French Ligue 1

Lens vs Marseille 2021-22 Ligue 1

Lens
    FT
    0 - 2
    Marseille
    • 34': Dimitri Payet (P)
    • 77': Cédric Bakambu

    Marseille go second with solid win at Lens

    Marseille moved up to second in Ligue 1 when Dimitri Payet and Cedric Bakambu earned them a solid 2-0 victory at RC Lens on Saturday.

    Match Commentary

    • 20': Kevin Danso (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 32': Facundo Medina (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 34': Goal! Lens 0, Marseille 1. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 45': Second Half begins Lens 0, Marseille 1.
    • 49': Florian Sotoca (Lens) is shown the yellow card.
    • 59': Substitution, Lens. David Costa replaces Florian Sotoca.
    • 65': Substitution, Lens. Ibrahima Baldé replaces Wesley Saïd.
    • 71': Luan Peres (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 75': Substitution, Marseille. Cédric Bakambu replaces Luis Henrique.
    • 75': Substitution, Marseille. Pol Lirola replaces Gerson.
    • 77': Goal! Lens 0, Marseille 2. Cédric Bakambu (Marseille) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mattéo Guendouzi with a through ball.
    • 83': Substitution, Lens. Corentin Jean replaces Facundo Medina.
    • 83': Substitution, Lens. Patrick Berg replaces Jonathan Clauss.
    • 83': Substitution, Lens. Brayann Pereira replaces Gaël Kakuta.
    • 86': Pol Lirola (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Marseille. Leonardo Balerdi replaces Valentin Rongier.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Marseille. Amine Harit replaces Dimitri Payet.

    Game Information

    Competition: French Ligue 1

    Venue: Stade Félix Bollaert-Delélis
    Location: Lens, France
    Attendance: 5,000

    French Ligue 1 Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    +4 Lyon 2 6 0
    +3 Toulouse 2 6 0
    +2 Paris Saint-Germain 2 6 0
    +2 Strasbourg 2 6 0
    Full Table

    Statistics

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    6 Fouls 7
    2 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 4
    5 Corner Kicks 8
    3 Saves 5
    52.8 Possession 47.2
    10 SHOTS 9
    7 ON GOAL 3
    0.7 On Target % 0.3
    1 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    522 Accurate Passes 449
    595 Passes 519
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 4
    10 Crosses 24
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    46 Long Balls 34
    21 Accurate Long Balls 18
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    1 Blocked Shots 2
    4 Effective Tackles 5
    11 Tackles 9
    0.4 Tackle % 0.6
    13 Interceptions 7
    12 Effective Clearances 17
    12 Clearances 17

    Line-Ups

    RCL Lens (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Wuilker Faríñez (GK)
    4 Kevin Danso Yellow Card
    14 Facundo Medina Yellow Card
    24 Jonathan Gradit
    8 Seko Fofana
    28 Cheick Doucouré
    29 Przemyslaw Frankowski
    11 Jonathan Clauss
    7 Florian Sotoca Yellow Card
    22 Wesley Saïd
    10 Gaël Kakuta
    Substitutes:
    Corentin Jean, Brayann Pereira, Ibrahima Baldé, Christopher Wooh, Patrick Berg, Yannick Cahuzac, David Da Costa, Jean-Louis Leca, Adrien Louveau.

    OLM Marseille (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    16 Pau López (GK)
    15 Duje Caleta-Car
    2 William Saliba
    4 Boubacar Kamara
    14 Luan Peres Yellow Card
    21 Valentin Rongier
    8 Gerson
    6 Matteo Guendouzi
    11 Luis Henrique
    17 Cengiz Ünder
    10 Dimitri Payet
    Substitutes:
    Pol Lirola, Sead Kolasinac, Álvaro González, Amine Harit, Oussama Targhaline, Steve Mandanda, Arkadiusz Milik, Leonardo Balerdi, Cédric Bakambu.

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