LENS. Lens was able to turn the tables against Toulouse to win 2-1. It was Toulouse to strike first with a goal of César Gelabert at the 33′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Morgan Guilavogui gave the win to Lens in the 84′ minute. Lens was decisively better 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 Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj who had the assistance of Gwenaël Pasqualotti and Alexis Auger. The 4th official was Romain Delpech. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.3 degrees Celsius or 64.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lens had a strong ball possession 61% while Toulouse was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lens had a more offensive attitude with 108 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lens won the match.
Lens shot 27 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Toulouse shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Lens received 2 yellow cards (Elye Wahi and Jonathan Gradit). Regarding the opposition, Toulouse received 1 yellow card (Aron Dönnum).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Lens will have 4 points to remain in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Toulouse will stay with 6 points like Montpellier and Lorient to sit in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away with Olympique Marseille on the 28th of April with a 8-7 head to head statistic in favor of Lens (5 draws).
Toulouse will play away agasint Paris Saint Germain on the 11th of May with a 24-7 head to head record in favor of Paris Saint Germain (5 draws).
Lens – Formation
Lens
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63'
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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 , Ruben Aguilar , Salis Abdul Samed , Andy Diouf , Przemysław Frankowski , Florian Sotoca , Adrien Thomasson and Wesley Saïd .
The home team had on the bench: Deiver Machado , Elye Wahi , Angelo Fulgini , Oscar Cortés, Jean-Louis Leca, Neil El Aynaoui , Abdukodir Khusanov, Nampalys Mendy and Morgan Guilavogui .
Substitutions
Lens made 5 changes: Przemysław Frankowski for Deiver Machado (63′), Wesley Saïd for Elye Wahi (63′), Andy Diouf for Morgan Guilavogui (63′), Adrien Thomasson for Neil El Aynaoui (77′) and Florian Sotoca for Angelo Fulgini (85′).
Best player: Florian Sotoca
The player that probably impressed the most for Lens was Florian Sotoca even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 43 passes (76% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse
Toulouse started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Carles Martínez Novell played with: Stijn Spierings, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Guillaume Restes , Kévin Keben Biakolo , Moussa Diarra , Rasmus Nicolaisen , Gabriel Suazo , Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes , Niklas Schmidt , Warren Kamanzi and César Gelabert , Denis Genreau , Thijs Dallinga .
These were the players on the bench: Mikkel Desler, Logan Costa , Vincent Sierro , Frank Magri , Christian Mawissa, Yanis Begraoui , Aron Dönnum , Mamady Bangré and Alex Domínguez.
Substitutions
Toulouse made 5 changes: Warren Kamanzi for Aron Dönnum (46′), Thijs Dallinga for Frank Magri (59′), Kévin Keben Biakolo for Logan Costa (58′), Denis Genreau for Vincent Sierro (67′) and César Gelabert for Yanis Begraoui (78′).
Best player: César Gelabert
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Toulouse was César Gelabert.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Paris Saint Germain – Olympique Marseille – 4-0
- Montpellier – Rennes – 0-0
- Metz – Strasbourg – 0-1
- Le Havre – Clermont – 2-1
- Lens – Toulouse – 2-1
