham Kamara
40Rémy Descamps
6Tanner Tessmann

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

48%Possession52%

15Shots13

7Shots on target5

7Shots off target5

1Blocked shots3

12Shots inside box9

3Shots outside box4

73Attacks102

39Dangerous attacks42

7Corners4

1Offsides1

13Fouls12

1Yellow cards1

1Red cards0

4Saves5

454Passes486

385Accurate passes412

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Lens

Olympique LyonnaisThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Lens and Olympique Lyonnais met on matchday 6 of the Ligue 1 on 9 October at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Final score — 2:1.

Lens sit 10th on 7 points after 9 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses). Olympique Lyonnais sit 4th on 11 points after 9 matches (5 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses), 4 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Lens won 1, Olympique Lyonnais won 1. Aggregate score — 4:1.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Lens last five Olympique Lyonnais

LWWWL form WLWLW

9 Matches 9

4 — 1 — 4 Wins — draws — defeats 5 — 2 — 2

16 — 13 Scored — conceded 15 — 7

1.44 Points per game 1.89

1.78 Goals scored per game 1.67

0 Clean sheets 4

2 Failed to score 2

winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Lens at home: 4 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 9—5, 2.25 points per match.

Olympique Lyonnais away: 4 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 3—4, 1 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Lens win 0 draws 1 Olympique Lyonnais win goals 4:1 Lens — Olympique Lyonnais

17/05/2026	Olympique Lyonnais — Lens	0:4	Ligue 1
16/08/2025	Lens — Olympique Lyonnais	0:1	Ligue 1

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Lille	9	5	3	1	12—6	18
4	Olympique Lyonnais	9	5	2	2	15—7	17
5	Rennes	9	5	1	3	20—19	16
…
8	Nice	9	4	2	3	13—12	14
9	Lens	9	4	1	4	16—13	13
10	Toulouse	10	3	4	3	15—14	13

Full Ligue 1 table

Lens — Olympique Lyonnais, 9 October 2026, 18:45 UTC : score 2:1