Lens 5-2 Auxerre: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 August 2026

Result

Lens 5-2 Auxerre

Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 August 2026, 15:15 UTC · Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens · half-time 1-0

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Lens 5-2 Auxerre: match report

Lens beat Auxerre 5-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 August 2026 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The half-time score was 1-0.

Florian Thauvin opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Lens's goals came from Florian Thauvin (12', penalty), Franjo Ivanović (49'), Saud Abdulhamid (54'), Ismaëlo Ganiou (66') and Florian Thauvin (88', penalty). Auxerre scored through Danny Namaso (61', penalty) and Lamine Sy (69').

Discipline: Lens received 1 yellow card; Auxerre received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

In the current table Lens are 9th on 13 points and Auxerre are 14th on 10 points.

Lens lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Auxerre in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Thauvin of Lens (8.7), ahead of Franjo Ivanović (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Lens wins, 4 draws and 1 for Auxerre.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Penalty goal · Florian ThauvinLens · 1-0
  • 35'Red card · Christ MakossoAuxerre
  • 49'Goal · Franjo IvanovićLens · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · Saud AbdulhamidLens · 3-0
  • 61'Penalty goal · Danny NamasoAuxerre · 3-1
  • 66'Goal · Ismaëlo GaniouLens · 4-1
  • 69'Goal · Lamine SyAuxerre · 4-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Maik NawrockiLens
  • 86'Yellow card · Lamfia DioubatéAuxerre
  • 88'Penalty goal · Florian ThauvinLens · 5-2

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
9Lens94141613+313LWWWL
14Auxerre93151323-1010WLWDL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lens 5, draws 4, Auxerre 1.

Team news

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Lens line-up (3-4-2-1)

Robin Risser, Maik Nawrocki, Ismaëlo Ganiou, Souleymane Sagnan, Saud Abdulhamid, Michaël Cuisance, Yassine Titraoui, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Franjo Ivanović, Abdallah Sima

Auxerre line-up (4-3-3)

Mamadou Diop, Lamine Sy, Sinaly Diomandé, Christ Makosso, Clément Akpa, Naouirou Ahamada, Arthur Piedfort, Kévin Danois, Romain Faivre, Danny Namaso, Aristide Zossou

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