Olympique Lyonnais vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 1 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 1 · 2023-24

Olympique Lyonnais

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Racing Club de Lens

Sun 3 Mar 2024 · 19:45 UTC Groupama Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 43' Florian Sotoca

0–2 53' Sepe Elye Wahi pen

0–3 87' Kevin Danso

Y 29' Jonathan Gradit

Y 83' Kevin Danso

Ainsley Maitland-Niles 84' R

Overview

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Olympique Lyonnais vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 1 at Groupama Stadium.

Olympique Lyonnais 5 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Racing Club de Lens 5 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jerome Brisard
Assistant 1
Assistant 2 Nicolas Rodrigues (France)

3 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 8.7 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	AS Monaco FC	5	13
2	Olympique Lyonnais	5	11
3	Paris FC	5	11
4	Lille OSC	5	10
5	Stade Rennais FC 1901	5	10
6	Paris Saint-Germain FC	5	8
7	Angers SCO	5	7
8	RC Strasbourg Alsace	5	7
9	Le Mans FC	5	6
10	AJ Auxerre	5	6
11	Stade Brestois 29	5	5
12	FC Lorient	5	5
13	Toulouse FC	5	5
14	OGC Nice	5	5
15	Racing Club de Lens	5	4
16	ES Troyes AC	5	4
17	Olympique de Marseille	5	3
18	Le Havre AC	5	2

Head-to-Head

Olympique Lyonnais 12 games · Avg 2.7 goals Racing Club de Lens

Last 5 meetings

2024-03-03 Olympique Lyonnais 0–3 Racing Club de Lens 2023-12-02 Racing Club de Lens 3–2 Olympique Lyonnais 2023-02-12 Olympique Lyonnais 2–1 Racing Club de Lens 2022-10-02 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 Olympique Lyonnais 2022-02-19 Racing Club de Lens 1–1 Olympique Lyonnais

Recent Form

Olympique Lyonnais

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Mar	Racing Club de Lens	H	0–3	L
23 Feb	FC Metz	A	2–1	W
16 Feb	OGC Nice	H	1–0	W
11 Feb	Montpellier HSC	A	2–1	W
04 Feb	Olympique de Marseille	H	1–0	W
26 Jan	Stade Rennais FC 1901	H	2–3	L

Racing Club de Lens

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Mar	Olympique Lyonnais	A	3–0	W
25 Feb	AS Monaco FC	H	2–3	L
22 Feb	SC Freiburg	A	2–3	L
18 Feb	Stade de Reims	A	1–1	D
15 Feb	SC Freiburg	H	0–0	D
10 Feb	RC Strasbourg Alsace	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

Olympique Lyonnais		Racing Club de Lens
#2	Position	#15
11	Points	4
5	Played	5
3 / 2 / 0	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 3
10	Scored	9
2	Conceded	9
+8	GD	+0
2.20	PPG	0.80
60%	Win %	20%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

60% Clean Sheets
Olympique Lyonnais this season

0% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this season

Olympique Lyonnais are 2nd (11 pts). Racing Club de Lens are 15th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Olympique Lyonnais

0-15

1/–

16-30

2/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

1/1

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Racing Club de Lens

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

4/2

61-75

1/2

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Olympique Lyonnais

Ernest Nuamah	3 G	1 A
Zachary Athekame	2 G	2 A
Lois Openda	1 G	1 A
Felix Bacher	1 G
Malick Fofana	1 G

