Lens vs Sporting CP 0-2

Sporting CP left Lens with a 2-0 win after Luis Suárez opened the scoring in the 22nd minute and Issa Doumbia sealed it on 74 minutes. The visitors took their chances, and Lens did not turn more of the ball into a goal.

Suárez struck in the 22nd minute from Nestory Irankunda’s assist to make it 1-0, and that remained the half-time score.

Lens made two changes on 58 minutes, with Samson Baidoo and Franjo Ivanovic coming off for Ruben Aguilar and Odsonne Édouard, then another two on 68 minutes as Saud Abdulhamid and Junior Kadile were replaced by Michał Skóraś and Mezian Soares Mesloub. Sporting CP made two changes on 73 minutes, and one of them mattered straight away: Silas Andersen came on for João Simões and set up Doumbia three minutes later to make it 2-0. Sporting then made two more changes on 85 minutes, when Luis Suárez and Issa Doumbia came off for Fotis Ioannidis and Pedro Lima Barros.

Lens had 56% of the possession, 545 passes to Sporting’s 435 and 21 shots to 11, but Sporting had the better of the numbers that counted most for the scoreline, with 5 shots on target to 6 saves from Lens keeper, compared with Lens’s 6 on target and 3 saves at the other end. Lens also led 6 corners to 3 and had 1.78 xG to Sporting’s 1.73.

Lens collected the only bookings, with Michaël Cuisance booked on 71 minutes and Florian Thauvin on 81 minutes. There were no red cards.