Lorient vs Lens 2022-23 Ligue 1

Lorient

6': Romain Faivre

FT
1 - 3

Lens

20': Florian Sotoca
25': Adrien Thomasson
87': Seko Fofana

Lens close in on Champions League spot with Lorient win

Lens took a huge step towards securing an automatic spot in the Champions League group stage when they claimed a 3-1 comeback win at Lorient in Ligue 1 on Sunday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
6': Goal! Lorient 1, Lens 0. Romain Faivre (Lorient) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal.
20': Goal! Lorient 1, Lens 1. Florian Sotoca (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Seko Fofana.
25': Goal! Lorient 1, Lens 2. Adrien Thomasson (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
39': Deiver Machado (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Facundo Medina (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Substitution, Lorient. Jean-Victor Makengo replaces Bonke Innocent.
68': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Deiver Machado.
69': Substitution, Lens. Angelo Fulgini replaces Adrien Thomasson.
71': Darline Yongwa (Lorient) is shown the yellow card.
75': Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Substitution, Lorient. Théo Le Bris replaces Gédéon Kalulu.
83': Substitution, Lorient. Bamba Dieng replaces Laurent Abergel.
86': Substitution, Lens. Alexis Claude-Maurice replaces Loïs Openda.
86': Substitution, Lens. Julien Le Cardinal replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski.
87': Goal! Lorient 1, Lens 3. Seko Fofana (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Claude-Maurice.
90'+2': Substitution, Lens. David Costa replaces Florian Sotoca.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Lorient 1, Lens 3.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat
Location: Lorient, France
Attendance: 16,724

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

RCL		LOR
13	Fouls	14
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	3
4	Saves	4
52.9	Possession	47.1
15	SHOTS	13
7	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
457	Accurate Passes	402
510	Passes	460
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	2
19	Crosses	10
0.2	Cross %	0.2
35	Long Balls	37
20	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	6
6	Effective Tackles	9
13	Tackles	12
0.5	Tackle %	0.8
4	Interceptions	9
13	Effective Clearances	18
13	Clearances	18

Line-Ups

Lorient (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
38	Yvon Mvogo (GK)
3	Montassar Talbi
25	Vincent Le Goff
18	Bamo Meïté
19	Laurent Abergel
8	Innocent Bonke
12	Darlin Yongwa
24	Gedeon Kalulu
9	Ibrahim
80	Enzo Le Fée
14	Romain Faivre

Substitutes:

Ayman Kari, Yoann Cathline, Ckene Doucouré, Julien Ponceau, Jean-Victor Makengo, Théo Le Bris, Julien Laporte, Bamba Dieng, Julian Pollersbeck.

Lens (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
30	Brice Samba (GK)
6	Jean Onana
14	Facundo Medina
24	Jonathan Gradit
8	Seko Fofana
26	Salis Abdul Samed
3	Deiver Machado
29	Przemyslaw Frankowski
11	Loïs Openda
28	Adrien Thomasson
7	Florian Sotoca

Substitutes:

Jean-Louis Leca, Alexis Claude-Maurice, David Da Costa, Lukasz Poreba, Ismael Boura, Adam Buksa, Julien Le Cardinal, Angelo Fulgini, Massadio Haidara.

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