LENS. Lens overcomes Strasbourg 3-1. Lens got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Elye Wahi (16′) and David da Costa (30′). Strasbourg tried to recover with a goal from Thomas Delaine (43′). Nevertheless, the contest was closed by a goal (58′) scored by Florian Sotoca for Lens.

The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Willy Delajod with the support of Philippe Jeanne and Erwan Finjean. The 4th official was Romain Lissorgue. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 11.12 degrees Celsius or 52.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Lens was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Strasbourg that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Strasbourg was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Lens managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Lens shot 10 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Strasbourg shot 19 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Lens received 2 yellow cards (David da Costa and Facundo Medina). Talking about the opposition, Strasbourg received 1 yellow card (Thomas Delaine).

Standings

After this match, Lens has 35 points like LOSC Lille and Monaco to hold in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Strasbourg will stays with 25 points to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away with Reims on the 18th of February with a 10-4 head to head record in favor of Lens (7 draws).

Strasbourg will host Lorient on the 18th of February with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Lorient (4 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 (8.1), Jonathan Gradit (7.7), Kevin Danso (7.5), Facundo Medina (7.5), Ruben Aguilar (7.0), Andy Diouf (6.7), Neil El Aynaoui (6.8), Jhoanner Chávez (6.4), David da Costa (8.5), Florian Sotoca (7.9) and Elye Wahi (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Jean-Louis Leca, Massadio Haidara, Wesley Saïd (6.7), Abdukodir Khusanov, Nampalys Mendy, Morgan Guilavogui (6.8), Przemyslaw Frankowski (6.6), Salis Abdul Samed  (6.8) and Angelo Fulgini.

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: Andy Diouf for Salis Abdul Samed  (71′), Elye Wahi for Wesley Saïd (71′), Facundo Medina for Massadio Haidara (88′), Jhoanner Chávez for Przemyslaw Frankowski (81′) and Florian Sotoca for Morgan Guilavogui (82′).

Player of the match: David da Costa​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was David da Costa.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 6 crosses.

Strasbourg – Formation

Strasbourg started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

Patrick Vieira played with: Dion Moise Sahi, Ângelo, Alaa Bellaarouch (6.4), Marvin Senaya (7.1), Lucas Perrin (6.4), Abakar Sylla (6.6), Frédéric Guilbert (7.0), Dilane Bakwa (8.2), Junior Mwanga (7.0), Ibrahima Sissoko (7.0) and Thomas Delaine (7.3), Habib Diarra (6.4), Emanuel Emegha (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Matthieu Dreyer, Jessy Deminguet (6.8), Saïdou Sow (7.0), Steven Baseya, Alexandre Pierre, Samir El Mourabet, Mohamed Bechikh, Eliÿs Araar Fernandez and Rabby Nzingoula.

Substitutions

Strasbourg made 2 changes: Junior Mwanga for Jessy Deminguet (77′) and Thomas Delaine for Saïdou Sow (71′).

Player of the match: Dilane Bakwa​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Strasbourg was Dilane Bakwa.

His rating is 8.2 with 33 passes (84% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Paris Saint Germain – LOSC Lille – 3-1
• Lens – Strasbourg – 3-1