Lorient beat Lens 2-1

Match report

Lens were beaten 2-1 by Lorient at Stade du Moustoir on Saturday, 14 March 2026 in Ligue 1 matchday 26. B. Dieng (18') and A. Tosin (65') scored for Lorient, while O. Edouard (48') found the net for Lens. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lorient had 34% of the ball and 6 shots (3 on target) against Lens’s 20 (6 on target). Yvon Mvogo (Lorient) was the top-rated player with 8.0. The result leaves Lorient 12th in the Ligue 1 table on 5 points and Lens 15th on 4.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Lorient

12th · 5 points · P 5 W 1 D 2 L 2

Form

Lens

15th · 4 points · P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3

Form

Ligue 1 table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
11	Stade Brestois 29	5	-1	5
12	Lorient	5	-1	5
13	Toulouse	5	-2	5
14	Nice	5	-3	5
15	Lens	5	0	4
16	Estac Troyes	5	-7	4

Full Ligue 1 table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 5 Sept 2026, Lens 0-1 Lorient

Full Lorient vs Lens head-to-head

Match events

18'goalB. DiengNormal Goal
23'yellow cardNidal ČelikYellow Card
26'yellow cardAbdoulaye FayeYellow Card
48'goalO. EdouardAssist: M. Sangare
54'yellow cardMontassar TalbiYellow Card
64'substitutionB. DiengOff: A. Tosin
65'yellow cardIsmaelo GaniouYellow Card
65'goalA. TosinAssist: A. Kouassi
68'substitutionN. CelikOff: A. Haidara
73'substitutionA. ThomassonOff: A. Bulatovic
73'substitutionA. SimaOff: A. Bermont
75'yellow cardSaud AbdulhamidYellow Card
81'substitutionJ. MakengoOff: P. Katseris
82'substitutionD. KarimOff: S. Soumano
84'substitutionS. AbdulhamidOff: E. Garnier
84'substitutionO. EdouardOff: R. Fofana
90+6'substitutionT. Le BrisOff: N. Adjei

Lineups

Lorient

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Olivier Pantaloni

Starting XI

Substitutes

Lens

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Pierre Sage

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

34%Possession66%
1.45Expected goals (xG)1.21
6Total shots20
3Shots on target6
1Shots off target10
2Blocked shots4
4Shots inside the box15
2Shots outside the box5
1Corners10
1Offsides0
6Fouls11
2Yellow cards3
–Red cards–
5Goalkeeper saves1
339Passes621
260Accurate passes568
77%Pass accuracy91%
-0.03Goals prevented-0.03

Player statistics

Lorient

Lorient player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
38Yvon MvogoGTop rated	90	8.0				43 · 70%			0/1
3Montassar TalbiD	90	7.3				32 · 88%	1	2	10/15
5Bamo MeïtéD	90	6.3				25 · 84%	1	2	4/10
25Abdoulaye FayeD	90	6.5				25 · 76%		2	5/7
8Noah CadiouM	90	6.6				38 · 89%		1	2/7
11Théo Le BrisM	89	6.9				24 · 79%		4	5/8
43Arsène KouassiM	90	7.6		1		29 · 72%	2	2	3/4
62Arthur Avom EbongM	90	6.9				55 · 78%		1	4/6
12Ahmadou Bamba DiengF	64	7.2	1		3 (2)	11 · 73%			1/7
17Jean-Victor MakengoF	81	7.0				23 · 65%	1	3	6/7
29Karim DermaneF	82	7.2				29 · 72%		1	8/12
21Bingourou KamaraG	–	–
32Nathaniel AdjeiD	1	–
44Darlin YongwaD	–	–
77Panos KatserisD	9	6.9							1/1
34Martin BleyM	–	–
35Daniel SemedoM	–	–
14Trevan SanusiF	–	–
15Aiyegun TosinF	26	7.3	1		1 (1)	1 · 100%			1/3
28Sambou SoumanoF	8	6.5				4 · 0%			1/3

Lens

Lens player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
40Robin RisserG	90	6.9				12 · 92%			0/1
4Nidal ČelikD	68	6.5				52 · 98%		4	4/9
20Malang SarrD	90	7.6				113 · 96%		1	3/6
25Ismaelo GaniouD	90	6.5			1 (0)	86 · 93%			3/9
8Mamadou SangareM	90	6.9		1	3 (0)	74 · 88%	3	1	6/10
14Matthieu UdolM	90	6.7			2 (1)	57 · 93%	1		7/12
23Saud AbdulhamidM	84	6.3				50 · 88%		2	2/8
28Adrien ThomassonM	73	6.5				37 · 95%	3	4	4/9
10Florian ThauvinF	90	7.3			5 (2)	47 · 83%	7		3/9
11Odsonne ÉdouardF	84	7.5	1		2 (2)	10 · 70%	1		2/7
19Abdallah SimaF	73	6.3			1 (1)	21 · 81%	1		2/6
16Mathieu GorgelinG	–	–
39Oscar LenneD	–	–
5Andrija BulatovicM	17	6.5				7 · 86%	1
18Fode SyllaM	–	–
21Amadou HaidaraM	22	6.9				27 · 96%			2/2
26Anthony BermontM	17	6.9			1 (0)	16 · 88%	1		1/2
7Florian SotocaF	–	–
34Erawan GarnierF	14	6.6				9 · 89%		1	1/1
38Rayan FofanaF	14	6.5			1 (0)	3 · 100%