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Lens 2-1 Arsenal - October 03, 2023 / Champions League 2023/2024

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Champions League 2023/2024 - Round 2 - Group B

Stade Bollaert-Delelis - Lens - France

October 03, 2023 - 21:00

Lens

France

2 - 1

Arsenal

England

Assist by Elye Wahi (right foot) Adrien Thomasson

25'

Assist by Przemyslaw Frankowski (right foot) Elye Wahi

69'

14'

Gabriel Jesus (right foot) Assist by Bukayo Saka

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14' - Goal Gabriel Jesus

25' - Goal Adrien Thomasson25

34' - Substitution Bukayo Sakais substituted by Fabio Vieira

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69' - Goal Elye Wahi69

70' - Substitution Oleksandr Zinchenkois substituted by Ben White

71' - Substitution Kai Havertzis substituted by Emile Smith Rowe photo Reiss Nelson

71' - Substitution Leandro Trossardis substituted by Reiss Nelson

73' - Substitution Nampalys Mendyis substituted by Andy Diouf photo Angelo Fulgini

73' - Substitution Adrien Thomassonis substituted by Angelo Fulgini73

74' - Substitution Elye Wahiis substituted by Wesley Saïd74

80' - Substitution Martin Ödegaardis substituted by Eddie Nketiah

81' - Substitution Deiver Machadois substituted by Ruben Aguilar81

90' - Yellow card Salis Abdul Samed90

90' - Yellow card Gabriel Jesus

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Team line-ups

Lens

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Wahi6974

Elye Wahi

France

B.date02/01/2003

Age20 years

H1m78

positionStriker

28Thomasson2573

Adrien Thomasson

France

B.date10/12/1993

Age29 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

7Sotoca

Florian Sotoca

France

B.date25/10/1990

Age32 years

H1m87

positionStriker

6Abdul Samed90

Salis Abdul Samed

Ghana

B.date26/03/2000

Age23 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

26Mendy73

Nampalys Mendy

Senegal

B.date23/06/1992

Age31 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Machado81

Deiver Machado

Colombia

B.date02/09/1993

Age30 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

29Frankowski

Przemyslaw Frankowski

Poland

B.date12/04/1995

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

14Medina

Facundo Medina

Argentina

B.date28/05/1999

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

4Danso

Kevin Danso

Austria

B.date19/09/1998

Age25 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

24Gradit

Jonathan Gradit

France

B.date24/11/1992

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

30Samba

Brice Samba

France

B.date25/04/1994

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
30	G	Brice Samba		29	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kevin Danso		25	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Facundo Medina		24	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Deiver Machado	81	30	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Jonathan Gradit		30	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Nampalys Mendy	73	31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Salis Abdul Samed	90	23	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Adrien Thomasson	2573	29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Przemyslaw Frankowski		28	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Elye Wahi	6974	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Florian Sotoca		32	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Gabriel Jesus1490

Gabriel Jesus

Brazil

B.date03/04/1997

Age26 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

19Trossard71

Leandro Trossard

Belgium

B.date04/12/1994

Age28 years

H1m72

positionLeft Winger

7Saka34

Bukayo Saka

England

B.date05/09/2001

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

29Havertz71

Kai Havertz

Germany

B.date11/06/1999

Age24 years

H1m89

positionRight central midfielder

8Ödegaard80

Martin Ödegaard

Norway

B.date17/12/1998

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

41Rice

Declan Rice

England

B.date14/01/1999

Age24 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

35Zinchenko70

Oleksandr Zinchenko

Ukraine

B.date15/12/1996

Age26 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

6Gabriel

Gabriel

Brazil

B.date19/12/1997

Age25 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

2Saliba

William Saliba

France

B.date24/03/2001

Age22 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

18Tomiyasu

Takehiro Tomiyasu

Japan

B.date05/11/1998

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

22Raya

David Raya

Spain

B.date15/09/1995

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	David Raya		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Gabriel		25	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	William Saliba		22	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Takehiro Tomiyasu		24	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	M	Declan Rice		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Oleksandr Zinchenko	70	26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Kai Havertz	71	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Martin Ödegaard	80	24	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Bukayo Saka	34	22	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Leandro Trossard	71	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Gabriel Jesus	1490	26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
40	G	Yannick Pandor		22
16	G	Jean-Louis Leca		38
25	D	Abdukodir Khusanov		19
2	D	Ruben Aguilar	81	30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Faitout Maouassa		25
18	M	Andy Diouf	73	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Neil El Aynaoui		22
11	M	Angelo Fulgini	73	27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Wesley Saïd	74	28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Morgan Guilavogui		25

