Nantes 1-2 Lens: result and report

Nantes 1-2 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 December 2025, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nantes lost to Lens 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 6 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Florian Thauvin opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Nantes's goal came from Youssef El Arabi (38'). Lens scored through Florian Thauvin (34') and Wesley Saïd (81').

Discipline: Nantes received 2 yellow cards; Lens received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Nantes were 16th on 11 points from 14 and Lens 1st on 31 points from 14. Nantes went on to finish that season 17th with 23 points, and Lens 2nd with 70.

Nantes lined up in a 4-3-3 and Lens in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Thauvin of Lens (8.0), level with Ruben Aguilar (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nantes wins, 4 draws and 4 for Lens.

Going into the match Nantes's last five read L-D-D-L-L and Lens's W-W-W-W-L.