Racing Club de Lens

Florian Thauvin	3 G	3 A
Franjo Ivanovic	2 G
Saud Abdulhamid	1 G
Pierre Ganiou	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Olympique Lyonnais and Racing Club de Lens get this one started.
5' Nampalys Mendy needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
10' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Olympique Lyonnais in their 4-3-3 trying to find a way past Racing Club de Lens's compact 3-4-1-2.
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Florian Sotoca made 438 appearances and scored 52 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' The home supporters are growing impatient. Olympique Lyonnais must find a spark to ignite this game.
29' The referee has no hesitation. Jonathan Gradit is booked for Racing Club de Lens — card on 29.
34' Both keepers have barely been tested. Olympique Lyonnais and Racing Club de Lens are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
39' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
43' Brilliant from the ! Florian Sotoca makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 43.
48' It looks surprising Olympique Lyonnais does not make any changes. Wesley Said has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
53' A goal from the Ivory Coast international Sepe Elye Wahi! He fires home on 53 to make it 0-2!
58' Olympique Lyonnais have won 578 goals from 429 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
61' The supporters are chanting for Rayan Cherki. He replaces Gift Orban on 61 minute.
66' Facundo Medina has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 25 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
71' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Franck Haise will be considering his options from the bench.
74' A change in the Racing Club de Lens ranks — David Pereira da Costa exits the field as Adrien Thomasson enters on 74.
77' The Olympique Lyonnais bench stirs into life. Said Benrahma is withdrawn and Mama Balde gets his opportunity.
79' The Racing Club de Lens bench stirs into life. Sepe Elye Wahi is withdrawn and Wesley Said gets his opportunity.
83' A meaty challenge results in booking for Kevin Danso on 83.
84' That is a card for Olympique Lyonnais. Ainsley Maitland-Niles will be fuming at that decision.
86' Clinton Mata is replacing Ernest Nuamah for the Olympique Lyonnais side.
87' What a strike from Kevin Danso! The score is 0-3.
87' The whistle greets Jonathan Gradit as he departs to be replaced by Abdukodir Khusanov.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Racing Club de Lens players.

Lineups

Olympique Lyonnais Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

22
Clinton Mata ↑ 86'
14
Adryelson
21
Henrique
23
Lucas Perri
5
Dejan Lovren
8
Corentin Tolisso
7
Mama Balde ↑ 77'
18
Rayan Cherki ↑ 61'
11
Malick Fofana ↑ 61'

Coach Pierre Sage

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

26
Nampalys Mendy ↓ Salis Abdul Samed 74'
2
Ruben Aguilar
24
Jonathan Gradit ↓ Abdukodir Khusanov 87'
30
Brice Samba
4
Kevin Danso
29
Przemyslaw Frankowski
14
Facundo Medina
7
Florian Sotoca
10
David Pereira da Costa ↓ Adrien Thomasson 74'
9
Sepe Elye Wahi ↓ Wesley Said 79'
23
Neil El Aynaoui

Bench

Coach Franck Haise

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

2024-03-03 Olympique Lyonnais 0–3 Racing Club de Lens L 2024-02-23 FC Metz 1–2 Olympique Lyonnais W 2024-02-16 Olympique Lyonnais 1–0 OGC Nice W 2024-02-11 Montpellier HSC 1–2 Olympique Lyonnais W 2024-02-04 Olympique Lyonnais 1–0 Olympique de Marseille W 2024-01-26 Olympique Lyonnais 2–3 Stade Rennais FC 1901 L

Racing Club de Lens Form

2024-03-03 Olympique Lyonnais 0–3 Racing Club de Lens W 2024-02-25 Racing Club de Lens 2–3 AS Monaco FC L 2024-02-22 SC Freiburg 3–2 Racing Club de Lens L 2024-02-18 Stade de Reims 1–1 Racing Club de Lens D 2024-02-15 Racing Club de Lens 0–0 SC Freiburg D 2024-02-10 Racing Club de Lens 3–1 RC Strasbourg Alsace W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.98 Olympique Lyonnais xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.2 Racing Club de Lens xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 61% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Olympique Lyonnais49% Draw25% Racing Club de Lens26%

Actual: Racing Club de Lens win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.18

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Olympique Lyonnais or Draw

75%

Draw or Racing Club de Lens

51%

Olympique Lyonnais or Racing Club de Lens

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Olympique Lyonnais39% Draw42% Racing Club de Lens19%

Actual: Racing Club de Lens win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–3 not predicted

0 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

10.7%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.1%

1 – 0

7.6%

3 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

5.7%

0 – 0

5.7%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

5.2%

0 – 1

4.3%

3 – 2

3.8%

4 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Olympique Lyonnais

Handicap	Olympique Lyonnais covers	Push	Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	17%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	22%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Olympique Lyonnais keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet

15% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.