Troyes
Lens
Match summary
Lens beat Troyes 3-1 on the road.
In the first half, Monfray's own goal put Lens ahead from a corner in the 13th minute and Timothee Nkada equalised in the 27th minute. In the second half, Odsonne Edouard put Lens back in front in the 47th minute, set up by Florian Thauvin and Ruben Aguilar made it 1-3 with a header in the 55th minute, set up by Florian Thauvin.
The chances backed that up: Lens created 1.85 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Troyes's 1.47 from 12.
Troyes hosted Lens in Ligue 1 on matchday 7, suffering a 1-3 defeat despite registering 12 shots compared to the visitors 13. Lens controlled 59 percent of possession and completed 540 passes at an 84 percent accuracy rate, while Troyes managed 370 passes at 82 percent accuracy. Troyes recorded 6 corners to Lens 4, and won the territorial battle by producing 101 attacks and 53 dangerous attacks against 89 attacks and 37 dangerous attacks from their opponents. Both sides registered 5 shots on target for Troyes and 3 for Lens, with each team accumulating 2 yellow cards over the course of the fixture.
The scoring opened in the 13th minute when Adrien Monfray scored an own goal, putting the ball into his own net to give Lens a 0-1 lead. Troyes responded in the 26th minute through a left foot shot from Timothé Nkada to level the score at 1-1. Lens regained the advantage just before half-time when Odsonne Édouard scored with a right foot shot in the 45+2nd minute. Ruben Aguilar extended the lead to 1-3 with a header in the 55th minute. Multiple substitutions occurred in both halves, and yellow cards were shown to Junior Diaz and Renaud Ripart for Troyes, followed by Samson Baidoo and Amadou Haidara for Lens.
