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1¹ GOAL!! A sliced MUSAH shot was collected by FÁBIO SILVA who made no mistake from just outside the area. (1-0 Lens) 5¹ DYBALA beat four Sporting players and blasted a great chance wide. 6¹ WATKINS was put clear by ZUBIMENDI and he turned the Lens 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the near post. 10¹ A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper. 14¹ A fine ball from DYBALA on the right found REYNA who sliced his shot wide. 16¹ REYNA placed a deadly shot wide from twenty yards out. 19¹ GOAL!! A Lens counter-attack allowed ÇALHANOGLU to setup MUSAH with an easy goal. (2-0 Lens) 23¹ NICO WILLIAMS stepped inside FRANKOWSKI but shot the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. 25¹ XHAKA booked. 26¹ A tame shot from DIOGO DALOT trickled agonisingly wide. 28¹ FÁBIO SILVA's shot was well held by the 'keeper. 29¹ GOAL!! A mix up between DIOGO DALOT and the Sporting 'keeper allowed DYBALA to crack the ball into the empty net. (3-0 Lens) 33¹ REYNA headed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box. 37¹ MUSAH beat DOUGLAS LUIZ and flicked the ball to XHAKA who fired his effort wide. 42¹ A cross from ÇALHANOGLU left REYNA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. 44¹ REYNA scuffed a simple chance. 3² ÇALHANOGLU knocked the ball to FÁBIO SILVA who nodded it over. 10² A mix up in the Sporting defence enabled FÁBIO SILVA to crack the ball over the bar. 12² GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from TAPSOBA caught the Lens defence napping and WATKINS ran on to easily score. (3-1 Lens) 18² A corner fell to WATKINS who flicked an effort inches wide. 33² A accurate pass found NICO WILLIAMS and his right foot shot went narrowly over. 38² The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from WATKINS.

Lens   League position: - Home league form: L--- Overall league form: LLL----- Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Alphonse ARÉOLA 7½ 1 6½ Thibaut COURTOIS Przemyslaw FRANKOWSKI 5½ 2 6½ José DIOGO DALOT(c) Oleksandr ZINCHENKO 7  3 8  JOÃO Pedro CANCELO Hakan ÇALHANOGLU 7½ 4 7  DOUGLAS LUIZ Soares Jonathan TAH 7½ 5 7  Edmond TAPSOBA Presnel KIMPEMBE 6½ 6 6  John STONES Yunus MUSAH 7  7 7  Martín ZUBIMENDI Giovanni REYNA 7  8 6  MATEUS Gonçalo FERNANDES (p)FÁBIO Daniel SILVA 7½ 9 6½ Ollie WATKINS(p) (c,f)Granit XHAKA 7½ 10 6½ ÁLEX BAENA Paulo DYBALA 7½ 11 6½ NICO WILLIAMS(f) Manager John Pickford Anton KADE    12    Giorgio SCALVINI PAU LÓPEZ Sabata    13    Gregor KOBEL Frenkie DE JONG 7  14    Rasmus HØJLUND Adrien TRUFFERT    15    Raúl ASENCIO Andy DIOUF    16    Jonas HOFMANN

Sporting   League position: - Away league form: WL-- Overall league form: WLW----- Formation: 4-3-3

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Statistics

Lens 3 Sporting 1 (Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 36,107, Stadium: Félix-Bollaert, Referee: Steve Tanner 7½) Fábio Silva 1¹, Musah 19¹, Dybala 29¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Watkins 12² Frankowskióde Jong 7²       Xhaka 25¹   6 1 3 7 0 4 5 3 12 6 17 9 2 2 57% 43% ¶ Man of the match: João Pedro Cancelo ¶