Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 6 January 2021

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 Lens

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 6 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 Lens: match report

Olympique Lyonnais defeated Lens 3-2 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 6 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Memphis Depay opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Memphis Depay (39'), an own goal by Steven Fortès (46') and Memphis Depay (52', penalty). Lens scored through Florian Sotoca (56') and C. Doucouré (89').

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 1 yellow card; Lens received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 1st on 36 points from 17 and Lens 7th on 27 points from 16. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Lens 7th with 57.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-3-3 and Lens in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Memphis Depay of Olympique Lyonnais (8.5), ahead of Cheick Doucouré (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 0 draws and 2 for Lens.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Memphis DepayOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Houssem AouarOlympique Lyonnais
  • 46'Own goal · Steven FortèsOlympique Lyonnais · 2-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Jean-Louis LecaLens
  • 52'Penalty goal · Memphis DepayOlympique Lyonnais · 3-0
  • 56'Goal · Florian SotocaLens · 3-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Loïc BadéLens
  • 89'Goal · C. DoucouréLens · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 8, draws 0, Lens 2.

Team news

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Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-3-3)

Anthony Lopes, Léo Dubois, Sinaly Diomandé, Jason Denayer, Mattia De Sciglio, Lucas Paquetá, Thiago Mendes, Houssem Aouar, Tino Kadewere, Memphis Depay, Maxwel Cornet

Lens line-up (3-4-1-2)

Jean-Louis Leca, Jonathan Gradit, Loïc Badé, Steven Fortes, Jonathan Clauss, Cheick Doucouré, Seko Fofana, Ismaël Boura, Gaël Kakuta, Florian Sotoca, Ignatius Ganago