French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, May 21, 2023
Lens LWWWW 3
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Lorient LLWWD 1
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RCL213
LOR101
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Match Report

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Lens close in on Champions League spot with Lorient win

Lens took a huge step towards securing an automatic spot in the Champions League group stage when they claimed a 3-1 comeback win at Lorient in Ligue 1 on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
4
52.9
Possession
47.1
15
SHOTS
13
7
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
457
Accurate Passes
402
510
Passes
460
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
19
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.2
35
Long Balls
37
20
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
4
Interceptions
9
13
Effective Clearances
18
13
Clearances
18

Head to Head

RCL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LOR · 3-4-2-1

  1. 38Yvon MvogoG
  2. 3Montassar TalbiCD
  3. 25Vincent Le GoffCD-L
  4. 18Bamo MeïtéCD-R
  5. 19Laurent AbergelCM-L
  6. 8Innocent BonkeCM-R
  7. 12Darlin YongwaLM
  8. 24Gédéon KaluluRM
  9. 9Ibrahima KonéF
  10. 80Enzo Le FéeCF-L
  11. 14Romain FaivreCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 44Ayman KariSUB
  2. 22Yoann CathlineSUB
  3. 29Ckene DoucouréSUB
  4. 21Julien PonceauSUB
  5. 17Jean-Victor MakengoSUB
  6. 37Théo Le BrisSUB
  7. 15Julien LaporteSUB
  8. 11Bamba DiengSUB
  9. 23Julian PollersbeckSUB

RCL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 30Brice SambaG
  2. 6Jean OnanaCD
  3. 14Facundo MedinaCD-L
  4. 24Jonathan GraditCD-R
  5. 8Seko FofanaCM-L
  6. 26Salis Abdul SamedCM-R
  7. 3Deiver MachadoLM
  8. 29Przemyslaw FrankowskiRM
  9. 11Loïs OpendaF
  10. 28Adrien ThomassonCF-L
  11. 7Florian SotocaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Jean-Louis LecaSUB
  2. 18Alexis Claude-MauriceSUB
  3. 10David Da CostaSUB
  4. 13Lukasz PorebaSUB
  5. 23Ismael BouraSUB
  6. 9Adam BuksaSUB
  7. 25Julien Le CardinalSUB
  8. 20Angelo FulginiSUB
  9. 21Massadio HaidaraSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Lorient 1, Lens 0. Romain Faivre (Lorient) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal.
  2. 20' Goal! Lorient 1, Lens 1. Florian Sotoca (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Seko Fofana.
  3. 25' Goal! Lorient 1, Lens 2. Adrien Thomasson (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 39' Deiver Machado (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 43' Facundo Medina (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Substitution, Lorient. Jean-Victor Makengo replaces Bonke Innocent.
  7. 68' Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Deiver Machado.
  8. 69' Substitution, Lens. Angelo Fulgini replaces Adrien Thomasson.
  9. 71' Darline Yongwa (Lorient) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 75' Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 75' Substitution, Lorient. Théo Le Bris replaces Gédéon Kalulu.
  12. 83' Substitution, Lorient. Bamba Dieng replaces Laurent Abergel.
  13. 86' Substitution, Lens. Alexis Claude-Maurice replaces Loïs Openda.
  14. 86' Substitution, Lens. Julien Le Cardinal replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski.
  15. 87' Goal! Lorient 1, Lens 3. Seko Fofana (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Claude-Maurice.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Lens. David Costa replaces Florian Sotoca.

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