---
title: "Lens host Lyon in Ligue 1 matchday six"
url: "https://riyadaty.com/en/news/lens-host-lyon-in-ligue-1-matchday-six"
language: "en"
description: "Lens face Lyon next Friday evening in matchday six of Ligue 1, a clash between a side with inconsistent results and another leading the overall standings."
---

# Lens host Lyon in Ligue 1 matchday six

Lens face Lyon next Friday evening in matchday six of Ligue 1, a clash between a side with inconsistent results and another leading the overall standings.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 8 October 2026، 09:46 ، updated 22:20 Saudi time

![Lens host Lyon in Ligue 1 matchday six](https://riyadaty.com/img/blog-1200.jpg/covers/3adbc8b1b533e0586198c3b224242f83e4528797.webp)

Lens host Lyon in Ligue 1 matchday six

[Lens](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/lens-277) will host [Lyon](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/lyon-273) on 2026-10-09 at 21:45 Damascus time, in matchday six of the [Ligue 1](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/ligue-1-19) football competition for the 2026/27 season.

Lyon sit second in the table with 11 points from five matches, having recorded 3 wins and 2 draws without any defeat, scoring 10 goals and conceding just two. In contrast, Lens are in fifteenth place with only 4 points from five matches, after one win, one draw and three defeats, scoring 9 goals and conceding 9 goals.

Regarding the hosts recent form, Lens lost away to Monaco 1-2, drew away with Le Mans 2-2, won away against Slavia Prague 3-2, and lost at home to Lorient 0-1.

Lyon, meanwhile, delivered better performances in their recent matches, winning at home against Rennes 4-0, winning away against Anderlecht 2-1, drawing away with Paris FC 0-0, and beating Auxerre at home 3-1.

Lens will be missing the services of Saud Abdulhamid, Baidoo, J. Chavez, Mike Nawrocki, Yassine Titraoui, Amadou Haidara and Abdoulaye Dibo Siema in this match, with the majority of these absences due to injury.

In contrast, Lyon will be without Julien Deranville, Nicolas Alejandro Tagliafico and Moussa Niakhate due to injury, in addition to Remy Stephane Himbert for another reason.

[All stories by Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) · [Editorial policy](https://riyadaty.com/en/editorial-policy)

## Sign in to join the conversation

Comment, reply to other readers and like what you agree with.

[Sign in](https://riyadaty.com/en/login?redirect=%2Fen%2Fnews%2Flens-host-lyon-in-ligue-1-matchday-six%23comments) [Create account](https://riyadaty.com/en/register)

No comments yet. Be the first.