Lens vs Lyon: preview, form, head-to-head and how to watch

Match overview

On Friday, 9 October 2026, Lens welcome Lyon for a Ligue 1 fixture set to start at 18:45 UTC.

The venue for the game is Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens. All times on this page are shown in UTC; the match page converts the kick-off to your local time zone.

Where the teams stand

In the latest standings Lens are 15th with 4 points from 5 matches, while Lyon are 2nd with 11 points from 5 matches. That leaves Lens 7 points behind Lyon.

Lens have scored 9 goals and conceded 9 goals in the league, a goal difference of 0. Lyon currently sit in the Champions League places. Lyon have scored 10 goals and conceded 2 goals in the league, a goal difference of +8.

Recent form

Over their last 5 games Lens have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. They scored 8 goals and let in 7 goals (L-W-D-L-W).

Over their last 5 games Lyon have 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. They scored 10 goals and let in 3 goals (D-W-D-W-W). Lyon are unbeaten in 5 matches.

Lyon arrive in better form, taking 11 of a possible 15 points from their recent matches, compared with 7 for Lens.

Head-to-head

Across 2 meetings in our records, the tally is 1 win for Lens, 0 wins for Lyon and 1 draw. The most recent meeting came on Sunday, 17 May 2026: Lyon 0-4 Lens.

Across 2 meetings, the sides have produced 8 goals, an average of 4 per game.

Key numbers to watch

In their recent matches Lens averaged 1.6 goals scored and 1.4 conceded per game, while Lyon averaged 2 scored and 0.6 conceded.

Lyon have the sharper recent attack, averaging 2 goals per game over their last 5 matches. Lyon have been harder to score against, conceding 0.6 goals per game over the same spell.

How to watch

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