Lens — Lorient 0:1, 5 September: match result

match finished Ligue 1 · Matchday 3 Saturday 5 September · 15:15 UTC

Lens 11th · 3 pts LDLLW

0 : 1 1st half 0:0

Lorient 8th · 4 pts LDWLD

Stade Bollaert-Delelis · referee E. Wattellier

Match predictionSafe

Lorient +2.5

93% · Lorient games average 1.3 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Lorient +2.5”, and the match finished 0:1.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Lens 48% draw 24% Lorient 28%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Lens win, and the match finished 0:1. Fans backed Lens win — they got it wrong.

fans 31 votes

Lens 61% draw 13% Lorient 26%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

N. Adjei 14'

S. Sagnan for M. Udol 24'

Y. Titraoui 26'

M. Kone assist: P. Katseris 0-1 54'

A. Bulatovic for Y. Titraoui 60'

M. Cuisance for A. Haidara 61'

I. Balde for M. Kone 67'

A. Avom for N. Mbamba 67'

T. Le Bris for P. Katseris 67'

F. Sotoca for R. Aguilar 70'

O. Edouard for T. Hazard 70'

I. Jensen for G. Bernardeau 75'

M. Skoras 77'

S. Sagnan 85'

S. Sagnan 90+2'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Lens 3-4-2-1 · Dino Toppmoller 3-4-2-1 · Alexandre Dujeux Lorient

Robin Risser  
Kyllian Antonio  25 Ismaelo Ganiou  14 Matthieu Udol  
Ruben Aguilar  21 Amadou Haidara  8 Yassine Titraoui  22 Michał Skóraś  
Florian Thauvin  9 Thorgan Hazard  
Abdallah Sima  

Mamadou Koné  
Gabin Bernardeau  17 Jean Victor Makengo  
Panos Katseris  8 Noah Cadiou  72 Noah Mbamba  43 Arsène Kouassi  
Dembo Sylla  3 Montassar Talbi  32 Nathaniel Adjei  
Yvon Mvogo  

Lens bench

5Andrija Bulatović
7Florian Sotoca
29Franjo Ivanović
24Jonathan Gradit
16Mathieu Gorgelin
38Mezian Mesloub
27Michaël Cuisance
11Odsonne Édouard
31Souleymane Sagnan

Lorient bench

15Aiyegun Tosin
2Alec Georgen
62Arthur Avom Ebong
21Bingourou Kamara
18Ibrahima Baldé
10Isak Steiner Jensen
55Nosa Edward Obaretin
19Souleymane Faye
11Théo Le Bris

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

57%Possession43%

18Shots8

6Shots on target3

7Shots off target5

5Blocked shots0

11Shots inside box5

7Shots outside box3

132Attacks60

68Dangerous attacks26

8Corners0

2Offsides0

18Fouls6

4Yellow cards1

1Red cards0

2Saves6

578Passes458

511Accurate passes386

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Lens

LorientThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Lens and Lorient met on matchday 3 of the Ligue 1 on 5 September at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Final score — 0:1.

Lens sit 11th on 3 points after 5 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses), winless in 4 matches. Lorient sit 8th on 4 points after 5 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses).

Of the last 2 meetings Lens won 1, Lorient won 1. Aggregate score — 4:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Lens last five Lorient

LDLLW form LDWLD

5 Matches 5

1 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 2 — 2

9 — 9 Scored — conceded 5 — 6

0.8 Points per game 1

1.8 Goals scored per game 1

0 Clean sheets 2

1 Failed to score 1

winless in 4 Current streak winless in 2

Lens at home: 2 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 5—3, 1.5 points per match.

Lorient away: 3 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 2—2, 1.33 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Lens win 0 draws 1 Lorient win goals 4:2 Lens — Lorient

14/03/2026	Lorient — Lens	2:1	Ligue 1
02/11/2025	Lens — Lorient	3:0	Ligue 1

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
11	Brest	5	1	2	2	7—8	5
12	Lorient	5	1	2	2	5—6	5
13	Toulouse	5	1	2	2	7—9	5
14	Nice	5	1	2	2	3—6	5
15	Lens	5	1	1	3	9—9	4
16	Troyes	5	1	1	3	4—11	4

Full Ligue 1 table