Lyon Grab Crucial Win Ahead Of Acid Juventus Champions League Test

22nd February 2020

It was a first win for Lyon following two draws and two losses and moved them into sixth place in the table on 37 points.

Lyon's French midfielder Houssem Aouar (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the French L1 football match between Metz (FC Metz) and Lyon (OL) at Saint Symphorien stadium in Longeville-lès-Metz, eastern France, on February 21, 2020. PHOTO | AFP
Lyon's French midfielder Houssem Aouar (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the French L1 football match between Metz (FC Metz) and Lyon (OL) at Saint Symphorien stadium in Longeville-lès-Metz, eastern France, on February 21, 2020. PHOTO | AFP
SUMMARY
  • Five days out from facing Juventus in the Champions League last 16, Lyon clinched a morale-boosting 2-0 win at Metz on Friday in French Ligue 1
  • Metz, who went down to their second home defeat of the season, stay in 15th place with 28 points. 

PARIS, France- Five days out from facing Juventus in the Champions League last 16, Lyon clinched a morale-boosting 2-0 win at Metz on Friday in French Ligue 1. 


A penalty from Moussa Dembele in the eighth minute of injury time at the end of the first half and a goal from Houssem Aouar after three minutes of stoppage time in the second half gave Lyon the three points. 


It was a first win for Lyon following two draws and two losses and moved them into sixth place in the table on 37 points.


Lyon gave a debut to Brazilian winter transfer window recruit Bruno Guimaraes while Leo Dubois returned from a knee injury suffered in November. 


Metz, who went down to their second home defeat of the season, stay in 15th place with 28 points.