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Lyon will be looking to win their second Heineken Champions Cup game on Saturday when they travel to take on Benetton Rugby in Pool 1.
They won only their first match in Europe’s elite club competition last week, seeing off the Italian side with a 28-0 win at home.
Key facts
- Benetton and Lyon met for the first time in Round 3 with the TOP 14 side registering a 28-0 victory – their first win in the Heineken Champions Cup.
- Benetton have lost 34 of their last 36 Heineken Champions Cup games, with their only victories in that time coming against Ospreys in 2012/13 and in 2014/15.
- Lyon have lost their last nine away games in the Challenge Cup (L5) and Heineken Champions Cup (L4) combined.
- Lyon are aiming to win back-to-back European fixtures in the same campaign for the first time since 2014/15.
- Benetton have had three yellow cards to date this season, and only Northampton Saints (3) have as many.
- Only Gloucester (40) have conceded more penalties than Lyon (39) in the tournament this season.
Benetton goalkicker Ian Keatley and late try hero Marco Lazzaroni ©INPHO/Matteo Ciambelli
Benetton snatched their first win in Pool 1 of the Heineken Champions Cup after Marco Lazzaroni’s dramatic try edged them to a thrilling 25-22 win over Lyon in Treviso.
Lyon were moving towards their second victory in this season’s competition as they led 22-18 after a see-saw struggle but replacement Lazzaroni proved to be the unlikely hero as he finished off a neat move to score under the posts and Antonio Rizzi’s conversion eight minutes from time proved decisive.
#BENvLYO 72' [25-22] Metaaaaaaaaaaa di Lazzaroni!!! Trasformata da Rizzi! pic.twitter.com/nLPTNxoHaA
— Benetton Rugby 🦁 (@BenettonRugby) December 14, 2019
Winless Benetton had made a near perfect start as they notched two tries in the opening 14 minutes to build up a 12-0 lead.
Winger Leonard Sato went over first after a smart inside ball from Denaldt Duvenage before Australian winger Monty Ioane supported a break from Luca Morisi to sprint over and Ian Keatley converted.
Lyon finally got into gear and were ahead by half-time as first flanker Liam Kill plunged over from a driving maul and six minutes later former All Black centre Rudi Wulf showed his power to cross with fly-half Patricio Fernandez adding both conversions.
24' Essai pour le LOU Rugby ! Rudi, Rudi, Rudi… Wulf ! 😉 Le centre lyonnais perce la défense côté droit et file seul dans l'en-but. 12-12 #BENLOU #TEAMLOU #ChampionsCup pic.twitter.com/d4LaA5HFw6
— LOU Rugby (@LeLOURugby) December 14, 2019
Lyon centre Pierre-Louis Barassi looked to have settled it 15 minutes from time when he powered over wideout and the conversion give them a four-point buffer but the battling Italian outfit were not to be denied.
Benetton travel to Northampton next on Sunday, January 12 while Lyon visit Leinster on the same day.
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