French Ligue 1

Lens vs Angers 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 48': Gaël Kakuta
  • 55': Florian Sotoca
FT
2 - 2
  • 40': Sofiane Boufal
  • 70': Romain Thomas

Battling Angers hold Lens to thrilling 2-2 draw

Lens missed a chance to go second in Ligue 1 after they were held to a rollercoaster 2-2 home draw by Angers.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 40': Goal! Lens 0, Angers 1. Sofiane Boufal (Angers) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Lens 0, Angers 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Facundo Medina because of an injury.
  • 48': Goal! Lens 1, Angers 1. Gaël Kakuta (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Sotoca.
  • 55': Goal! Lens 2, Angers 1. Florian Sotoca (Lens) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Przemyslaw Frankowski.
  • 57': Cheick Oumar Doucouré (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Goal! Lens 2, Angers 2. Romain Thomas (Angers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Angelo Fulgini with a cross following a corner.
  • 77': Substitution, Angers. Enzo Ebosse replaces Souleyman Doumbia.
  • 77': Substitution, Angers. Casimir Ninga replaces Mohamed-Ali Cho.
  • 77': Substitution, Lens. Corentin Jean replaces Florian Sotoca.
  • 78': Substitution, Lens. Yannick Cahuzac replaces Ignatius Ganago.
  • 78': Substitution, Lens. David Costa replaces Gaël Kakuta.
  • 80': Jonathan Clauss (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Substitution, Angers. Pierrick Capelle replaces Angelo Fulgini.
  • 89': Substitution, Lens. Christopher Wooh replaces Kevin Danso.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Lens 2, Angers 2.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Félix Bollaert-Delélis
Location: Lens, France
Attendance: 35,713

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
0 Angers 0 0 0
0 AJ Auxerre 0 0 0
0 Brest 0 0 0
0 Le Havre AC 0 0 0
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Statistics

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6 Fouls 15
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 3
50.7 Possession 49.3
12 SHOTS 9
5 ON GOAL 4
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
391 Accurate Passes 385
470 Passes 444
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 6
8 Crosses 20
0.4 Cross % 0.3
56 Long Balls 54
35 Accurate Long Balls 35
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 1
12 Effective Tackles 13
15 Tackles 19
0.8 Tackle % 0.7
15 Interceptions 14
11 Effective Clearances 16
11 Clearances 16

Line-Ups

RCL Lens (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
16 Jean-Louis Leca (GK)
4 Kevin Danso
14 Facundo Medina
24 Jonathan Gradit
8 Seko Fofana
28 Cheick Doucouré Yellow Card
10 Gaël Kakuta
29 Przemyslaw Frankowski
11 Jonathan Clauss Yellow Card
9 Ignatius Ganago
7 Florian Sotoca

ANG Angers (3-5-2)

No. Name
30 Danijel Petković (GK)
8 Ismaël Traoré
24 Romain Thomas
29 Vincent Manceau
10 Angelo Fulgini
18 Azzedine Ounahi
5 Thomas Mangani
3 Souleyman Doumbia
11 Jimmy Cabot
21 Mohamed-Ali Cho
7 Sofiane Boufal

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