Marseille beat Lens 3-1 as A. Gouiri scores twice

Match report

Lens were beaten 3-1 by Marseille at Orange Vélodrome on Saturday, 24 January 2026 in Ligue 1 matchday 19. A. Gouiri (3', 75') and E. Nwaneri (13') scored for Marseille, while R. Fofana (85') found the net for Lens. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Marseille had 54% of the ball and 10 shots (5 on target) against Lens’s 7 (2 on target). Amine Gouiri (Marseille) was the top-rated player with 8.6. The result leaves Marseille 17th in the Ligue 1 table on 3 points and Lens 15th on 4.

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Form, table and head-to-head

Marseille

17th · 3 points · P 5 W 1 D 0 L 4

Form

Lens

15th · 4 points · P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3

Form

Ligue 1 table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
14	Nice	5	-3	5
15	Lens	5	0	4
16	Estac Troyes	5	-7	4
17	Marseille	5	-1	3
18	Le Havre	5	-3	2

Full Ligue 1 table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sun, 8 Nov 2026, Lens – Marseille

Full Marseille vs Lens head-to-head

Match events

3'goalA. GouiriAssist: I. Paixao
13'goalE. NwaneriAssist: P. Hojbjerg
37'yellow cardWesley SaïdYellow Card
58'substitutionE. NwaneriOff: M. Greenwood
59'substitutionO. EdouardOff: A. Sima
61'yellow cardMamadou SangareYellow Card
70'yellow cardQuinten TimberYellow Card
70'yellow cardFlorian ThauvinYellow Card
72'substitutionA. ThomassonOff: A. Bulatovic
72'substitutionW. SaidOff: R. Fofana
74'substitutionN. AguerdOff: B. Pavard
74'substitutionH. J. TraoreOff: D. Bakola
74'substitutionQ. TimberOff: M. O'Riley
75'goalA. GouiriAssist: T. Weah
78'substitutionR. AguilarOff: A. Bermont
78'substitutionF. ThauvinOff: F. Sotoca
80'substitutionA. GouiriOff: P. Aubameyang
85'goalR. FofanaAssist: M. Sangare

Lineups

Marseille

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Habib Beye

Starting XI

Substitutes

Lens

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Pierre Sage

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

54%Possession46%
1.00Expected goals (xG)1.01
10Total shots7
5Shots on target2
2Shots off target2
3Blocked shots3
4Shots inside the box4
6Shots outside the box3
2Corners2
1Offsides4
18Fouls16
1Yellow cards3
–Red cards–
1Goalkeeper saves2
556Passes471
497Accurate passes411
89%Pass accuracy87%
-0.51Goals prevented-0.51

Player statistics

Marseille

Marseille player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Gerónimo RulliG	90	6.7				46 · 98%
5Leonardo BalerdiD	90	6.7				74 · 88%		1	3/9
21Nayef AguerdD	74	7.2				83 · 96%		3	4/5
32Facundo MedinaD	90	6.9				85 · 87%		2	3/5
14Igor PaixãoM	90	6.6		1	1 (0)	17 · 82%	1	3	6/13
22Timothy WeahM	90	7.3		1		35 · 77%	1	1	5/7
23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergM	90	6.9		1	1 (0)	62 · 89%	2		5/10
27Quinten TimberM	74	6.9				41 · 88%		2	5/9
9Amine GouiriFTop rated	80	8.6	2		3 (3)	15 · 100%	1	1	2/11
11Ethan NwaneriF	58	8.2	1		2 (2)	28 · 89%			4/7
20Hamed Junior TraorèF	74	6.5				27 · 93%	1		2/6
12Jeffrey de LangeG	–	–
4Conrad Jaden Egan-RileyD	–	–
28Benjamin PavardD	16	6.5				8 · 100%
62Amir MurilloD	–	–
17Matt O'RileyM	16	6.3				7 · 86%		2	2/4
18Arthur VermeerenM	–	–
50Darryl BakolaM	16	6.3				5 · 60%	1		2/6
10Mason GreenwoodF	32	6.9				20 · 80%	2		2/2
97Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF	10	6.5				3 · 100%			0/2

Lens

Lens player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
40Robin RisserG	90	6.2				19 · 84%
14Matthieu UdolD	90	5.9				57 · 89%	1	1	1/6
20Malang SarrD	90	7.0				69 · 91%		5	9/11
25Ismaelo GaniouD	90	6.7				50 · 86%		1	5/6
2Ruben AguilarM	78	6.5				39 · 87%	1		1/5
8Mamadou SangareM	90	6.9		1		64 · 83%	2	5	7/13
23Saud AbdulhamidM	90	6.2				33 · 94%			3/9
28Adrien ThomassonM	72	6.6			1 (0)	31 · 90%	1	4	5/7
10Florian ThauvinF	78	6.7				31 · 84%			6/13
11Odsonne ÉdouardF	59	6.9			1 (0)	5 · 100%		2	5/7
22Wesley SaïdF	71	6.3				30 · 77%	1	2	5/11
16Mathieu GorgelinG	–	–
4Nidal ČelikD	–	–
32Kyllian AntonioD	–	–
5Andrija BulatovicM	18	6.5				14 · 79%	1		1/2
18Fode SyllaM	–	–
26Anthony BermontM	12	6.6			1 (1)	10 · 100%			0/1
7Florian SotocaF	12	6.3				8 · 88%
19Abdallah SimaF	31	6.9				9 · 100%		1	3/3
38Rayan FofanaF	19	7.5	1		1 (1)	2 · 50%			0/2