29 October 2021, 17:22 | 28 August 2021, 15:29
This Ligue 1 fixture between Olympique Lyon and RC Lens kicks off at 20:00 (GMT+1) on Saturday, October 30 at the Groupama Stadium. Both sides have met 40 times in the past, with the count starting from the 1993-94 Ligue 1 season.
Preview Olympique Lyonnais Ligue 1, Oct 30, 2021
Preview Ten-men Lyon picked up a disappointing 3-2 defeat to OGC Nice on the road last weekend, in what became their first loss in five games: WDDWL. Lyon’s Karl Toko Ekambi (35’) put the visitors ahead after tucking away the rebound from his initial attempt, ten minutes before both sides left the fans behind for the interval. Eight minutes after the hour, Houssem Aouar (68') doubled the lead for Lyon. But the opposition came up with a late answer, finding their way back through goals from Youcef Atal (80') and Andy Delort (89’ P.). Between the goals, a two-footed lunge from Tino Kadewere (R. 85’) had Lyon reduced to 10-men. Right at the death, Evann Guessand (90'+2) grabbed a late winner for Nice to condemn the seven-time Ligue 1 title winners, Lyon, to their third defeat of the season: 4W, 4D, & 3L. With 16 points after eleven games, Lyon remains in 9th place. The club hasn’t been doing badly on the numbers in front of goal. However, Lyon's average of 1.64 goals scored per game comes up short of Lens’ 1.82 g.s.p.g. The club has 18 goals after eleven Ligue appearances. At their end, they have conceded 16 goals (1.45 g.c.p.g), and thus have a goal difference of +2. Following the absence of a more suitable option, Lucas Paqueta continued in the role of a false 9 at the top of Bosz’s 4—2—3—1 formation in the game against Nice. The Brazilian is expected to be in attack once again on Saturday, with Moussa Dembele and Lenny Pintor in doubt. Paqueta has 4 goals and 2 assists so far in the current campaign. Tino Kadewere is suspended for this game.
Preview Lens Ligue 1, Oct 30, 2021
Preview Franck Haise continues his remarkable job with Lens, who sit comfortably in 2nd place following a 4-1 win over FC Metz last Sunday. Lens has picked up 21 points from 6W, 3D, & 2L, leaving them seven points behind first-placed PSG. With three victories in the last five games: LWWLW, Sang et Or aim to add one more when they take on Lyon. As expected, Lens are doing much better than Lyon in all parameters of measure on the pitch. Franck Haise will look to overtake PSG, who have a difficult game against Lille on Friday, at the top of the table. A 3—4—2—1 formation with Arnaud Kalimuendo in attack is expected when Lens make their next appearance against Lyon this Saturday.