Lens 3-1 Paris Saint Germain: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 1 January 2023

Result

Lens 3-1 Paris Saint Germain

Ligue 1 · Sunday 1 January 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Lens 3-1 Paris Saint Germain: match report

Lens won against Paris Saint Germain 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 1 January 2023. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Przemyslaw Frankowski opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Lens's goals came from Przemyslaw Frankowski (5'), Loïs Openda (28') and Alexis Claude-Maurice (47'). Paris Saint Germain scored through H. Ekitike (8').

Discipline: Lens received 2 yellow cards; Paris Saint Germain received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lens were 2nd on 37 points from 16 and Paris Saint Germain 1st on 44 points from 16. Lens went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Paris Saint Germain 1st with 85.

Lens lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Loïs Openda of Lens (8.4), ahead of Kevin Danso (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Lens win, 5 draws and 4 for Paris Saint Germain.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

5'Goal · Przemyslaw FrankowskiLens · 1-0
8'Goal · H. EkitikeParis Saint Germain · 1-1
28'Goal · Loïs OpendaLens · 2-1
41'Yellow card · Salis Abdul SamedLens
45+3'Yellow card · Jonathan GraditLens
45+3'Yellow card · Achraf HakimiParis Saint Germain
47'Goal · Alexis Claude-MauriceLens · 3-1
88'Yellow card · Ismaël GharbiParis Saint Germain
90+4'Yellow card · Marco VerrattiParis Saint Germain

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lens 1, draws 5, Paris Saint Germain 4.

Paris Saint Germain 1-1 LensLigue 1 · 23 Apr 2022
Lens 1-1 Paris Saint GermainLigue 1 · 4 Dec 2021
Paris Saint Germain 2-1 LensLigue 1 · 1 May 2021
Lens 1-0 Paris Saint GermainLigue 1 · 10 Sep 2020
Paris Saint Germain 3-1 LensLigue 1 · 7 Mar 2015
Lens 1-3 Paris Saint GermainLigue 1 · 17 Oct 2014

Team news

Unavailable

Wuilker FariñezLens · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Jimmy CabotLens · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Adam BuksaLens · injury (Ankle Injury)
Nuno MendesParis Saint Germain · injury (Muscle Injury)
David Da CostaLens · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Renato SanchesParis Saint Germain · injury (Bruise)
Presnel KimpembeParis Saint Germain · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

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

Brice Samba, Jonathan Gradit, Kevin Danso, Facundo Medina, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Seko Fofana, Salis Abdul Samed, Massadio Haïdara, Florian Sotoca, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Loïs Openda

Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-1-2)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Nordi Mukiele, Sergio Ramos, Marquinhos, Achraf Hakimi, Fabián Ruiz, Danilo Pereira, Marco Verratti, Carlos Soler, Hugo Ekitiké, Kylian Mbappé