Lyon

How Lyon play under each referee

Every Lyon game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample Lyon are 73-26-46 (50.3%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Eric Wattellier has the most Lyon games in this sample (16).

Updated Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 a.m.·2021-2026 (2022-04-03 – 2026-04-19)

Lyon record: 73-26-46 (50.3%)

Qualified refs in this table account for 95 of 145 team matches (66%) in this sample. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Eric Wattellier
-0.3 pts vs team-0.3
Francois Letexier
-0.3 pts vs team+0.9
Benoit Bastien
-3.6 pts vs team-0.2
Thomas Leonard
-4.8 pts vs team+1.7
Jerome Brisard
-11.8 pts vs team-2.1
Jeremy Stinat
-20.3 pts vs team-2.7
Clément Turpin
-25.3 pts vs team+0.8
Ruddy Buquet
-25.3 pts vs team-0.4

Close-match proxy

How Lyon compares in one-goal matches vs the full sample. Based on verified match results.

Close games (≤1 goal margin)

96 of 145 games match this window

Avg combined goals
Close-match avg
2.6
Season avg
3
Pressure impact
-0.4
Avg cards
Close-match avg
24.7
Season avg
24.3
Pressure impact
+0.4
Over rate
Close-match avg
22.9%
Season avg
35.2%
Pressure impact
-12.3 pp

Over benchmark: 3 combined goals · Seasons: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 145 total games in sample

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Lyon games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: Lyon went 73-26-46 (50.3%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than Lyon.

Scores, fouls, cards, and referee assignments from ESPN (1364 games, 132 with sportsbook totals). Referee coverage only where ESPN lists gameInfo.officials (2021-22 onward); games without referee names are excluded entirely. football-data.co.uk I1 CSVs lack a Referee column and are not used. Matrix: 372/518 ref×team pairs with 3+ games. 314 games skipped (no official listed).