Marseille vs Lens 2021-22 Ligue 1
Lens end Marseille's unbeaten run to go second in Ligue 1
Lens moved up to second in Ligue 1 with a 3-2 win at Marseille in a thrilling encounter on Sunday.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 6': Pape Gueye (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 7': Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
- 9': Goal! Marseille 0, Lens 1. Florian Sotoca (Lens) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
- 27': Goal! Marseille 0, Lens 2. Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Florian Sotoca with a headed pass.
- 33': Goal! Marseille 1, Lens 2. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
- 45'+3': Goal! Marseille 2, Lens 2. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 45': Second Half begins Marseille 2, Lens 2.
- 45': Substitution, Marseille. Pol Lirola replaces Valentin Rongier.
- 45': Substitution, Marseille. Konrad De la Fuente replaces Pape Gueye.
- 63': Substitution, Lens. Gaël Kakuta replaces David Costa.
- 63': Substitution, Lens. Wesley Saïd replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo.
- 63': Substitution, Marseille. Amine Harit replaces Bamba Dieng.
- 70': Substitution, Lens. Jonathan Clauss replaces Deiver Machado.
- 71': Goal! Marseille 2, Lens 3. Wesley Saïd (Lens) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Sotoca with a cross.
- 83': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Jonathan Gradit because of an injury.
- 89': Substitution, Marseille. Luis Henrique replaces Gerson.
- 90'+3': Wesley Saïd (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Marseille 2, Lens 3.
Game Information
Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 50,001
French Ligue 1 Standings
| POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +34 | Paris Saint-Germain | 24 | 57 | 3 |
| +24 | Lens | 24 | 53 | 5 |
| +13 | Lyon | 24 | 45 | 7 |
| +18 | Marseille | 24 | 43 | 7 |
Statistics
 RCL |
OLM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 4 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 39.9 | Possession | 60.1 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 305 | Accurate Passes | 485 |
| 361 | Passes | 554 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 14 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 47 | Long Balls | 41 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 2 |
| 20 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.1 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 11 | Effective Clearances | 11 |
| 11 | Clearances | 11 |
Marseille (3-4-3-d)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Pau López (GK) |
| 5 | Leonardo Balerdi |
| 14 | Luan Peres |
| 2 | William Saliba |
| 22 | Pape Gueye  |
| 6 | Matteo Guendouzi |
| 8 | Gerson |
| 21 | Valentin Rongier |
| 10 | Dimitri Payet |
| 12 | Bamba Dieng |
| 17 | Cengiz Ünder |
Lens (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Jean-Louis Leca (GK) |
| 5 | Christopher Wooh |
| 14 | Facundo Medina |
| 24 | Jonathan Gradit |
| 8 | Seko Fofana |
| 28 | Cheick Doucouré |
| 3 | Deiver Machado |
| 29 | Przemyslaw Frankowski |
| 15 | Arnaud Kalimuendo |
| 20 | David Da Costa |
| 7 | Florian Sotoca |
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