Lens vs Paris Saint-Germain

1 January 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Jérôme Brisard

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Przemyslaw Frankowski 5’
Loïs Openda 28’
Alexis Claude Maurice 47’

Hugo Ekitike 8’

Match summary

Lens saw off Paris Saint-Germain 3-1. Lens led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Przemyslaw Frankowski put Lens ahead in the 5th minute, Hugo Ekitike equalised in the 8th minute, and Loïs Openda put Lens back in front in the 28th minute, set up by Seko Fofana. In the second half, Alexis Claude Maurice made it 3-1 in the 47th minute, set up by Loïs Openda.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lens created 1.80 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Paris Saint-Germain 1.99 from 16.

Match stats

10 Shots 16

4 Shots on Target 6

3 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.80 xG 1.98

1.80 Non-penalty xG 1.98

4 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Lens Paris Saint-Germain

Kick-off

Przemyslaw Frankowski

1-0

5’

8’

Hugo Ekitike

1-1

Loïs Openda
Assist: Seko Fofana

2-1

28’

Half-time2-1

Alexis Claude Maurice
Assist: Loïs Openda

3-1

47’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Lens

Jonathan Gradit
Salis Abdul Samed

Paris Saint-Germain

Achraf Hakimi
Marco Verratti
Ismaël Gharbi

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Lens 1.80 xGParis Saint-Germain 1.99 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Paris Saint-Germain attacking Lens attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Brice Samba	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Facundo Medina	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Danso	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Jonathan Gradit	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Przemyslaw Frankowski	MID	90	1		1	0.56	0.02	1
Massadio Haidara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Salis Abdul Samed	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Seko Fofana	MID	90		1	1	0.03	0.49	1
Florian Sotoca	MID	90			1	0.02	0.10	2
Alexis Claude Maurice	MID	76	1		2	0.55	0.00	0
Loïs Openda	FWD	76	1	1	3	0.58	0.48	1
Jean Onana	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wesley Said	Sub	14			1	0.03	0.00	0
Lukasz Poreba	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Gianluigi Donnarumma	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nordi Mukiele	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.65	1
Marquinhos	DEF	90		1	0.10	0.03	1
Sergio Ramos	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Achraf Hakimi	DEF	90		2	0.06	0.06	2
Marco Verratti	MID	90		0	0.00	0.18	4
Danilo Pereira	MID	61		0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabián	MID	61		1	0.03	0.00	0
Carlos Soler	MID	81		0	0.00	0.01	1
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin	FWD	90		4	0.13	0.01	1
Hugo Ekitike	FWD	76	1	4	0.92	0.00	0
Vitinha	Sub	29		0	0.00	0.08	1
Pablo Sarabia	Sub	29		3	0.74	0.03	1
Warren Zaïre-Emery	Sub	14		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ismaël Gharbi	Sub	9		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 26% Avg odds 3.67

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53

Paris Saint-Germain win 47% Avg odds 2.04

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lens W W W W D

Paris Saint-Germain W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Lens, 23 Apr 22 Next meeting: Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 Lens, 15 Apr 23 All Lens vs Paris Saint-Germain meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.