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0¹	TOLISSO beat MANOLEV and hit the ball to EL GHAZI who dragged his effort wide.
1¹	A cross from MANOLEV left SULEJMANI in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
3¹	MANOLEV fluffed an easy chance.
4¹	LUÍS FABIANO steamed through the Ajax defence but shot straight at CILLESSEN.
4¹	A header from BOILESEN was nodded off the line by CIANI.
9¹	ROBERTO FIRMINO ran onto a delightful ball from DE JONG but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
14¹	GOAL!! Unlucky SIMÃO hit the crossbar before EL GHAZI rifled the ball into the net as KLAASSEN failed to clear. (1-0 Lens)
25¹	The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from SCHØNE.
28¹	A great strike from SCHØNE was dealt with by a good block from KRUL.
29¹	A pin-point pass was collected by ROBERTO FIRMINO and his deadly effort flew narrowly over.
33¹	An exceptional effort from VARANE scraped the top of the crossbar.
34¹	GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled SIGÞÓRSSON to waltz through the Lens defence and score. (1-1)
38¹	A header by SIGÞÓRSSON at the near post was comfortably collected by KRUL.
42¹	SIGÞÓRSSON poked an easy chance past the righthand post.
46¹	The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ROBERTO FIRMINO dropped just wide.
6²	A free-kick from SIMÃO floated wide.
9²	GOAL!! After TOLISSO was bundled over the referee waved play-on and ROBERTO FIRMINO went on to easily score. (2-1 Lens)
18²	A corner found EL GHAZI who turned an effort just wide.
20²	MANOLEV chipped the ball to SULEJMANI who flicked it wide.
26²	A shot from LUÍS FABIANO was smothered by CILLESSEN.
26²	VARANE booked for a clumsy challenge on SIGÞÓRSSON.
41²	VARANE beat two Ajax players and slammed a shot inches over.

Ajax

League position:

Home league form:

WWWW

Overall league form:

WWLWWXWX

Formation:

4-3-3

Line-ups

Jasper CILLESSEN	6½	1	6	Tim KRUL
Toby ALDERWEIRELD	8½	2	6½	Pierre WOME^(c)
Nicolai BOILESEN	7	3	8	JONNY
Davy KLAASSEN	7	4	7½	ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa
Ricardo VAN RHIJN	8	5	6½	Mickaël CIANI
Stefano DENSWIL	6	6	6½	Raphaël VARANE
Stanislav MANOLEV	6½	7	7½	Nigel DE JONG
^(c)Lasse SCHØNE	6½	8	7	SIMÃO Pedro
^(p)Kolbeinn SIGÞÓRSSON	7	9	6½	Corentin TOLISSO
^(f)Miralem SULEJMANI	6	10	6½	LUÍS FABIANO Clemente^(p,f)
Derk BOERRIGTER	6	11	7	Anwar EL GHAZI
	Manager			Neil SAUNDERSON
Danny HOESEN		12		Jean-Christophe BAHEBECK
Jeroen ZOET		13		Alphonse ARÉOLA
Thulani SERERO		14		Seydou KEITA
Siem DE JONG		15		Fredy MONTERO
Jody LUKOKI		16		EDUARDO da Silva

Lens

League position:

Away league form:

WXWL

Overall league form:

LWXWXWWW

Formation:

4-5-1

Statistics

Ajax 1 Lens 2

(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 52,474, Stadium: Amsterdam Arena, Referee: Richard Beeby 6)

Sigþórsson 34¹

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

Bookings

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

El Ghazi 14¹, Roberto Firmino 9²

Varane 26²

46%

54%

¶ Man of the match: Toby Alderweireld ¶