Lens beat Troyes 3-1 in Matchday 7 of Ligue 1

Lens beat hosts Estac Troyes 3-1 in the match between the two sides in Matchday 7 of Ligue 1, held at 21:45 Damascus time.

Lens opened the scoring in their own net after Adrien-Mehdi Monfray scored an own goal in the 13th minute in favour of Troyes, before Timothé Nkada added a second goal for Troyes in the 26th minute to put the hosts ahead. Lens responded in the final minutes of the first half through Odsonne Édouard in the 45+2 minute, before Ruben Aguilar settled the result with a third goal in the 55th minute.

Florian Tristán Mariano Thauvin of Lens won the man of the match award, having provided two assists during the 67 minutes he played, with a rating of 8.6.

Statistically, Lens dominated possession with 59 percent compared to 41 percent for Troyes, and completed 540 passes compared to 370 for their hosts. Lens had 13 shots compared to 12 for Troyes, with 3 on target compared to 5 for Troyes. The expected goals value stood at 1.56 for Lens compared to 0.92 for Troyes. The match saw no red cards, while each team received two yellow cards.

The match was officiated by referee Hakim Ben El Hadj.

With this result, Lens raised their tally to 10 points from 7 matches, having achieved 3 wins, one draw and three defeats, placing them seventh in the standings after scoring 14 goals and conceding 11. Meanwhile, Troyes remained on 4 points from 7 matches with one win, one draw and five defeats, keeping them in 17th place after scoring 5 goals and conceding 16.