LENS. Lens was after all too much to handle for Ajaccio with the goal of Deiver Machado (16′), Adrien Thomasson (22′) and Loïs Openda (34′ pen). Lens was truly better in terms of ball possession (79%) 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 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Léonard with the help of Erwan Finjean and Cédric Favre. The 4th official was Gabriel Henry. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16 degrees Celsius or 60.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lens was in firm control of the ball 79% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 21% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lens was more pushing with 91 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lens won the match.
Lens shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ajaccio shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Lens received 1 yellow card (Loïs Openda). On the other side, Ajaccio received 2 yellow cards (T. Strata and O. Gonzalez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Lens will have 81 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Ajaccio will stay with 23 points like Troyes to remain in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away against Auxerre on the 3rd of June with a 14-5 head to head statistic in favor of Lens (6 draws).
Ajaccio will host Olympique Marseille on the 3rd of June with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Olympique Marseille (2 draws).
Lens – Formation
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Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba , Jonathan Gradit , Kevin Danso , Facundo Medina , Florian Sotoca , Salis Abdul Samed , Seko Fofana , Deiver Machado , Angelo Fulgini , Adrien Thomasson and Loïs Openda .
The home team had on the bench: David da Costa , Massadio Haïdara , Adam Buksa , Łukasz Poręba, Junior Onana, Wesley Saïd, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Jean-Louis Leca and Julien Le Cardinal.
Substitutions
Lens made 5 changes: Loïs Openda for Adam Buksa (68′), Adrien Thomasson for David Costa (69′), Deiver Machado for Massadio Haïdara (69′), Angelo Fulgini for Alexis Claude Maurice (82′) and Florian Sotoca for Wesley Saïd (82′).
Best player: Jonathan Gradit
The most impressive player for Lens was Jonathan Gradit even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 119 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.
Ajaccio – Formation
Ajaccio
Ajaccio started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Olivier Pantaloni played with: Francois-Joseph Sollacaro , Oumar Gonzalez , Clement Vidal , Cedric Avinel , Mohamed Youssouf , Vincent Marchetti , Mickaël Barreto , Tony Strata , Cyrille Bayala , Ben Touré and Riad Nouri .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mathieu Coutadeur , Kevin Spadanuda, Florian Chabrolle, Moussa Soumano , Mehdi Puch-Herrantz, Anthony Khelifa, Ivane Chegra and Benjamin Leroy.
Substitutions
Ajaccio made 2 changes: M. Barreto for Mathieu Coutadeur (73′) and B. Touré for Moussa Soumano (73′).
Best player: Cyrille Bayala
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was Cyrille Bayala.
His rating is with 12 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Strasbourg – Paris Saint Germain – 1-1
- Olympique Marseille – Brest – 1-2
- Olympique Lyonnais – Reims – 3-0
- Angers SCO – Troyes – 2-1
- Toulouse – Auxerre – 1-1
- Rennes – Monaco – 2-0
- Lens – Ajaccio – 3-0
- Montpellier – Nice – 2-3
- Lille – Nantes – 2-1
- Clermont – Lorient – 2-0
