Down To Ten
Lens
Lens played the closing 0 minutes a man down after a 92′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 92′
- Player
- Souleymane Sagnan
Ligue 1 · Matchday 3Lens
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–0
Lorient
M. Kone 54'
Ligue 1
Matchday 3Lens0–1Lorient
1.24
Expected goals
1.60
54′92′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: LEN 1.24, LOR 1.60.
Match report
Lens 0-1 Lorient
Lorient edged out Lens 1-0 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Ligue 1. Kone opened the scoring for Lorient on 54'.
Expected goals finished Lens 1.24, Lorient 1.60. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Lens held 57.0% of the ball.
Sagnan was dismissed for Lens in the closing moments, too late to shape the result.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Lorient graded out for counter-punch — 43.0% possession and 1.60 expected goals. Lorient graded out for goalkeeper rescue — 6 saves and 1.24 faced xg.
Yvon Mvogo came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Lorient across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 24 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with Lens conceding the most free-kicks (18).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
57%Possession43%
17Shots8
1.24xG1.60
What the numbers say
5 readsCounter-Punch
Lorient
Lorient were happy without the ball and still created more — 1.60 xG from 43.0% possession.
- Possession
- 43.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.60
- Opponent xG
- 1.24
Goalkeeper Rescue
Lorient
Lorient's goalkeeper kept them in it — 6 saves against 1.24 xG, conceding just 0.
- Saves
- 6
- Faced xG
- 1.24
- Conceded
- 0
Better Chances
Lorient
Lorient did not shoot more, they shot better — 0.20 xG per attempt against 0.07.
- xG per shot
- 0.20
- Opponent
- 0.07
- Shots
- 8 v 17
Timeline
🟨14'
Nathaniel Adjei
Argument
S. Sagnan ↑ M. Udol ↓
🔄24'
Yassine Titraoui
Foul
🟨26'
Half-time
⚽54'
M. Kone — assist: P. Katseris
A. Bulatovic ↑ Y. Titraoui ↓
🔄60'
M. Cuisance ↑ A. Haidara ↓
🔄61'
🔄67'
A. Avom ↑ N. Mbamba ↓
🔄67'
T. Le Bris ↑ P. Katseris ↓
🔄67'
I. Balde ↑ M. Kone ↓
F. Sotoca ↑ R. Aguilar ↓
🔄70'
O. Edouard ↑ T. Hazard ↓
🔄70'
🔄75'
I. Jensen ↑ G. Bernardeau ↓
Michał Skóraś
Foul
🟨77'
Souleymane Sagnan
Foul
🟨85'
Souleymane Sagnan
Foul
🟨90+2'
Souleymane Sagnan
Foul
🟥90+2'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
RefereeEric Wattellier, France
CompetitionLigue 1
Season2026
RoundMatchday 3
StatusMatch Finished