French Ligue 1

Marseille vs Lens 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 33': Dimitri Payet
  • 45'+3': Dimitri Payet (P)
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2 - 3
  • 9': Florian Sotoca (P)
  • 27': Przemyslaw Frankowski
  • 71': Wesley Saïd

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

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Orange Vélodrome
Location: Marseille, France
Attendance: 50,001

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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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

Line-Ups

OLM Marseille (3-4-3-d)

No. Name
16 Pau López (GK)
5 Leonardo Balerdi
14 Luan Peres
2 William Saliba
22 Pape Gueye Yellow Card
6 Matteo Guendouzi Yellow Card
8 Gerson
21 Valentin Rongier
10 Dimitri Payet
12 Bamba Dieng
17 Cengiz Ünder

RCL 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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