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title: "Lens overturn deficit to beat Paris FC 2-1 in Ligue 1"
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description: "Late goals from Florian Thauvin and Thorgan Hazard gave Lens a win in which they overturned their deficit against Paris FC 2-1 in matchday 8 of Ligue 1."
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# Lens overturn deficit to beat Paris FC 2-1 in Ligue 1

Late goals from Florian Thauvin and Thorgan Hazard gave Lens a win in which they overturned their deficit against Paris FC 2-1 in matchday 8 of Ligue 1.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 24 October 2026، 23:52 Saudi time

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Lens overturn deficit to beat Paris FC 2-1 in Ligue 1

[Lens](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/lens-277) secured an exciting 2-1 win over visitors [Paris FC](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/paris-fc-288) in the match that brought them together in matchday 8 of [Ligue 1](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/ligue-1-19) for the 2026/27 season, played at 21:45 Saudi (Damascus) time.

Paris FC opened the scoring through their player [Luca Warrick Daeovie Koleosho](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/luca-warrick-daeovie-koleosho-8538) in the 45+2 minute of the first half, before Lens turned the result around in the second half with two goals, the first for [Florian Tristán Mariano Thauvin](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/florian-trist%C3%A1n-mariano-thauvin-8213) in the 63rd minute, and the second for Thorgan Hazard in the 83rd minute, with Lens coming away victorious from a match in which they had been behind.

The match did not see any red cards, while each team received 3 yellow cards.

Florian Tristán Mariano Thauvin received the man of the match award with a rating of 7.94, after playing the full 90 minutes and scoring one goal and providing an assist for another.

Statistically, Lens dominated possession with 56 percent compared to 44 percent for Paris FC, and had 9 attempts compared to 4 for their visitors, including 3 on target compared to one attempt for Paris FC. Lens also had more corners, with 6 compared to just one corner for Paris FC.

With this result, Lens raised their tally to 10 points in ninth place after 7 matches, having won 3, drawn 1 and lost 3, scoring 14 goals and conceding 11. In contrast, Paris FC's tally remained at 14 points in third place, having won 4 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1, scoring 12 goals and conceding 7.

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