Olympique Lyonnais vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 1 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Olympique Lyonnais vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 1 at Groupama Stadium.
- Olympique Lyonnais 34 games · 60 pts (2025/26)
- Racing Club de Lens 34 games · 70 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Francois Letexier
- Assistant 1 Mehdi Rahmouni
- Assistant 2 Gwenael Pasqualotti
36 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 6.4 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 34 76 2 Racing Club de Lens 34 70 3 Lille OSC 34 61 4 Olympique Lyonnais 34 60 5 Olympique de Marseille 34 59 6 Stade Rennais FC 1901 34 59 7 AS Monaco FC 34 54 8 RC Strasbourg Alsace 34 53 9 FC Lorient 34 45 10 Toulouse FC 33 44 11 Paris FC 34 44 12 Stade Brestois 29 34 39 13 Angers SCO 34 36 14 Le Havre AC 34 35 15 AJ Auxerre 34 34 16 OGC Nice 34 32 17 FC Nantes 33 23 18 FC Metz 34 17 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Racing Club de Lens H 0–4 L 10 May Toulouse FC A 1–2 L 03 May Stade Rennais FC 1901 H 4–2 W 25 Apr AJ Auxerre H 3–2 W 19 Apr Paris Saint-Germain FC A 2–1 W 12 Apr FC Lorient H 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Olympique Lyonnais A 4–0 W 13 May Paris Saint-Germain FC H 0–2 L 08 May FC Nantes H 1–0 W 02 May OGC Nice A 1–1 D 24 Apr Stade Brestois 29 A 3–3 D 17 Apr Toulouse FC H 3–2 W Season Stats
Olympique Lyonnais Racing Club de Lens #4 Position #2 60 Points 70 34 Played 34 18 / 6 / 10 W / D / L 22 / 4 / 8 53 Scored 66 40 Conceded 35 +13 GD +31 1.76 PPG 2.06 53% Win % 65% Key Stats
58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history42% Clean Sheets
Olympique Lyonnais this season36% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this seasonOlympique Lyonnais are 4th (60 pts). Racing Club de Lens are 2nd (70 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Olympique Lyonnais0-151/216-302/131-452/346-603/261-754/–76+–/3■ Scored ■ ConcededRacing Club de Lens0-15–/316-301/231-452/246-603/261-753/–76+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Racing Club de Lens kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Malang Sarr is having his name booked by the referee on 5.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' Racing Club de Lens started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
- 20' GOAL! Wesley Said scores on 20.
- 25' Corentin Tolisso has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 58 appearances with only 4 goals this season.
- 27' Racing Club de Lens player sees a card in front of him.
- 32' What a strike from Wesley Said! The score is 0-2.
- 37' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 42' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 42 minutes.
- 46' Goal! Florian Sotoca scores his 52 goal in 433 matches.
- 51' It looks surprising Olympique Lyonnais does not make any changes. Mathieu Gorgelin has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 53' What a strike from Florian Thauvin! The score is 0-4.
- 54' GOAL! Florian Thauvin scores on 54.
- 59' It looks like no one’s ball. Racing Club de Lens is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 63' Olympique Lyonnais receives a card for a hard tackle on 63.
- 68' It’s high time Pierre Sage made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 73' Racing Club de Lens receives a card for a hard tackle on 73.
- 78' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Olympique Lyonnais needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 83' The referee shows Racing Club de Lens player a card on 83.
- 84' The referee shows Racing Club de Lens player a card on 84.
- 89' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Racing Club de Lens players.
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Lineups
Olympique Lyonnais Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 22
- 98
- 8
- 5
- 19
- 1
- 21
- 16
- 9
- 17
- 10
Bench
- 3
- 40
- 33
- 77
- 37
- 11
- 99
- 39
- 44
Coach Paulo FonsecaRacing Club de Lens Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 27
- 16
- 20
- 10
- 22
- 21
- 7
- 23
- 32
- 4
- 5
Bench
- 2
- 14
- 28
- 19
- 40
- 25
- 18
- 38
- 41
Coach Pierre Sage -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Florian Sotoca 4 Wesley Said 3 Jonathan Clauss 3 Tinotenda Kadewere 2 Memphis Depay 2 Rayan Cherki 2 Cheick Doucoure 2 Jake O'Brien 2 Head to Head
Olympique Lyonnais Form
2026-05-17 Olympique Lyonnais 0–4 Racing Club de Lens L 2026-05-10 Toulouse FC 2–1 Olympique Lyonnais L 2026-05-03 Olympique Lyonnais 4–2 Stade Rennais FC 1901 W 2026-04-25 Olympique Lyonnais 3–2 AJ Auxerre W 2026-04-19 Paris Saint-Germain FC 1–2 Olympique Lyonnais W 2026-04-12 Olympique Lyonnais 2–0 FC Lorient WRacing Club de Lens Form
2026-05-17 Olympique Lyonnais 0–4 Racing Club de Lens W 2026-05-13 Racing Club de Lens 0–2 Paris Saint-Germain FC L 2026-05-08 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 FC Nantes W 2026-05-02 OGC Nice 1–1 Racing Club de Lens D 2026-04-24 Stade Brestois 29 3–3 Racing Club de Lens D 2026-04-17 Racing Club de Lens 3–2 Toulouse FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.23 Olympique Lyonnais xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.97 Racing Club de Lens xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 61% + Both teams to score 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Racing Club de Lens winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.2Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 61% 39% ± 3.5 39% 61% ± 4.5 22% 78% Double Chance
Olympique Lyonnais or Draw 52%Draw or Racing Club de Lens 74%Olympique Lyonnais or Racing Club de Lens 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Racing Club de Lens win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 0–4 not predicted0 – 4Actual1 – 1 10.7%1 – 2 9.4%0 – 2 7.9%0 – 1 7.4%1 – 3 6.1%2 – 1 5.8%2 – 2 5.7%0 – 0 5.6%0 – 3 5.1%1 – 0 4.3%2 – 3 3.8%1 – 4 3.1%Asian Handicap — Olympique Lyonnais
Handicap Olympique Lyonnais covers Push Racing Club de Lens covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 6% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 13% 77% -0.5 23% — 77% +0.5 47% — 53% +1 47% 22% 32% +1.5 68% — 32% +2 68% 16% 15% +2.5 85% — 15% Clean Sheet
Olympique Lyonnais keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet 30% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

