LENS. Lens found a way to reverse the score against Clermont to win 2-1. It was Clermont to strike first with an own goal of S. Abdul Samed at the 38′. Then it was a goal in the 61′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Fofana gave the win to Lens in the 68′ minute. Lens was surely superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj with the collaboration of Gwenaël Pasqualotti and Huseyin Ocak. The 4th official was Soulaimane Chamel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.3 degrees Celsius or 48.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lens had a superior ball possession 61% while Clermont was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lens had a more offensive attitude with 70 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lens won the match​.

Lens shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Clermont shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Lens received 1 yellow card (S. Abdul Samed). On the other side, Clermont received 3 yellow cards (G. Kyei, J. Gastien and K. Andric).

Standings

After playing this match, Lens will have 36 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Clermont will stay with 19 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

Lens – Formation

Lens started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba (6.6), Jonathan Gradit (7.1), Kevin Danso (6.4), Facundo Medina (6.2), Przemysław Frankowski (7.7), Seko Fofana (7.3), Salis Abdul Samed (6.9), Deiver Machado (7.5), Florian Sotoca (7.1), Wesley Saïd (7.4) and David da Costa (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Remy Labeau Lascary, Yacouba Barry, Steven Fortes, Łukasz Poręba, Jean-Louis Leca, Junior Onana, Ismaël Boura, Loïs Openda (6.9) and Alexis Claude-Maurice (6.5).

Substitutions

Lens made 4 changes: W. Said for L. Openda (64′), D. Costa for A. Claude-Maurice (74′), F. Sotoca for J. Onana (89′) and D. Machado for I. Boura (90′).

Best player: Przemysław Frankowski​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Przemysław Frankowski even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 49 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 17 crosses.

Clermont – Formation

Clermont started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Pascal Gastien played with: Mory Diaw (6.1), Alidu Seidu (6.7), Mateusz Wieteska (7.2), Maximiliano Caufriez (6.5), Jérémie Bela (6.7), Johan Gastien (6.4), Yohann Magnin (7.3), Elbasan Rashani (6.8), Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (7.2), Komnen Andrić (6.7) and Grejohn Kyei (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Florent Ogier, Muhammed Cham-Saračević (6.3), Ouparine Djoco, Jim Allevinah (6.4), Souleymane Cissé, Baïla Diallo (6.2), Brandon Baiye, Maxime Gonalons, Yanis Massolin and Souleymane Cissé.

Substitutions

Clermont made 5 changes: G. Kyei for J. Allevinah (67′), E. Rashani for B. Diallo (68′), S. Khaoui for Muhammed Cham (76′), J. Gastien for M. Gonalons (86′) and Y. Magnin for B. Baiye (87′).

Best player: Yohann Magnin​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Clermont was Yohann Magnin.

His rating is (7.3) with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Rennes – Toulouse – 2-1
• Lens – Clermont – 2-1