LENS. Lens and SC Freiburg didn’t manage to score any goal on Thursday. Lens was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Bartosz Frankowski with the collaboration of Marcin Boniek and Jacub Winkler. The 4th official was Damian Kos. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.69 degrees Celsius or 58.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 12 Total 17
- 2 On Target 4
- 8 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 8
- 124 Attack 83
- 48 Dangerous attack 40
- 91 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
Fouls
- 15 Total 15
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Lens had a strong ball possession 57% while SC Freiburg was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lens had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Lens to win the match.
Lens shot 12 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, SC Freiburg shot 17 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Lens received 3 yellow cards (Wesley Saïd, Jonathan Gradit and Kevin Danso). Regarding the opposition, SC Freiburg received 1 yellow card (Maximilian Philipp).
Match Timeline
Standings
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Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Next matches
Lens – Formation
Lens
42'
89'
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 , Massadio Haidara , Ruben Aguilar , Andy Diouf , Neil El Aynaoui , Przemyslaw Frankowski , Florian Sotoca , David da Costa and Elye Wahi .
The home team had on the bench: Morgan Guilavogui, Angelo Fulgini , Jean-Louis Leca, Wesley Saïd , Abdukodir Khusanov, Adrien Thomasson, Ayanda Sishuba, Yannick Pandor, Salis Abdul Samed , Nampalys Mendy and Jhoanner Chávez .
Substitutions
Lens made 5 changes: Andy Diouf for Salis Abdul Samed (63′), Ruben Aguilar for Jhoanner Chávez (63′), Elye Wahi for Wesley Saïd (72′), David da Costa for Angelo Fulgini (72′) and Massadio Haidara for Abdukodir Khusanov (89′).
Player of the match: Kevin Danso
The most impressive player for Lens was Kevin Danso.
His rating is with 67 passes (94% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8.
SC Freiburg – Formation
SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Christian Streich played with: Noah Atubolu , Ritsu Doan , Lukas Kübler , Yannik Keitel , Manuel Gulde , Jordy Makengo , Maximilian Eggestein , Nicolas Höfler , Merlin Röhl , Roland Sallai and Lucas Höler .
These were the players on the bench: Christian Günter, Chukwubuike Adamu, Florian Müller, Florent Muslija , Maximilian Philipp , Benjamin Uphoff, Kiliann Sildillia, Attila Szalai, Vincenzo Grifo and Michael Gregoritsch .
Substitutions
SC Freiburg made 3 changes: Merlin Röhl for Vincenzo Grifo (79′), Roland Sallai for Maximilian Philipp (86′) and Lucas Höler for Michael Gregoritsch (86′).
Player of the match: Ritsu Doan
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SC Freiburg was Ritsu Doan.
His rating is with 27 passes (78% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Feyenoord – Roma – 1-1
- Young Boys – Sporting CP – 1-3
- Galatasaray – Sparta Praha – 3-2
- Shakhtar Donetsk – Olympique Marseille – 2-2
- Milan – Rennes – 3-0
- Lens – SC Freiburg – 0-0
- Benfica – Toulouse – 2-1
- Sporting Braga – Qarabağ – 2-4
