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Lens v Lyon

45%Lens
27%Draw
28%Lyon

Lens, just.

Tested

Lens win about 45 times in 100. The other 55: a draw (27) or a Lyon win (28).

Forecast by Vesta, published Saturday 3 October 2026, 18:40 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals60%
Both teams score64%
Expected goals1.7 v 1.3
Most likely score1-113% chance

Likely line-ups

Our estimate from recent matches; the confirmed ones replace it about an hour before kickoff
Lens6-2-1-14-2-3-1Lyon

Players to watch

Model estimate

Each player's chance to score and to assist, from Vesta's expected goals for his team, his expected goals and goals per 90 minutes, and the minutes he is likely to play (the likely line-ups above).

Numbers to expect

Forecast by Vesta

What each side should make in this match, forecast by Vesta from both teams' recent numbers and the match forecast.

Shots16.210.0
Shots on target5.34.1
Corners5.83.7
Fouls12.712.1
Yellow cards1.91.9

What's at stake

Model estimate

The chance of each team finishing first, in the top four or in the bottom three: today, and in the simulated seasons where this match ends in each result.

What Lens v Lyon changes for both teams
Team and chanceNowLens winDrawLyon win
Lens
Title2%3%1%1%
Top 437%44%34%26%
Lyon
Title6%4%6%10%
Top 460%52%60%72%

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals96%
2 or more goals83%
3 or more goals60%
4 or more goals37%
5 or more goals19%

Exactly

0 goals4%
1 goal13%
2 goals23%
3 goals23%
4 goals18%
5 goals10%
6 or more goals8%

Goals by team

Tested
Lens: 1 or more84%
Lens: 2 or more52%
Lens: 3 or more24%
Lyon: 1 or more76%
Lyon: 2 or more39%
Lyon: 3 or more14%
Both teams score64%
At least one team does not score36%

Winning margin

Tested
Lens by 3 or more10%
Lens by 214%
Lens by 122%
Draw26%
Lyon by 116%
Lyon by 28%
Lyon by 3 or more4%

Result combinations

Tested
Lens win or draw72%
Either team wins (no draw)74%
Lyon win or draw55%

Clean sheets

Tested
Lens keep a clean sheet24%
Lyon keep a clean sheet16%
Lens win without conceding20%
Lyon win without conceding12%
No goals at all4%

The first goal

Model estimate
Lens score first54%
Lyon score first41%
No goals4%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1535%
Minutes 16-3023%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-756%
Minutes 76-90+5%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Lens goals down, Lyon goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
04.55.53.91.70.50.1
17.312.67.53.21.00.2
26.79.97.42.80.90.2
33.75.53.71.80.50.1
41.52.21.50.60.2·
50.50.70.50.20.1·

Halves

Tested
A goal in the first half75%
A goal in the second half83%
Lens ahead at half-time36%
Level at half-time39%
Lyon ahead at half-time25%
Lens win the second half38%
Second half level34%
Lyon win the second half28%
More goals in the first half31%
More goals in the second half45%
Same goals in both halves24%

Half-time and full-time

Tested
Lens ahead at half-time, Lens win28%
Level at half-time, Lens win15%
Lyon ahead at half-time, Lens win3%
Lens ahead at half-time, draw6%
Level at half-time, draw14%
Lyon ahead at half-time, draw6%
Lens ahead at half-time, Lyon win2%
Level at half-time, Lyon win10%
Lyon ahead at half-time, Lyon win16%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
LensLyon

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works

Every player's chances

Model estimate

Everyone likely to play, by chance to score. Minutes: what we expect him to play; shots: how many he should take.

Lens
Lens: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Florian Thauvin9033%6%21%47%2.4
Abdallah Sima7826%4%11%34%2.5
Odsonne Edouard bench2312%<1%2%15%0.7
Michaël Cuisance6311%<1%5%16%1.0
Franjo Ivanovic bench3710%<1%4%14%0.7
Matthieu Udol779%<1%16%24%1.1
Thorgan Hazard bench307%<1%3%10%0.6
Pierre Ganiou526%<1%2%8%0.5
Amadou Haidara bench396%<1%4%10%0.5
Yacine Titraoui485%<1%4%9%0.6
Mezian Soares bench214%<1%2%6%0.4
Ruben Aguilar553%<1%7%10%0.4
Andrija Bulatovic bench313%<1%7%11%0.5
Michal Skóras542%<1%9%11%0.3
Souleymane Sagnan492%<1%2%4%0.3
Kyllian Antonio542%<1%4%6%0.3
Maik Nawrocki bench312%<1%1%3%0.2
Saud Abdulhamid bench132%<1%2%3%0.1
Junior Kadile bench14<1%<1%1%2%0.1
Jonathan Gradit bench20<1%<1%<1%1%0.1
Jean-Clair Todibo bench16<1%<1%<1%1%0.0
Robin Risser90<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Lyon
Lyon: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Loïs Openda6720%2%7%25%1.7
Corentin Tolisso7618%2%12%28%1.1
Ernest Nuamah6316%1%10%24%1.2
Pavel Sulc5314%<1%10%22%0.8
Kail Boudache bench3711%<1%2%13%0.7
Zachary Athekame908%<1%13%20%0.7
Mads Bidstrup796%<1%6%11%0.7
Felix Bacher905%<1%3%8%0.5
Tyler Morton744%<1%5%9%0.5
Rémi Himbert bench134%<1%1%5%0.3
Abner563%<1%5%8%0.3
Julien Duranville bench133%<1%1%5%0.2
Noah Nartey bench213%<1%1%4%0.2
Malick Fofana bench112%<1%2%4%0.2
Mathys de Carvalho bench141%<1%1%2%0.2
Nicolás Tagliafico bench16<1%<1%2%3%0.1
Mohamed Ouédraogo bench18<1%<1%<1%2%0.1
Moussa Niakhate72<1%<1%3%3%0.1
Khalis Merah bench8<1%<1%1%2%0.0
Tanner Tessmann bench6<1%<1%<1%<1%0.1
Clinton Mata bench18<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Dominik Greif72<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Remy Descamps bench18<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0