LENS. LOSC Lille and Lens draw 1-1. B. André scored the first goal (45′) for LOSC Lille. D. Machado settled the score (70′). LOSC Lille was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Sunday and it started at 5:05 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Millot assisted by Aurélien Drouet and Erwan Finjean. The 4th official was Jeremy Stinat. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.71 degrees Celsius or 72.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

LOSC Lille had a strong ball possession 56% while Lens was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lens was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Lens to win the match​.

Lens shot 14 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, LOSC Lille shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Lens received 3 yellow cards (Elye Wahi, Facundo Medina and Franck Haise). Regarding the opposition, LOSC Lille received 4 yellow cards (Leny Yoro, Ivan Cavaleiro, Angel Gomes and Alexsandro Ribeiro).

Standings

After playing this match, Lens will have 8 points like Metz to hold in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, LOSC Lille will have 12 points like Olympique Marseille to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away against Olympique Marseille on the 28th of April with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Lens (5 draws).

LOSC Lille will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 4th of May with a 15-9 head to head in favor of LOSC Lille (16 draws).

Lens – Formation

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

The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba (6.7), Abdukodir Khusanov (6.6), Kevin Danso (7.0), Facundo Medina (7.0), Ruben Aguilar (6.7), Salis Abdul Samed (6.6), Andy Diouf (6.7), Przemysław Frankowski (7.5), Florian Sotoca (7.3), Angelo Fulgini (7.0) and Wesley Saïd (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Deiver Machado (7.5), Elye Wahi (6.8), Faitout Maouassa, Nampalys Mendy, Adrien Thomasson (6.7), Jean-Louis Leca, Neil El Aynaoui (6.6), Morgan Guilavogui (7.1) and Keny Mbala.

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: Abdukodir Khusanov for Deiver Machado (69′), Wesley Saïd for Elye Wahi (62′), Andy Diouf for Adrien Thomasson (61′), Florian Sotoca for Morgan Guilavogui (62′) and Angelo Fulgini for Neil El Aynaoui (77′).

Best player: Deiver Machado​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lens was Deiver Machado.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 7 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 69′.

LOSC Lille – Formation

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

Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca played with: Lucas Chevalier (7.5), Bafodé Diakité (6.8), Leny Yoro (6.8), Alexsandro Ribeiro (7.3), Ismaily (6.4), Benjamin André (7.9), Angel Gomes (7.0), Edon Zhegrova (8.4), Rémy Cabella (7.7), Ivan Cavaleiro (6.4) and Jonathan David (7.3).

They had on the bench: Vito Mannone, Hakon Arnar Haraldsson, Tiago Santos, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Nabil Bentaleb (7.0), Adam Ounas (6.7), Yusuf Yazıcı (6.6), Samuel Umtiti and Ignacio Miramón.

Substitutions

LOSC Lille made 3 changes: Ivan Cavaleiro for Adam Ounas (69′), Angel Gomes for Nabil Bentaleb (88′) and Jonathan David for Yusuf Yazıcı (88′).

Best player: Edon Zhegrova​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for LOSC Lille was Edon Zhegrova.

His rating is (8.4) with 23 passes (74% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Lyonnais – Lorient – 3-3
• Olympique Marseille – Le Havre – 3-0
• Rennes – Paris Saint Germain – 1-3
• Brest – Toulouse – 1-1
• Lens – LOSC Lille – 1-1