French Ligue 1

Lens vs Strasbourg 2022-23 Ligue 1

  • 11': Przemyslaw Frankowski
  • 65': Facundo Medina
FT
2 - 1
  • 84': Kevin Gameiro
  • Red Card 90'+4': Habib Diallo

Lens beat Strasbourg to cut PSG's Ligue 1 lead to three points

Lens beat Strasbourg 2-1 to provisionally cut Paris Saint-Germain's once double-digit lead at the top of the Ligue 1 table to three points.

Match Commentary

  • 11': Goal! Lens 1, Strasbourg 0. Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  • 22': Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Strasbourg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': Salis Abdul Samed (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Substitution, Strasbourg. Sanjin Prcic replaces Habib Diarra.
  • 61': Substitution, Strasbourg. Jean-Eudes Aholou replaces Ibrahima Sissoko.
  • 65': Goal! Lens 2, Strasbourg 0. Facundo Medina (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 67': Substitution, Lens. Alexis Claude-Maurice replaces Angelo Fulgini.
  • 67': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Florian Sotoca.
  • 71': Substitution, Strasbourg. Kevin Gameiro replaces Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
  • 77': Substitution, Lens. David Costa replaces Adrien Thomasson.
  • 79': Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 84': Goal! Lens 2, Strasbourg 1. Kevin Gameiro (Strasbourg) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gerzino Nyamsi.
  • 85': Substitution, Strasbourg. Lucas Perrin replaces Ismaël Doukouré.
  • 85': Substitution, Strasbourg. Lebo Mothiba replaces Morgan Sanson.
  • 88': Lucas Perrin (Strasbourg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Substitution, Lens. Wesley Saïd replaces Loïs Openda.
  • 90'+3': Habib Diallo (Strasbourg) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+4': Second yellow card to Habib Diallo (Strasbourg).

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Félix Bollaert-Delélis
Location: Lens, France
Attendance: 38,223

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+55 Paris Saint-Germain 33 81 2
+25 Marseille 33 62 9
+26 AS Monaco 33 61 8
+19 Nice 33 57 8
Full Table

Statistics

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19 Fouls 19
3 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
1 Corner Kicks 5
7 Saves 2
45.4 Possession 54.6
13 SHOTS 13
3 ON GOAL 9
0.2 On Target % 0.7
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
338 Accurate Passes 426
423 Passes 512
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 3
16 Crosses 12
0.4 Cross % 0.3
55 Long Balls 51
17 Accurate Long Balls 29
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
5 Blocked Shots 2
11 Effective Tackles 3
14 Tackles 8
0.8 Tackle % 0.4
18 Interceptions 4
15 Effective Clearances 17
15 Clearances 17

Line-Ups

RCL Lens (3-4-3)

No. Name
30 Brice Samba (GK)
4 Kevin Danso
14 Facundo Medina
24 Jonathan Gradit
8 Seko Fofana
26 Salis Abdul Samed Yellow Card
29 Przemyslaw Frankowski
7 Florian Sotoca
11 Loïs Openda
20 Angelo Fulgini
28 Adrien Thomasson

STR Strasbourg (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Matz Sels (GK)
24 Alexander Djiku Yellow Card
29 Ismael Doukoure
22 Gerzino Nyamsi
27 Ibrahima Sissoko
19 Habib Diarra
77 Eduard Sobol
32 Frédéric Guilbert
20 Habib Diallo Yellow Card
17 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde Yellow Card
8 Morgan Sanson

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