Lens beat Lyon 2-1 despite playing with ten men in Ligue 1 matchday six

Lens secured an exciting 2-1 win over visiting Lyon in the match played on 9 October 2026 at 21:45 Damascus time, as part of matchday six of Ligue 1.

Florian Sotoca opened the scoring for Lens in the 36th minute, before Matthieu Udol added the second goal in the 76th minute to extend his side's lead.

The match saw Matthieu Udol sent off from Lens in the 84th minute, just minutes after scoring the second goal, leaving his team to finish the game with ten players.

Lyon managed to narrow the gap through Khalis Merah in the 85th minute, but time ran out for them to find an equaliser.

Statistically, Lens dominated the shot count with 15 compared to 12 for Lyon, and registered 7 shots on target against 5 for their visitors, while possession favoured Lyon at 52 per cent against 48 per cent for Lens. The expected goals rate stood at 1.41 for Lens compared with 0.91 for Lyon.

Both Lens and Lyon received one yellow card each, in addition to the red card shown to Udol.

With this result, Lyon sit second in the table with 11 points from 5 matches, having won 3, drawn 2 and lost none, scoring 10 goals and conceding just two. Lens, on the other hand, are bottom of the table in 15th place with 4 points from 5 matches, after one win, one draw and three defeats, scoring 9 goals and conceding 9 goals.