Lens vs Paris FC 2-1

Lens came from a goal down to beat Paris FC 2-1, with Thorgan Hazard’s 83rd-minute strike deciding it after the home side had levelled through Florian Thauvin. Both clubs had moments wiped out by VAR, including a cancelled Lens penalty and a cancelled red card for Jean-Clair Todibo.

Paris FC went in front in the second minute of stoppage time at the end of the first half when Luca Koleosho scored from a Lassine Sinayoko assist for 1-0. Koleosho was replaced by Emmanuel Mbemba at the break, and Lens reached half-time behind despite the earlier VAR intervention in the 19th minute when Matthieu Udol’s penalty was cancelled.

Lens made two changes in the 61st minute, sending on Kyllian Antonio and Thorgan Hazard, and Hazard needed only two minutes to help level it. He set up Florian Thauvin in the 63rd minute for 1-1, then turned scorer himself in the 83rd, again with Thauvin involved, to make it 2-1. Paris FC made two changes in the 67th minute and another in the 76th and 81st minutes, but they did not find another way through, while Lens used two more changes in the 85th minute to see out the closing stages.

The numbers reflected a home side that had 56% of the ball, 554 passes to Paris FC’s 455, 9 shots to 4 and 3 on target to 1. Lens also finished with more corners, 6-1, and a higher xG total of 0.93 to 0.43, while both teams were level on fouls at 17 and on yellow cards at 3 each.

The bookings were spread across both sides. Paris FC’s Moustapha Mbow and Pierre Lees Melou were booked in the 28th and 29th minutes, and Otavio followed in the second minute of stoppage time. Lens saw yellow cards for Florian Thauvin in the 51st minute, Samson Baidoo in the 74th, Michał Skóraś in the 89th and Y. Cahuzac in the fifth minute of stoppage time.