Olympique Marseille 2-3 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 26 September 2021

Result

Olympique Marseille 2-3 Lens

Ligue 1 · Sunday 26 September 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Olympique Marseille 2-3 Lens: match report

Olympique Marseille were beaten by Lens 2-3 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 26 September 2021. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Florian Sotoca opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Dimitri Payet (33') and Dimitri Payet (45+3', penalty). Lens scored through Florian Sotoca (9', penalty), Przemyslaw Frankowski (27') and Wesley Saïd (71').

Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards; Lens received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 3rd on 14 points from 6 and Lens 6th on 12 points from 7. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Lens 8th with 62.

Olympique Marseille lined up in a 3-3-1-3 and Lens in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dimitri Payet of Olympique Marseille (8.9), ahead of Florian Sotoca (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Olympique Marseille wins, 3 draws and 2 for Lens.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Pape GueyeOlympique Marseille
  • 7'Yellow card · Mattéo GuendouziOlympique Marseille
  • 9'Penalty goal · Florian SotocaLens · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Przemyslaw FrankowskiLens · 0-2
  • 33'Goal · Dimitri PayetOlympique Marseille · 1-2
  • 45+3'Penalty goal · Dimitri PayetOlympique Marseille · 2-2
  • 71'Goal · Wesley SaïdLens · 2-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Wesley SaïdLens

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Marseille 5, draws 3, Lens 2.

Team news

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Olympique Marseille line-up (3-3-1-3)

Pau López, William Saliba, Leonardo Balerdi, Luan Peres, Valentin Rongier, Pape Gueye, Gerson, Mattéo Guendouzi, Cengiz Ünder, Dimitri Payet, Bamba Dieng

Lens line-up (3-4-3)

Jean-Louis Leca, Jonathan Gradit, Christopher Wooh, Facundo Medina, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Cheick Doucouré, Seko Fofana, Deiver Machado, Florian Sotoca, Arnaud Kalimuendo, David Da Costa