Lens vs Lyon

Lens have lost for the first time against Lyon at home since a 2-0 defeat on 17 January 2015 in Ligue 1. RCL had previously not lost any of their previous five such league encounters against OL (W2 D3).

Lyon have won 16 opening games of a Ligue 1 season in the 21st century (D5 L4), more than any other team in this period (Monaco second at 13 before facing Le Havre).

Lens have lost seven of their 11 Ligue 1 home games in 2025 (W4), losing more such encounters in a same calendar year in the top-flight only in 1950 and 1988 (8 each time).

Lens have won four of their last six matches against Lyon in Ligue 1 (D1 L1), more than in their first 25 games against OL in the top-flight in the 21st century (W3 D7 L15).

This will be the 50th Lens’ home game against Lyon in Ligue 1 (W25 D12 L12). RCL have not lost any of their five home matches against OL since their return to the top-flight in 2020 (W2 D3).

Lens have won just three of their last 14 opening matches of a Ligue 1 season (D4 L7) but have won two of the three most recent (v Brest in 2022-23 and Angers in 2024-25).

Lyon have finished off the podium in the last six Ligue 1 seasons (7th in 2019-20, 4th in 2020-21, 8th in 2021-22, 7th in 2022-23, 6th in 2023-24 and 2024-25), as many times as in the previous 25. Among the seven teams on the podium over this period, Lyon have picked up more points than three of them (Rennes, Lens and Brest).

Lens gained only 44% of their points in Ligue 1 2024-25 during their home games (23/52), the lowest percentage in a season for RCL in the top-flight. RCL lost as many home games last season as in the previous three combined (8).