VS
Lyon vs Lens is a French matchup with a balance that has shifted without becoming settled. Lens have produced the clearer victories in the 2023–24 sequence, while Lyon remain capable of making the contest compact and difficult to separate. The fixture stays interesting because a future meeting can test whether Lens’s edge travels or Lyon restore the tighter version of the rivalry.
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Lyon
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40G
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77F
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33D
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11F
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37F
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44M
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3D
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99M
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39M
Lens Substitutes
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G
40
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M
28
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D
14
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D
25
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D
2
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F
19
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M
18
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F
38
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M
41
Match events
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5'Malang Sarr Yellow Card
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20'⚽W. Said Normal Goal (Asst: K. Antonio)
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27'Saud Abdulhamid Yellow Card
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32'⚽W. Said Normal Goal (Asst: A. Haidara)
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39'I. Ganiou K. Antonio
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45'⚽F. Sotoca Normal Goal (Asst: F. Thauvin)
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46'R. Yaremchuk R. Kluivert
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46'H. Hateboer A. Maitland-Niles
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46'M. Udol M. Sarr
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46'R. Aguilar S. Abdulhamid
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53'⚽F. Thauvin Normal Goal (Asst: A. Bulatovic)
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61'A. Thomasson A. Haidara
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61'A. Sima F. Thauvin
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63'Pavel Šulc Yellow Card
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71'M. Fofana Endrick
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71'E. Nuamah O. Mangala
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73'Ruben Aguilar Yellow Card
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83'Nidal Čelik Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Lyon VS Lens
Lens have set the sharper edge
Lens won 3–2 at home against Lyon in December 2023, then followed with a 3–0 away win in March 2024. Those fixed results give Lens a visible advantage in the sequence, especially because the larger margin came at Lyon. The scorelines show how quickly the balance can open, but they do not prove that every meeting will follow the same script.
Lyon can pull the contest back
A 0–0 draw at Lens in September 2024 supplies the counterpoint: the matchup can also become a controlled, low-margin exchange. Earlier results include draws and narrow wins, so the profile is wider than Lens’s two victories alone. Lyon’s route is to keep the game within one moment; Lens’s is to turn pressure into separation. That balance persists. A future meeting will ask which version appears, with venue and the first decisive action likely to shape the answer.
Past head to head stats
Lyon VS Lens
Balance Wins - Draws - Losses over time
Points per match over time
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 10 games
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 19 games
Lyon VS Lens
Head-to-Head History
Previous games Lyon
Previous games Lens
Upcoming games Lyon
Paris Saint Germain
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Upcoming games Lens
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