LENS. Lens and Le Havre draw 1-1. P. Frankowski scored the first goal (58′) for Lens. E. Sabbi equalized (78′) with a penalty. Lens was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)
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 François Letexier with the help of Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni. The 4th official was Arnaud Baert. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.73 degrees Celsius or 69.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lens was in firm control of the ball 58% while Le Havre was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lens had a more offensive attitude with 81 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Lens to win the match.
Lens shot 18 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Le Havre shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Lens received 2 yellow cards (Jonathan Gradit and Ruben Aguilar). On the other side, Le Havre received 6 yellow cards (Yassine Kechta, Abdoulaye Touré, Mohamed Bayo, André Ayew , Mohamed Bayo and Christopher Operi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Lens has 43 points like Nice to remain in the 5th place. On the other side, Le Havre will has 28 points like Nantes to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away with Metz on the 14th of April with a 9-7 head to head in favor of Lens (7 draws).
Le Havre will host Nantes on the 14th of April with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Nantes (3 draws).
Lens – Formation
Lens
79'
62'
58'
Lens started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Jhoanner Chávez, Brice Samba , Jonathan Gradit , Kevin Danso , Facundo Medina , Ruben Aguilar , Salis Abdul Samed , Andy Diouf , Przemyslaw Frankowski , David Pereira da Costa , Florian Sotoca and Elye Wahi .
The home team had on the bench: Wesley Saïd , Neil El Aynaoui , Deiver Machado , Angelo Fulgini , Jean-Louis Leca, Massadio Haidara, Abdukodir Khusanov, Nampalys Mendy and Adrien Thomasson .
Lens could not rely on the presence of Neil El Aynaoui (injured).
Substitutions
Lens made 5 changes: Elye Wahi for Wesley Saïd (71′), Salis Abdul Samed for Neil El Aynaoui (46′), Andy Diouf for Adrien Thomasson (79′), Jonathan Gradit for Deiver Machado (79′) and David Pereira da Costa for Angelo Fulgini (85′).
Player of the match: Przemyslaw Frankowski
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Przemyslaw Frankowski.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 8 crosses.
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre
Le Havre started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Luka Elsner played with: Arthur Desmas , Arouna Sangante , Étienne Youté Kinkoué , Gautier Lloris , Loïc Nego , Daler Kuzyaev , Oussama Targhalline , Christopher Operi , Emmanuel Sabbi , Yassine Kechta , André Ayew .
These were the players on the bench: Oualid El Hajjam, Abdoulaye Touré , Mathieu Gorgelin, Mohamed Bayo , Steve Ngoura, Yoann Salmier , Josue Casimir , S. Ebonog and Samuel Grandsir.
Substitutions
Le Havre made 4 changes: Yassine Kechta for Mohamed Bayo (74′), Gautier Lloris for Yoann Salmier (90′), André Ayew for Josue Casimir (74′) and Oussama Targhalline for Abdoulaye Touré (87′).
Player of the match: Christopher Operi
The player that probably impressed the most for Le Havre was Christopher Operi.
His rating is with 37 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
