Lyon Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027

Lyon Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Lyon are averaging 6.2 shots on target per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 10.4 total SOT on average. That puts them 2nd of 18 for team SOT per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Palace, and a full match-by-match log.

Lyon Shots on Target Questions

Which Lyon players hit the most shots on target?

Loïs Openda leads with 12 shots on target across 9 qualifying appearances (1.33/g, 78% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every Lyon player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does Lyon's SOT profile look this season?

Lyon are averaging 6.2 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 4.2 for a match-total of 10.4. That ranks 2nd of 18 for team SOT in their primary competition. They take 14.1 shots per game and create 10.9 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Palace, the page weights each Lyon attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

Lyon take 14.1 shots per game and put 6.2 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Lyon fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

Lyon are currently converting 29% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

Lyon player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Keito Nakamura	attacker	2	3	1.5	100%
Loïs Openda	attacker	9	12	1.33	78%
Malick Fofana	attacker	5	9	1.8	60%
Corentin Tolisso	midfielder	9	8	0.89	56%
Ernest Nuamah	attacker	8	7	0.88	50%
Noah Nartey	midfielder	4	2	0.5	50%
Mohamed Ouédraogo	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
Felix Bacher	defender	7	3	0.43	43%
Kaïl Boudache	attacker	5	3	0.6	40%
Pavel Sulc	midfielder	6	2	0.33	33%
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
Tyler Morton	midfielder	10	4	0.4	30%
Zachary Athekame	defender	7	2	0.29	29%
Tanner Tessmann	midfielder	4	1	0.25	25%
Dominik Greif	goalkeeper	8	0	0	0%
Moussa Niakhaté	defender	8	0	0	0%
Abner	defender	7	0	0	0%
Mads Bidstrup	midfielder	6	0	0	0%
Ruben Kluivert	defender	5	0	0	0%
Khalis Merah	midfielder	2	0	0	0%
Nicolás Tagliafico	defender	2	0	0	0%
Clinton Mata	defender	2	0	0	0%
Rémy Descamps	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%
Julien Duranville	attacker	1	0	0	0%
M. de Carvalho	midfielder	1	0	0	0%

Lyon shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
9 Oct 2026	Ligue 1	Lens	Away	2-1	5	7	12	Pavel Sulc (1)
19 Sep 2026	Ligue 1	Rennes	Home	4-0	9	4	13	Ernest Nuamah (4)
16 Sep 2026	Europa League	Anderlecht	Away	1-2	10	5	15	Loïs Openda (3)
12 Sep 2026	Ligue 1	Paris	Away	0-0	1	4	5	Felix Bacher (1)
4 Sep 2026	Ligue 1	Auxerre	Home	3-1	7	3	10	Loïs Openda (3)
29 Aug 2026	Ligue 1	Le Havre	Home	1-1	5	4	9	Corentin Tolisso (2)
26 Aug 2026	Champions League	Fenerbahçe	Home	1-2	6	7	13	Malick Fofana (4)
22 Aug 2026	Ligue 1	Toulouse	Away	0-2	3	2	5	Malick Fofana (1)
18 Aug 2026	Champions League	Fenerbahçe	Away	1-1	5	5	10	Corentin Tolisso (2)
11 Aug 2026	Champions League	Sparta Praha	Home	3-0	11	1	12	Malick Fofana (4)

Lyon shots on target 2026/2027: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 6.2
Shots on target against per game: 4.2
Match total shots on target per game: 10.4
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 13 of 18

Lyon Shots on target for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	7.6	100%	100%	100%	80%	60%
Away	5	4.8	80%	60%	60%	20%	20%
Overall	10	6.2	90%	80%	80%	50%	40%

Lyon Shots on target against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	3.8	80%	60%	20%	20%	20%
Away	5	4.6	80%	80%	60%	20%	20%
Overall	10	4.2	80%	70%	40%	20%	20%

Lyon Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	5	11.4	100%	100%	100%	80%	60%
Away	5	9.4	60%	60%	60%	60%	40%
Overall	10	10.4	80%	80%	80%	70%	50%

Lyon Team shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	6.2	7.6	4.8
Total shots / match	14.1	17.4	10.8
Share of shots on target	44%	44%	44%
Goals per shot on target	29%	32%	25%
Shots on target per goal	3.4	3.2	4
Shots on target over 2.5	90%	100%	80%
Shots on target over 3.5	80%	100%	60%
Shots on target over 4.5	80%	100%	60%
Shots on target over 5.5	50%	80%	20%
Shots on target over 6.5	40%	60%	20%

Lyon Shots on target against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	4.2	3.8	4.6
Shots on target against over 2.5	80%	80%	80%
Shots on target against over 3.5	70%	60%	80%
Shots on target against over 4.5	40%	20%	60%
Shots on target against over 5.5	20%	20%	20%
Shots on target against over 6.5	20%	20%	20%

Lyon Match shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	10.4	11.4	9.4
Match shots on target over 6.5	80%	100%	60%
Match shots on target over 7.5	80%	100%	60%
Match shots on target over 8.5	80%	100%	60%
Match shots on target over 9.5	70%	80%	60%
Match shots on target over 10.5	50%	60%	40%

