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Strasbourg vs Lens: match report

Strasbourg hosted Lens at Stade de la Meinau on Saturday 29 August 2026, in the Ligue 1 (round 2). Strasbourg are without 2 players (Ben Chilwell, Samir El Mourabet); Lens are missing 1 (Kyllian Antonio). Bastien Dechepy is the referee, averaging 4.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Strasbourg 2-1 Lens. Goals: Florian Thauvin 38' (pen) for Lens; Gessime Yassine 48' for Strasbourg; Gessime Yassine 85' for Strasbourg.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 36' Yellow card: Jeyland Mitchell (Strasbourg)
  • 38' Penalty: Florian Thauvin (Lens) 0-1
  • 48' Goal: Gessime Yassine (Strasbourg) 1-1
  • 69' Yellow card: Franjo Ivanovic (Lens)
  • 80' Yellow card: Ruben Aguilar (Lens)
  • 84' Yellow card: Gessime Yassine (Strasbourg)
  • 85' Goal: Gessime Yassine (Strasbourg) 2-1
Match stats (contains the result)
51.5%Possession48.5%
16Shots17
7Shots on target7
3Corners6
10Fouls11
3Offsides3
6Saves5
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Strasbourg 4-2-3-1

Coach: Hugo Oliveira

  1. 1 Filip Jörgensen GK
  2. 16 Genesis Antwi DEF
  3. 2 Andrew Omobamidele DEF
  4. 4 Jeyland Mitchell DEF
  5. 24 Lucas Høgsberg DEF
  6. 23 Diogo Sousa MID
  7. 21 Pape Demba Diop MID
  8. 80 Gessime Yassine FWD
  9. 10 Giovanni Reyna MID
  10. 11 Sebastian Nanasi MID
  11. 30 Jacobo Ortega FWD

Bench

  • 7 Samuel Amo-Ameyaw MID
  • 31 Karim Coulibaly DEF
  • 14 Sékou Mara FWD
  • 15 Mateo Del Blanco DEF
  • 19 Fabio Baldé FWD
  • 12 Milosz Piekutowski GK
  • 45 Benjamin Brantlind MID
  • 17 Mathis Amougou MID
  • 28 Tyrese Noubissie MID

Lens 3-4-2-1

Coach: Dino Toppmöller

  1. 40 Robin Risser GK
  2. 31 Souleymane Sagnan DEF
  3. 25 Ismaëlo Ganiou DEF
  4. 3 Maik Nawrocki DEF
  5. 22 Michal Skóras MID
  6. 8 Yacine Titraoui MID
  7. 27 Michaël Cuisance MID
  8. 14 Matthieu Udol MID
  9. 10 Florian Thauvin MID
  10. 29 Franjo Ivanovic FWD
  11. 19 Abdallah Sima MID

Bench

  • 2 Ruben Aguilar MID
  • 5 Andrija Bulatovic MID
  • 9 Thorgan Hazard MID
  • 7 Florian Sotoca MID
  • 38 Mezian Soares MID
  • 16 Mathieu Gorgelin GK
  • 4 Nidal Celik DEF
  • 21 Amadou Haidara MID
  • 18 Rayan Fofana FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Strasbourg

  • Ben Chilwell injury, back Doubtful
  • Samir El Mourabet suspension, back Early September 2026

Lens

  • Kyllian Antonio suspension, back Late August 2026
Previous meetings
  • Friday 27 February 2026: Strasbourg 1-1 Lens
  • Saturday 22 November 2025: Lens 1-0 Strasbourg
  • Sunday 16 February 2025: Lens 0-2 Strasbourg
  • Sunday 6 October 2024: Strasbourg 2-2 Lens
  • Saturday 10 February 2024: Lens 3-1 Strasbourg