Oct 2nd features a match where Olympique Lyonnais and Lens will play a match in Lens in a clash of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Lens sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Nantes. Nantes had 12 on net, and Lens had 8, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Lens should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 6th placed Olympique Lyonnais is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Paris Saint Germain. Lionel Messi struck first for Paris Saint Germain in the 5th minute on a feed from Neymar, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Olympique Lyonnais couldn’t manage to score, and Paris Saint Germain took the shutout win. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Olympique Lyonnais won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Olympique Lyonnais is glad to have Karl Toko Ekambi in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Lens’s most prolific scorer has been Loïs Openda. The attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Franck Haise’s squad will be without Gradit, Wuilker Faríñez and Adrien Louveau, while Olympique Lyonnais will be without Julian Pollersbeck.