Lyon 1st-half shots on target for 2026/2027 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	1	4	100%	100%	100%
Away	2	1	50%	0%	0%
Overall	3	2	67%	33%	33%

Lyon 1st-half shots on target against 2026/2027 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	1	0	0%	0%	0%
Away	2	2	100%	0%	0%
Overall	3	1.33	67%	0%	0%

Lyon 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	1	4	100%	100%	0%	0%
Away	2	3	50%	50%	0%	0%
Overall	3	3.33	67%	67%	0%	0%

Lyon shots on target match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
9 Oct	Ligue 1	Lens (A)	2-1	5	7	12	-
19 Sep	Ligue 1	Rennes (H)	4-0	9	4	13	-
16 Sep	Europa League	Anderlecht (A)	1-2	10	5	15	-
12 Sep	Ligue 1	Paris (A)	0-0	1	4	5	-
4 Sep	Ligue 1	Auxerre (H)	3-1	7	3	10	-
29 Aug	Ligue 1	Le Havre (H)	1-1	5	4	9	-
26 Aug	Champions League	Fenerbahçe (H)	1-2	6	7	13	-
22 Aug	Ligue 1	Toulouse (A)	0-2	3	2	5	2
18 Aug	Champions League	Fenerbahçe (A)	1-1	5	5	10	4
11 Aug	Champions League	Sparta Praha (H)	3-0	11	1	12	4

Ligue 1 shots on target table 2026/2027: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Lens	6	6.5	5	11.5	100%
2	Rennes	6	6.17	5.33	11.5	67%
3	Auxerre	6	5	6.33	11.33	83%
4	Paris Saint Germain	6	7.33	3.33	10.67	67%
5	Strasbourg	6	4.5	6.17	10.67	67%
6	Brest	6	6.33	4.17	10.5	83%
7	Le Mans	6	4.67	5.5	10.17	83%
8	Olympique Marseille	6	4.33	5.67	10	67%
9	Toulouse	6	4.5	5	9.5	50%
10	LOSC Lille	6	5.5	3.83	9.33	50%
11	Angers SCO	6	3	6.33	9.33	50%
12	Le Havre	6	4.5	4.67	9.17	67%
13	Olympique Lyonnais	6	5	4	9	67%
14	Monaco	6	4.5	4.33	8.83	50%
15	Nice	6	3.5	4.5	8	50%
16	Troyes	6	2.83	5	7.83	17%
17	Paris	6	4.33	3	7.33	17%
18	Lorient	6	3.5	3.83	7.33	33%

Lyon shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	12	4.5	4.42	8.92	42%
Vs top half	18	4.5	4.61	9.11	56%
Vs bottom half	22	4.91	3.36	8.27	41%
Vs bottom six	15	5.4	3.07	8.47	47%

Lyon shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Ligue 1	2026/2027	6	5	4	9	67%
Champions League	2026/2027	4	6.5	4	10.5	75%
Europa League	2026/2027	1	10	5	15	100%
Ligue 1	2025/2026	34	4.68	3.91	8.59	44%
Europa League	2025/2026	10	5.2	3.4	8.6	70%
Ligue 1	2024/2025	34	5.47	5.09	10.56	74%
Europa League	2024/2025	12	7	5	12	92%

Lyon next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Thu 15 Oct 16:45	Palace (home)	9.4	4.2	5.2	8.67	4.33	4.33
Sun 18 Oct 18:45	Nice (home)	8	3.5	4.5	9.5	4	5.5
Thu 22 Oct 19:00	Hoffenheim (away)	9.5	5.1	4.4	10.2	6.2	4

Lyon players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Loïs Openda	attacker	8	10	80%
2	Corentin Tolisso	midfielder	7	11	64%
3	Ernest Nuamah	attacker	5	9	56%
4	Malick Fofana	attacker	4	6	67%
5	Felix Bacher	defender	3	7	43%

Lyon players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Loïs Openda	attacker	3	10	30%
2	Corentin Tolisso	midfielder	3	11	27%
3	Malick Fofana	attacker	2	6	33%
4	Keito Nakamura	attacker	1	4	25%
5	Ernest Nuamah	attacker	1	9	11%

Lyon players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Malick Fofana	attacker	2	6	33%
2	Loïs Openda	attacker	2	10	20%
3	Ernest Nuamah	attacker	1	9	11%

Palace shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
11 Oct	Premier League	Forest (H)	3-1	7	6	13	-
20 Sep	Premier League	Leeds (A)	0-0	4	2	6	-
17 Sep	Europa League	Lech Poznań (H)	4-0	6	6	12	-
12 Sep	Premier League	Ipswich (H)	2-3	4	6	10	-
8 Sep	Carabao Cup	M'Boro (H)	3-0	5	4	9	-
5 Sep	Premier League	Fulham (A)	2-3	5	6	11	-
28 Aug	Premier League	Man City (H)	1-4	1	9	10	-
22 Aug	Premier League	Everton (A)	2-0	4	5	9	4
27 May	Europa Conference League	Rayo (H)	1-0	3	1	4	-
24 May	Premier League	Arsenal (H)	1-2	3	7	10	5