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 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Racing Club de Lens 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

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

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Nantes	34	24
2	FC Metz	34	17
3	Paris Saint-Germain FC	0	0
4	Racing Club de Lens	0	0
5	Lille OSC	0	0
6	Olympique Lyonnais	0	0
7	Olympique de Marseille	0	0
8	Stade Rennais FC 1901	0	0
9	AS Monaco FC	0	0
10	RC Strasbourg Alsace	0	0
11	Toulouse FC	0	0
12	FC Lorient	0	0
13	Paris FC	0	0
14	Stade Brestois 29	0	0
15	ES Troyes AC	0	0
16	Angers SCO	0	0
17	Le Mans FC	0	0
18	Le Havre AC	0	0
19	AJ Auxerre	0	0
20	OGC Nice	0	0

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
#6	Position	#4
0	Points	0
0	Played	0
0 / 0 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 0
0	Scored	0
0	Conceded	0
+0	GD	+0
–	PPG	–
–	Win %	–

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Olympique Lyonnais are 6th (0 pts). Racing Club de Lens are 4th (0 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Olympique Lyonnais and Racing Club de Lens get this one started.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' Racing Club de Lens started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Olympique Lyonnais must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' It looks surprising Olympique Lyonnais does not make any changes. Kevin Danso has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
25' Salis Abdul Samed has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
29' It’s gonna be a card for Jonathan Gradit.
34' Olympique Lyonnais are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Racing Club de Lens backline.
39' It looks like no one’s ball. Olympique Lyonnais is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
43' The France Florian Sotoca breaks the deadlock on 43 minutes. 0-1!
48' Racing Club de Lens is showing some good football. However, Racing Club de Lens are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
53' The deadlock is broken! Sepe Elye Wahi gets on the scoresheet on 53 minutes.
58' A quiet spell here at Groupama Stadium. Racing Club de Lens seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
61' The whistle greets Gift Orban as he departs to be replaced by Rayan Cherki.
66' Przemyslaw Frankowski has been relatively quiet despite scoring 16 goals in his last 111 appearances.
71' Supporters expect more eagerness from Orel Mangala, as he is very good at scoring at Groupama Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
74' Another substitution for Racing Club de Lens to replace David Pereira da Costa by Adrien Thomasson on 74 minute.
77' Time for substitution for Olympique Lyonnais. Said Benrahma is replaced by Mama Balde.
79' A tactical swap from Racing Club de Lens — Wesley Said on, Sepe Elye Wahi off on 79 minutes.
83' The referee calls foul for Kevin Danso. He receives a card.
84' Ainsley Maitland-Niles picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
86' The Olympique Lyonnais bench stirs into life. Ernest Nuamah is withdrawn and Clinton Mata gets his opportunity.
87' Against the run of play, Kevin Danso has scored! This game has turned on its head.
87' The supporters are chanting for Abdukodir Khusanov. He replaces Jonathan Gradit on 87 minute.
Racing Club de Lens celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

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

2 / 4

0.52 Olympique Lyonnais xG

Expected Goals

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

0.96 Racing Club de Lens xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 81% + Racing Club de Lens or Draw 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Olympique Lyonnais24% Draw36% Racing Club de Lens40%

Actual: Racing Club de Lens win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes27% 0% No73%

Avg goals/match: 1.48

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	75%	25%
± 1.5	44%	56%
± 2.5	19%	81%
± 3.5	7%	93%
± 4.5	2%	98%

Double Chance

Olympique Lyonnais or Draw

60%

Draw or Racing Club de Lens

76%

Olympique Lyonnais or Racing Club de Lens

64%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Olympique Lyonnais11% Draw62% Racing Club de Lens27%

Actual: Racing Club de Lens win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

25.3%

0 – 1

20.3%

1 – 1

12.3%

1 – 0

10.3%

0 – 2

9.8%

1 – 2

5.6%

0 – 3

Actual

2 – 1

2.9%

2 – 0

2.8%

1 – 3

1.9%

2 – 2

1.6%

0 – 4

0.8%

Asian Handicap — Olympique Lyonnais

Handicap	Olympique Lyonnais covers	Push	Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	96%
-1.5	4%	—	96%
-1	4%	14%	83%
-0.5	17%	—	83%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	27%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	12%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Olympique Lyonnais keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet

60% ✓

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