Lens vs. Lyon - prediction, team news, lineups

Lyon could ascent to the apical of the Ligue 1 array with a favourable effect connected Friday arsenic they question to Lens for matchday six's enactment astatine Stade Bollaert-Delelis.  

Paulo Fonseca's broadside are 2 points down table-topping Monaco aft 5 rounds, and earning a 4th league triumph for the unbeaten Kids would spot them overtake the squad from the Principality, who look Toulouse connected Saturday.

Match preview

Lyon mightiness person been disappointed with the timing of the planetary break, having conscionable secured a 4-0 triumph implicit Rennes astatine the Groupama Stadium.  

Corentin Tolisso and Ernest Nuamah were the cardinal figures successful that triumph, with the erstwhile Bayern Munich prima scoring and assisting another, portion Nuamah netted doubly successful the deserved win.  

That triumph near Fonseca's squad conscionable 2 points down aboriginal leaders Monaco, who claimed a hard-fought 2-1 triumph implicit Lens, but Les Gones could present leapfrog the broadside managed by Filipe Luis.  

Maximum points would bash the occupation for second-placed Lyon, and their results distant from home, albeit from a constricted illustration of 2 matches, amusement wherefore they ought to beryllium confident.  

Having not conceded successful trips to Toulouse and Paris FC, the Kids person earned 4 points from a imaginable six, lasting them successful bully stead earlier Friday's brushwood with an hostile they person beaten conscionable doubly successful the past 10 meetings crossed each competitions.  

Importantly, 1 of those 2 victories occurred successful past season's corresponding fixture, which saw Lens endure a 1-0 defeat.  

The Blood and Gold volition anticipation for a antithetic effect nether caller brag Yannick Cahuzac, who makes his location bow this play aft enduring a constrictive 2-1 nonaccomplishment successful his opening lucifer pursuing his mid-September appointment.

Lens fans volition surely beryllium keen to witnesser a turnaround aft a sluggish commencement to their 2026-27 play that presently places them 15th successful the standings, having gathered a meagre 4 points from an disposable 15.  

Their existent predicament is simply a acold outcry from the squad that finished the 2025-26 play successful 2nd place, lone six points down champions Paris Saint-Germain successful the last table.  

Les Sang et Or's nonaccomplishment to summation immoderate momentum is emphasised by their ongoing four-match winless streak successful Ligue 1, losing 3 of those fixtures since their opening-day 5-2 thrashing of 10-man Auxerre.  

This concern should delight the travelling supporters, who volition anticipation their players tin capitalise connected an unrecognisable location side, whose commencement to the play has borne small resemblance to the squad that threatened to dethrone PSG successful the 25-26 campaign.

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Team News

Maik Nawrocki and Abdallah Sima are ruled retired this play owed to genu and musculus injuries respectively, portion the Lens aesculapian squad volition measure Jhoanner Chavez (thigh) and Samson Baidoo (knee).  

Florian Thauvin has efficaciously picked up wherever helium near disconnected past season, scoring 3 times truthful acold this term; however, 12-goal guardant Odsonne Edouard has yet to find the nett for the 2026-27 campaign, importantly hampering the Blood and Gold.  

Tolisso's extremity earlier the planetary interruption marked his archetypal of the season, and past season's joint-leading scorer (11 goals) aims to physique connected his 3 extremity contributions for Lyon.  

Nuamah leads the mode with 4 goals, having scored 3 times and provided 1 assist, level with attacking right-back Zachary Athekame, who has netted doubly and assisted arsenic galore up of this weekend's travel to Lens.  

Moussa Niakhate's hamstring wounded sustained during planetary work is simply a stroke for Lyon, who could besides beryllium without Nicolas Tagliafico for matchday six's sojourn to Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Lens imaginable starting lineup:

Risser; Gradit, Ganiou, Todibo; Aguilar, Cuisance, Haidara, Udol; Thauvin, Ivanovic; Edouard

Lyon imaginable starting lineup:

Greif; Athekame, Bacher, Kluivert, Vinicius; Bidstrup, Morton; Nuamah, Sulc, Tolisso; Openda

We say: Lens 1-2 Lyon

Though Lens volition beryllium keen to respond successful beforehand of their passionate location supporters and extremity their mediocre tally of form, their ongoing struggles successful the last 3rd suggest a challenging evening awaits.  

With Nuamah and Tolisso successful good signifier and Athekame providing a wide menace connected the overlap, Fonseca's unbeaten broadside should person acold excessively overmuch attacking prime to falter and should unafraid a captious distant triumph to ascend to the acme of Ligue 1.

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