Saint-Étienne 1-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 15 January 2022

Result

Saint-Étienne 1-2 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 15 January 2022, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Saint-Étienne 1-2 Lens: match report

Saint-Étienne lost to Lens 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 15 January 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ryad Boudebouz opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Saint-Étienne's goal came from Ryad Boudebouz (38'). Lens scored through Florian Sotoca (77') and Seko Fofana (90+5').

Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card; Lens received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 20th on 12 points from 19 and Lens 6th on 30 points from 20. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 18th with 32 points, and Lens 8th with 62.

Saint-Étienne lined up in a 5-4-1 and Lens in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cheick Doucouré of Lens (7.8), level with Ryad Boudebouz (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Jonathan GraditLens
  • 38'Goal · Ryad BoudebouzSaint-Étienne · 1-0
  • 77'Goal · Florian SotocaLens · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Gabriel SilvaSaint-Étienne
  • 90+5'Goal · Seko FofanaLens · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Saint-Étienne 3, draws 2, Lens 5.

Team news

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Saint-Étienne line-up (5-4-1)

Paul Bernardoni, Yvann Maçon, Abdoulaye Bakayoko, Timothée Kolodziejczak, Mickaël Nadé, Gabriel Silva, Sada Thioub, Mahdi Camara, Zaydou Youssouf, Adil Aouchiche, Ryad Boudebouz

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

Jean-Louis Leca, Jonathan Gradit, Kevin Danso, Facundo Medina, Jonathan Clauss, Cheick Doucouré, Seko Fofana, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Gaël Kakuta, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Wesley Saïd