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' Welcome to Groupama Stadium that hosts another battle between Olympique Lyonnais and Racing Club de Lens.
5' Ghana international Salis Abdul Samed has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nicolas Tagliafico made 480 appearances and scored 27 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Olympique Lyonnais and Racing Club de Lens are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Racing Club de Lens that had 446 games and scored 422 goals.
25' It looks surprising Olympique Lyonnais does not make any changes. Ainsley Maitland-Niles has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
29' A moment of madness from Jonathan Gradit on 29 minutes earns him a card. Racing Club de Lens will be frustrated.
34' Racing Club de Lens are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
39' It’s high time Pierre Sage made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
43' Assisted by David Pereira da Costa with the perfectly-timed delivery and Florian Sotoca makes no mistake. 0-1!
48' Maxence Caqueret is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Racing Club de Lens tonight.
53' Brilliant from the forward! Sepe Elye Wahi makes it 0-2 with a superb finish on 53.
58' Olympique Lyonnais have won 569 goals from 425 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
61' Rayan Cherki is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gift Orban at the 61 minute mark.
66' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Racing Club de Lens needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
71' Olympique Lyonnais currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
74' The whistle greets David Pereira da Costa as he departs to be replaced by Adrien Thomasson.
77' It is a substitution in Olympique Lyonnais team. Said Benrahma is replaced by Mama Balde on 77 minute.
79' Wesley Said is ready to make an impact after coming on for Sepe Elye Wahi at the 79 minute mark.
83' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Kevin Danso.
84' That is a card for Olympique Lyonnais. Ainsley Maitland-Niles will be fuming at that decision.
86' The Olympique Lyonnais bench stirs into life. Ernest Nuamah is withdrawn and Clinton Mata gets his opportunity.
87' Kevin Danso adds to his 0 season tally! Racing Club de Lens lead 0-3 — and this changes everything.
87' The Racing Club de Lens manager makes a substitution. Jonathan Gradit departs to be replaced by Abdukodir Khusanov.
That’s it! Another goalless match for Olympique Lyonnais and Racing Club de Lens (для сухой ничьи).

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.