French Ligue 1

Lens vs Clermont Foot 2022-23 Ligue 1

  • 60': Wesley Saïd
  • 68': Seko Fofana
FT
2 - 1
  • 39': Salis Abdul Samed (OG)

Lens consolidate second place with another home win

RC Lens came from behind to beat Clermont 2-1 and consolidate their second place in Ligue 1 by extending their perfect run at home on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 39': Own Goal by Salis Abdul Samed, Lens. Lens 0, Clermont 1.
  • 42': Grejohn Kyei (Clermont) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Johan Gastien (Clermont) is shown the yellow card.
  • 60': Goal! Lens 1, Clermont 1. Wesley Saïd (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Sotoca with a cross.
  • 64': Substitution, Lens. Loïs Openda replaces Wesley Saïd.
  • 65': Salis Abdul Samed (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Substitution, Clermont. Jim Allevinah replaces Grejohn Kyei.
  • 68': Substitution, Clermont. Baila Diallo replaces Elbasan Rashani.
  • 68': Goal! Lens 2, Clermont 1. Seko Fofana (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonathan Gradit with a cross.
  • 74': Substitution, Lens. Alexis Claude-Maurice replaces David da Costa.
  • 75': Substitution, Clermont. Muhammed Cham replaces Saîf-Eddine Khaoui.
  • 85': Komnen Andric (Clermont) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 86': Substitution, Clermont. Maxime Gonalons replaces Johan Gastien.
  • 86': Substitution, Clermont. Brandon Baiye replaces Yohann Magnin.
  • 89': Substitution, Lens. Jean Onana replaces Florian Sotoca.
  • 90': Substitution, Lens. Ismaël Boura replaces Deiver Machado.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Lens 2, Clermont 1.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Félix Bollaert-Delélis
Location: Lens, France
Attendance: 37,519

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+39 Paris Saint-Germain 26 59 1
+16 Brest 26 47 5
+11 AS Monaco 26 46 6
+14 Lille 26 43 5
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Statistics

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17 Fouls 19
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 5
1 Saves 2
38.6 Possession 61.4
5 SHOTS 16
2 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
242 Accurate Passes 445
330 Passes 508
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 10
9 Crosses 34
0.2 Cross % 0.3
64 Long Balls 32
27 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 8
6 Effective Tackles 6
12 Tackles 9
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
10 Interceptions 11
15 Effective Clearances 2
15 Clearances 2

Line-Ups

RCL Lens (3-4-3)

No. Name
30 Brice Samba (GK)
4 Kevin Danso
14 Facundo Medina
24 Jonathan Gradit
26 Salis Abdul Samed
8 Seko Fofana
3 Deiver Machado
29 Przemyslaw Frankowski
22 Wesley Saïd
20 David Costa
7 Florian Sotoca

CLE Clermont Foot (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
99 Mory Diaw (GK)
4 Mateusz Wieteska
5 Max Caufriez
36 Alidu Seidu
7 Yohann Magnin
25 Johan Gastien Yellow Card
10 Saif-Eddine Khaoui
18 Elbasan Rashani
91 Jérémie Bela
95 Grejohn Kyei Yellow Card
9 Komnen Andric Yellow Card

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