Ligue 1: Lens destroys Troyes 4-0 playing a great match

LENS. Lens demolishes Troyes 4-0 with goals of

LENS. Lens demolishes Troyes 4-0 with goals of A. Kalimuendo (14′), W. Said (30′), J. Clauss (36′) and P. Frankowski (61′). Lens took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was held at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis Stadium in Lens on Friday and this began at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Léonard who had the assistance of Gilles Lang and Steven Torregrossa. The 4th official was Eddy Rosier. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 4.6 degrees Celsius or 40.23 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 82%.​

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  Lens

  4

  

  Troyes

  0

  5 Nov 2021 Full time

Match Statistics

Lens was in firm control of the ball 59% while Troyes was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Lens was more aggressive with 39 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 12 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Lens won the match.

Lens shot 22 times, 12 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Troyes shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Lens received 1 yellow card (I. Ganago). On the other side, Troyes received 2 yellow cards (L. Batlles and G. Rodrigues).

After this match, Lens will have 24 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Troyes will stay with 13 points like Clermont to stay in the 14th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Ligue 1 match, Lens will play away with Brest on the 21st of November with a 1-1 head to head stats.

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  Brest

  4

  

  Lens

  0

  

  21 Nov 2021 Full time

Troyes will host Saint-Étienne on the 21st of November with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Saint-Étienne (3 draws).

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  Troyes

  0

  

  Saint-Étienne

  1

  

  21 Nov 2021 Full time

Lens: Formation and Lineups

Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Franck Haise chose to play with the following team: Wuilker Faríñez (7.0), Jonathan Gradit (7.5), Kevin Danso (7.0), Facundo Medina (7.0), Jonathan Clauss (9.4), Cheick Doucouré (7.4), Seko Fofana (6.7), Przemysław Frankowski (7.1), Gaël Kakuta (7.1), Wesley Saïd (7.6) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (7.8).

Substitutes

Lens made 5 changes: W. Said for F. Sotoca (44′), A. Kalimuendo for I. Ganago (65′), G. Kakuta for D. Costa (65′), S. Fofana for Y. Cahuzac (77′) and P. Frankowski for M. Haidara (77′).

Top player: Jonathan Clauss

Probably the most impressive player in Lens was Jonathan Clauss.

His rating is (9.4) with 1 goal, 44 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.

Troyes: Formation and Lineups

Troyes started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

On the opposite side, Laurent Batlles played with: Gauthier Gallon (6.8), Adil Rami (6.3), Jimmy Giraudon (6.2), Yoann Salmier (6.2), Giulian Biancone (6.8), Rominigue Kouame (7.1), Xavier Chavalerin (6.7), Youssouf Koné (6.4), Renaud Ripart (7.1), Gerson Rodrigues (6.3) and Mama Baldé (6.6).

Substitutes

Troyes made 5 changes: R. Ripart for Suk Hyun-Jun (63′), Y. Kone for I. Kabore (63′), M. Balde for D. Chambost (63′), A. Rami for E. Palmer-Brown (77′) and X. Chavalerin for O. El Hajjam (77′).

Top player: Renaud Ripart

Probably the most impressive player in Troyes was Renaud Ripart.

His rating is (7.1) with 18 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10.