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Angers vs Lyon is a Ligue 1 status-gap matchup in which Lyon’s standing meets Angers’ capacity to make the contest resistant. Lyon won 3–0 at Angers on 7 December 2024 and 1–0 at home on 19 September 2025, yet Angers held Lyon to a 0–0 draw at the Stade Raymond Kopa on 5 April 2026. The results preserve Lyon’s edge while Angers can deny space and keep the game close. A future meeting will test which approach prevails.
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Angers
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40G
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9F
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23M
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35F
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31F
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26D
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15M
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6M
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42D
Lyon Substitutes
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G
40
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F
18
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F
77
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D
33
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M
44
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M
5
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M
7
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M
99
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D
34
Match events
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46'Yassin Belkhdim Yellow Card
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47'Y. Belkhdim Yellow Card
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55'R. Yaremchuk P. Sulc
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64'R. Ghezzal C. Tolisso
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66'Branco van den Boomen Yellow Card
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68'P. Peter L. Machine
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73'K. Merah A. Maitland-Niles
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73'A. Karabec Endrick
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73'S. Kango T. Tessmann
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74'S. Kango T. Tessmann
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84'Lilian Raolisoa Yellow Card
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86'F. Hanin L. Raolisoa
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89'P. Capelle Y. Belkhdim
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89'L. Mouton A. Sbai
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90'L. Mouton A. Sbai
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90'P. Capelle Y. Belkhdim
Stats for this game
Matchup Angers VS Lyon
Lyon’s edge is clear in the scorelines
Lyon won 3–0 at the Stade Raymond Kopa on 7 December 2024, a result that reflected the gap in established status between the clubs. Lyon then beat Angers 1–0 at Groupama Stadium on 19 September 2025. The smaller margin in the second match does not erase Lyon’s advantage; it shows instead that the same hierarchy can produce different levels of separation. These dated results provide evidence for Lyon as the reference side without turning the matchup into a foregone conclusion.
Angers supplied a disciplined counterpoint
Angers held Lyon to a 0–0 draw at the Stade Raymond Kopa on 5 April 2026. The Ligue 1 report describes an organised home defence that limited Lyon’s territorial and possession advantage to few clear chances. That account gives the challenger a concrete route: make the game compact, protect the central spaces and keep the stronger side from converting control into a goal. Lyon still carry the clearer status edge, but Angers have shown that the gap can be managed on their ground. A future meeting will be interesting if Lyon find a way through that resistance or Angers again turn patience into a result.