TOULOUSE. Lens defeats Toulouse 1-0 after L. Openda scored just 1 goal (33′).

The match was played at the Stadium de Toulouse (Toulouse) stadium in Toulouse on Tuesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Bastien Dechepy assisted by Brice Parinet Le Tellier and Julien Haulbert. The 4th official was Mehdi Mokhtari. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19 degrees Celsius or 66.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Toulouse was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Lens that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Toulouse was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Lens managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Toulouse shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lens shot 13 times, 3 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Toulouse received 1 yellow card (Warren Kamanzi). On the other side, Lens received 2 yellow cards (Przemyslaw Frankowski and Brice Samba).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Toulouse will stay with 41 points to hold in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Lens will have 69 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Toulouse will host Auxerre on the 27th of May with a 11-7 head to head in favor of Toulouse (4 draws).

Lens will host Olympique Marseille on the 6th of May with a 7-7 head to head record.

Toulouse – Formation

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

The manager Philippe Montanier decided to play with the following team: Maxime Dupé (6.6), Anthony Rouault (6.8), Logan Costa (6.7), Moussa Diarra (6.7), Kévin Keben Biakolo (5.9), Denis Genreau (6.2), Vincent Sierro (7.6), Waren Kamanzi (6.3), Rafael Ratão (6.8), Farès Chaïbi (6.7) and Ado Onaiwu (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Thijs Dallinga (6.4), Mikkel Desler, Veljko Birmančević, Stijn Spierings, Brecht Dejaegere (6.8), Gabriel Suazo (6.2), Branco van den Boomen (6.4), Zakaria Aboukhlal (6.5) and Kjetil Haug.

Substitutions

Toulouse made 5 changes: Rafael Ratão for Branco van den Boomen (58′), K. Keben for Zakaria Aboukhlal (59′), Ado Onaiwu for Thijs Dallinga (59′), Denis Genreau for Brecht Dejaegere (71′) and Moussa Diarra for Gabriel Suazo (78′).

Best player: Vincent Sierro​

The player that probably impressed the most for Toulouse was Vincent Sierro.

His rating is (7.6) with 53 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Lens – Formation

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

Franck Haise played with: Brice Samba (6.9), Jonathan Gradit (7.1), Kevin Danso (7.1), Facundo Medina (7.4), Przemysław Frankowski (7.3), Junior Onana (7.4), Seko Fofana (7.2), Massadio Haïdara (7.6), Florian Sotoca (6.8), Loïs Openda (7.3) and Adrien Thomasson (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Jean-Louis Leca, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Angelo Fulgini (6.4), Julien Le Cardinal, Adam Buksa, Ismaël Boura, Łukasz Poręba, Remy Labeau Lascary and David da Costa.

Substitutions

Lens made 3 changes: Adrien Thomasson for Angelo Fulgini (71′), Jean Onana for Łukasz Poreba (82′) and Loïs Openda for Rémy Labeau Lascary (83′).

Best player: Massadio Haïdara​

The most impressive player for Lens was Massadio Haïdara even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 28 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Toulouse – Lens – 0-1