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Karl Hein		21
1	G	Aaron Ramsdale		25
4	D	Ben White	70	25	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Jakub Kiwior		23
17	D	Cédric Soares		32
25	M	Mohamed El Neny		31
20	M	Jorginho		31
5	M	Thomas Partey		30
10	M	Emile Smith Rowe	71	23	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Fabio Vieira	34	23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	F	Reiss Nelson	71	23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Eddie Nketiah	80	24	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Salis Abdul Samed

Andy Diouf

OUT

Adrien Thomasson

Angelo Fulgini

OUT

Przemyslaw Frankowski

Ruben Aguilar

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Takehiro Tomiyasu

Ben White

OUT

Leandro Trossard

Eddie Nketiah

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Franck Haise

134

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Haise vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 03, 2023

Haise vs Arteta

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 03, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Mikel Arteta

191

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Arteta vs Lens

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 03, 2023

Arteta vs Haise

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 03, 2023

Referee

Marco Guida

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Lens1 match	General total	Arsenal1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Lens1 match	Season total	Arsenal1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 03, 2023					Latest figure on October 03, 2023

Videos

November 29, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Lens keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Arsenal in Champions League running (since 16/09/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Adrien Thomasson scores 1 goal in Champions League

It's the first time Gabriel Jesus scores 1 goal vs Lens in his professional career

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Lens	4 pts	2 rd
-1	2	Arsenal	3 pts	2 rd
	3	Sevilla FC	2 pts	2 rd
	4	PSV Eindhoven	1 pt	2 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Lens	4 pts	2 rd
-1	2	Arsenal	3 pts	2 rd
	3	Sevilla FC	2 pts	2 rd
	4	PSV Eindhoven	1 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLens 2-1 Marseille06/05/2023

VLens 2-1 Reims12/05/2023

VLens 3-0 AC Ajaccio27/05/2023

DLens 1-1 Rennes20/08/2023

LLens 0-1 Metz16/09/2023

VLens 2-1 Toulouse FC24/09/2023

Overall

LParis SG 3-1 Lens26/08/2023

LMonaco 3-0 Lens02/09/2023

LLens 0-1 Metz16/09/2023

DSevilla FC 1-1 Lens20/09/2023

VLens 2-1 Toulouse FC24/09/2023

VStrasbourg 0-1 Lens29/09/2023

Current form

Away

VNewcastle United 0-2 Arsenal07/05/2023

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Arsenal20/05/2023

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal21/08/2023

VEverton 0-1 Arsenal17/09/2023

VBrentford 0-1 Arsenal27/09/2023

VBournemouth 0-4 Arsenal30/09/2023

Overall

VArsenal 3-1 Manchester United03/09/2023

VEverton 0-1 Arsenal17/09/2023

VArsenal 4-0 PSV Eindhoven20/09/2023

DArsenal 2-2 Tottenham24/09/2023

VBrentford 0-1 Arsenal27/09/2023

VBournemouth 0-4 Arsenal30/09/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	4	11
Drawless streak	7	2
Scoring streak	4	11
Invincibility streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	1
35	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	5
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Angelo Fulgini	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Leandro Trossard
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Leandro Trossard
Angelo Fulgini	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	Leandro Trossard

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	November 25, 1998
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	April 20, 2000
Away	2 - 1	April 20, 2000

Latest head to head

April 20, 2000 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 1999/2000

Lens

1 - 2

Arsenal

April 06, 2000 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 1999/2000

Arsenal

1 - 0

Lens

November 25, 1998 - Ligue des Champions 1998/1999

Arsenal

0 - 1

Lens

September 16, 1998 - Ligue des Champions 1998/1999

Lens

1 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Tony Vairelles	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Mickaël Debève	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Pascal Nouma	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Lens

Marc Overmars	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Dennis Bergkamp	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Thierry Henry	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Nwankwo Kanu	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Éric Sikora	4 matches	1998 - 2000
Daniel Moreira	4 matches	1998 - 2000
Guillaume Warmuz	4 matches	1998 - 2000
Alex Nyarko	4 matches	1998 - 2000
Pascal Nouma	4 matches	1998 - 2000
Cyril Rool	2 matches	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Lens

Martin Keown	4 matches	1998 - 2000
Lee Dixon	4 matches	1998 - 2000
Ray Parlour	4 matches	1998 - 2000
Marc Overmars	4 matches	1998 - 2000
David Seaman	4 matches	1998 - 2000
Patrick Vieira	3 matches	1998 - 2000