RC Lens 0–1 Olympique Lyonnais — Ligue 1 2025/26 Match Stats

Ligue 1 · 2025Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 15:00 UTCStade Bollaert-Delelis

RC Lens

0–1Historical match

Olympique Lyonnais

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Olympique Lyonnais won 0–1.

Shots: 1811
Shots on target: 53
Expected goals: 1.381.41
Possession: 55%45%

Full time

What the match recorded

Lyon beat Lens 1–0. Recorded in this match (Lens – Lyon): shots 18–11, shots on target 5–3, expected goals 1.38–1.41, possession 55%–45%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots18 shots11 shotsRC Lens 18 shots, Olympique Lyonnais 11 shots
Shots on target5 shots3 shotsRC Lens 5 shots, Olympique Lyonnais 3 shots
Expected goals1.38 xG1.41 xGRC Lens 1.38 xG, Olympique Lyonnais 1.41 xG
Possession55%45%RC Lens 55%, Olympique Lyonnais 45%
Corners13 corners8 cornersRC Lens 13 corners, Olympique Lyonnais 8 corners
Fouls13 fouls20 foulsRC Lens 13 fouls, Olympique Lyonnais 20 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards3 cardsRC Lens 2 cards, Olympique Lyonnais 3 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Lens: 18 shots, 5 on target, 1.38 xG. Lyon: 11 shots, 3 on target, 1.41 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Lens 1.38 xG · Lyon 1.41 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3RC Lens

1Draws

1Olympique Lyonnais

4 May 2025Olympique Lyonnais — RC Lens · Ligue 11–2

15 Sept 2024RC Lens — Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 10–0

3 Mar 2024Olympique Lyonnais — RC Lens · Ligue 10–3

2 Dec 2023RC Lens — Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 13–2

12 Feb 2023Olympique Lyonnais — RC Lens · Ligue 12–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade D · UnavailableUnavailable — unavailable

Season samples1 / 1home / away teams

Recent samples1 / 1last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4