LENS. Lens demolishes Troyes 4-0 with goals of A. Kalimuendo (14′), W. Said (29′), J. Clauss (35′) and P. Frankowski (61′). Lens took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Léonard assisted by Gilles Lang and Steven Torregrossa. The 4th official was Eddy Rosier. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.6 degrees Celsius or 40.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lens was in firm control of the ball 59% while Troyes was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lens was was more pushing with 39 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lens won the match​.

Lens shot 22 times, 12 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Troyes shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Lens received 1 yellow card (I. Ganago). Talking about the opposition, Troyes received 2 yellow cards (G. Rodrigues and L. Batlles).

Standings

After playing this match, Lens will have 24 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Troyes will stay with 13 points like Clermont to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away with Brest on the 21st of November with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Brest (4 draws).

Troyes will host Saint-Étienne on the 21st of November with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Saint-Étienne (5 draws).

Lens – Formation

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: Wuilker Faríñez (7.2), Jonathan Gradit (7.7), Kevin Danso (6.9), Facundo Medina (7.3), Jonathan Clauss (9.3), Cheick Doucouré (7.4), Seko Fofana (6.8), Przemysław Frankowski (7.1), Gaël Kakuta (6.9), Wesley Saïd (7.8) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Yannick Pandor, Florian Sotoca (6.8), Corentin Jean, Charles Boli, Christopher Wooh, Ignatius Ganago (6.4), David Da Costa (6.8), Yannick Cahuzac (6.7) and Massadio Haïdara (6.8).

Lens could not rely on the presence of F. Sotoca (injured).

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: W. Said for F. Sotoca (44′), A. Kalimuendo for I. Ganago (65′), G. Kakuta for D. Costa (65′), S. Fofana for Y. Cahuzac (77′) and P. Frankowski for M. Haidara (77′).

Best player: Jonathan Clauss​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Jonathan Clauss.

His rating is (9.3) with 1 goal, 47 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 8 crosses.

Troyes – Formation

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

On the other side, Laurent Batlles played with: Gauthier Gallon (6.7), Adil Rami (6.1), Jimmy Giraudon (6.8), Yoann Salmier (6.3), Giulian Biancone (7.3), Rominigue Kouame (7.1), Xavier Chavalerin (6.7), Youssouf Koné (6.4), Renaud Ripart (7.2), Gerson Rodrigues (5.9) and Mama Baldé (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Dylan Chambost (7.0), Jessy Moulin, Erik Palmer-Brown (6.2), Hyun-Jun Suk (6.8), Issa Kabore (6.4), Oualid El Hajjam (6.3), Nassim Chadli, Levi Lumeka and Brandon Domingues.

Substitutions

Troyes made 5 changes: R. Ripart for Suk Hyun-Jun (63′), Y. Kone for I. Kabore (63′), M. Balde for D. Chambost (63′), A. Rami for E. Palmer-Brown (77′) and X. Chavalerin for O. El Hajjam (77′).

Best player: Giulian Biancone​

The player that probably impressed the most for Troyes was Giulian Biancone.

His rating is (7.3) with 40 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Lens – Troyes – 4-0