Lens 3-0 Metz: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 March 2026
Result
Lens 3-0 Metz
Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 March 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Lens 3-0 Metz: match report
Lens beat Metz 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 8 March 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Saud Abdulhamid opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Lens's goals came from Saud Abdulhamid (44'), Florian Thauvin (46') and Amadou Haidara (52'). Metz did not score.
Discipline: Lens received no yellow cards; Metz received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Lens were 2nd on 53 points from 24 and Metz 18th on 13 points from 24. Lens went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and Metz 18th with 17.
Lens lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Metz in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adrien Thomasson of Lens (8.0), ahead of Ismaëlo Ganiou (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Lens wins, 3 draws and 5 for Metz.
Going into the match Lens's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Metz's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Jean-Philippe Gbamin
- 44'Goal · Saud Abdulhamid
- 46'Goal · Florian Thauvin
- 49'Yellow card · Alpha Touré
- 52'Goal · Amadou Haidara
- 90'Yellow card · Michel Mboula
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Joel Asoro
- Jonathan Gradit
- Joseph Mangondo
- Régis Gurtner
- Kyllian Antonio
- Samson Baidoo
- Ruben Aguilar
- Ismaël Guerti
- Allan Saint-Maximin
- Wesley Saïd
- Arthur Masuaku
Lens line-up (3-4-2-1)
Robin Risser, Nidal Celik, Ismaëlo Ganiou, Malang Sarr, Saud Abdulhamid, Mamadou Sangaré, Adrien Thomasson, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Abdallah Sima, Odsonne Édouard
Metz line-up (5-3-2)
Jonathan Fischer, Bouna Sarr, Sadibou Sané, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Maxime Colin, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Boubacar Traoré, Believe Munongo, Alpha Touré, Giorgi Kvilitaia, Habib Diallo