LENS. Lens defeats Troyes 1-0 after K. Danso scored just 1 goal (39′). Lens was much better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj with the assistance of Gwenaël Pasqualotti and Huseyin Ocak. The 4th official was Gabriel Henry. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.3 degrees Celsius or 59.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lens was in firm control of the ball 63% while Troyes was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lens was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lens won the match​.

Lens shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Troyes shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Lens received 2 yellow cards (L. Poreba and J. Cabot). Talking about the opposition, Troyes received 1 yellow card (F. Tardieu).

Standings

After playing this match, Lens will have 17 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Troyes will stay with 7 points like Auxerre to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away with Nantes on the 18th of September with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Nantes (4 draws).

Troyes will play away agasint Clermont on the 18th of September with a 10-8 head to head in favor of Clermont (7 draws).

Lens – Formation

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 (7.2), Jonathan Gradit (6.8), Kevin Danso (8.4), Facundo Medina (7.1), Jimmy Cabot (6.2), Salis Abdul Samed (7.0), Łukasz Poręba (6.4), Massadio Haïdara (7.2), Florian Sotoca (7.7), David da Costa (6.8) and Loïs Openda (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Junior Onana, Jean-Louis Leca, Alexis Claude-Maurice (6.4), Adam Buksa (6.7), Steven Fortes, Ismaël Boura, Przemysław Frankowski (7.8), Gaël Kakuta and Seko Fofana (7.0).

Lens could not rely on the presence of P. Frankowski (injured).

Substitutions

Lens made 4 changes: J. Gradit for P. Frankowski (16′), L. Poreba for S. Fofana (46′), D. Costa for A. Claude-Maurice (72′) and L. Openda for A. Buksa (72′).

Best player: Kevin Danso​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lens was Kevin Danso.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 109 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Troyes – Formation

Troyes started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Bruno Irles played with: Gauthier Gallon (6.7), Thierno Baldé (7.1), Jackson Porozo (7.5), Adil Rami (7.2), Erik Palmer-Brown (6.7), Yasser Larouci (6.5), Rony Lopes (6.5), Rominigue Kouamé (6.5), Florian Tardieu (6.5), Ike Ugbo (6.4) and Mama Baldé (6.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Tristan Dingomé, Tanguy Zoukrou, Wilson Odobert (6.5), Mateusz Lis, Xavier Chavalerin, Renaud Ripart (6.6), Lucien Agoumé (6.8), Abdu Conté (7.1) and Papa Ndiaga Yade (6.2).

Substitutions

Troyes made 5 changes: I. Ugbo for W. Odobert (46′), Rony Lopes for A. Conte (66′), E. Palmer-Brown for P. N. Yade (66′), T. Balde for R. Ripart (82′) and F. Tardieu for L. Agoume (82′).

Best player: Jackson Porozo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Troyes was Jackson Porozo.

His rating is (7.5) with 41 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Lens – Troyes – 1-0