LE TOUQUET-PARIS-PLAGE. Lens was finally too much to handle for Angers SCO with the goal of Seko Fofana (27′), Loïs Openda (30′) and Loïs Openda (46′).

The match was played at the Stade Ferdi Petit stadium in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Bastien Dechepy with the collaboration of Brice Parinet Le Tellier and Julien Haulbert. The 4th official was Ali Djedid. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.7 degrees Celsius or 51.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Lens was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Angers SCO that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Angers SCO had a more offensive attitude with 41 dangerous attacks and 3 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Lens found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Lens shot 12 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Angers SCO shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Lens will have 57 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Angers SCO will stay with 10 points to sit in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away against Rennes on the 1st of April with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Rennes (7 draws).

Angers SCO will host Lille on the 8th of April with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Angers SCO (4 draws).

Lens – Formation

Lens started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba (6.6), Przemysław Frankowski (6.6), Jonathan Gradit (7.8), Kevin Danso (6.8), Massadio Haïdara (6.8), Salis Abdul Samed (7.6), Florian Sotoca (7.9), Adrien Thomasson (7.4), Seko Fofana (6.9), Loïs Openda (8.5) and Angelo Fulgini (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Alexis Claude-Maurice (6.6), Remy Labeau Lascary, Julien Le Cardinal, Łukasz Poręba, Deiver Machado (6.4), David da Costa (6.3), Jean-Louis Leca, Junior Onana and Ismaël Boura.

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: Adrien Thomasson for Alexis Claude Maurice (71′), Angelo Fulgini for David Costa (71′), Przemyslaw Frankowski for Deiver Machado (79′), Seko Fofana for Jean Junior Onana Onana (84′) and Loïs Openda for Rémy Labeau Lascary (84′).

Best player: Loïs Openda​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Loïs Openda.

His rating is (8.5) with 2 goals, 17 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Angers SCO – Formation

Angers SCO started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Abdelaziz Bouhazama played with: Paul Bernardoni (6.1), Farid El Melali (6.0), Yan Valery (6.3), Ousmane Camara (6.3), Abdoulaye Bamba (6.1), Souleyman Doumbia (5.8), Pierrick Capelle (6.1), Nabil Bentaleb (6.6), Batista Mendy (6.1), Himad Abdelli (6.9) and Ibrahima Niane (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Abdallah Sima (6.4), Sada Thioub (6.7), Halid Šabanović, Yahia Fofana, Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (6.5), Cédric Hountondji (7.0), Waniss Taibi (6.2), Adrien Hunou and Guédé Nadje.

Substitutions

Angers SCO made 5 changes: O. Camara for Cedric Hountondji (56′), Himad Abdelli for Abdallah Dipo Sima (68′), Himad Abdelli for Jean Matteo Bahoya (68′), Batista Mendy for Waniss Taibi (78′) and F. El Melali for Sada Thioub (78′).

Best player: Cédric Hountondji​

The most impressive player for Angers SCO was Cédric Hountondji.

His rating is (7.0) with 23 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 56′.

Results of the day

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

• Lens – Angers SCO – 3-0
• Toulouse – Lille – 0-2