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Ligue 1 · Matchweek 6

Lens

RCL

2–1Full time

Lyon

OL

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

51%Possession48%
29%Territory40%
12%From set plays24%
0.09Chance quality0.13
4.8%Directness2.8%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Lens, 3 for Lyon. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 20 of 81 matches, not the full season.