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Lyon Wins and Temporarily Tops Ligue 1 - Video

Lyon Wins and Temporarily Tops Ligue 1 - Video

The "Groupama Stadium" hosted the match between Olympique Lyon and their guest Strasbourg, as part of the twenty-fourth round of the Ligue 1 for the current 2020-2021 football season.

In this match, Olympique Lyon temporarily topped the Ligue 1 table after a significant victory over Strasbourg with three goals to none. The outstanding Dutch player Memphis Depay scored Lyon's first and third goals in the 20th and 68th minutes, raising his tally this season to 13 goals, placing him second in the scoring chart, two goals behind the leader, Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain. Depay has scored 66 goals with Olympique Lyon, matching Karim Benzema's record with the team before his transfer to Real Madrid.

Cameroonian striker Karl Toko Ekambi managed to score Lyon's second goal in the 30th minute, marking his 11th goal of the season. It is worth mentioning that this result elevates Olympique Lyon's points to 52, one point ahead of second-placed Lille, who will face Nantes tomorrow, Sunday. Meanwhile, Strasbourg remains at 25 points in the fifteenth position. Paris Saint-Germain occupies the third position in the Ligue 1 standings with 48 points, before visiting Olympique Marseille at the "Vélodrome" tomorrow in a key matchup of the round.

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