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Commentary
1¹AURIER booked.
2¹A shot from BALENZIAGA was kicked off the line by BURDISSO.
6¹The Lens 'keeper parried a lovely shot from SANTI CAZORLA.
15¹DZYUBA dribbled past VARANE and rifled a tame shot past the post.
21¹DZYUBA made space on the right and knocked the ball to GUARDADO who clipped the ball over.
25¹A fine ball from IBAI on the left fell to SANTI CAZORLA who mishit his shot wide.
28¹FONTÁS receives a yellow card for a cynical tackle.
28¹GOAL!! A nice run by LUÍS FABIANO on the right was capped by a wonderful cross which MBAPPÉ nodded home at the near post. (1-0 Lens)
43¹IBAI beat ROBERTO FIRMINO and drove the ball to BALENZIAGA who hit his shot wide.
45¹GOAL!! A mishit backpass by WOME enabled GUARDADO to nip in and slide the ball past ARÉOLA. (1-1)
0²A poor foul on FONTÁS by MBAPPÉ results in a booking.
4²GOAL!! MBAPPÉ stabbed a penalty past the 'keeper after SANTI CAZORLA had handled just inside the area. (2-1 Lens)
6²A neatly crafted cross from DZYUBA was flicked goalbound by BALENZIAGA only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
14²A shot from MONTERO was smothered by the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper.
17²SIMÃO beat four Athletic Bilbao players and drove a shot just beyond the far post.
26²A poor strike from FONTÁS bounced agonisingly wide.
27²MONTERO drilled a deadly shot over from twenty yards out.
29²The Lens 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely shot from Athletic Bilbao's GUARDADO.
32²AURIER was put clear by ROBERTO FIRMINO and he stepped inside IRAIZOZ but thrust his shot wide.
39²A free-kick from GUARDADO flew wide.
41²CALLEJÓN played the ball to SIMPSON who nodded it just beyond the far post.
43²AURIER sent off.

 
Lens
 
League position: 11
Home league form: LXWX
Overall league form: LLXWWXLX
Formation: 4-5-1
Line-ups
Alphonse ARÉOLA7 16½Gorka IRAIZOZ(c)
(c)Pierre WOME7 26 Danny SIMPSON
Serge AURIER6½38 Mikel BALENZIAGA
SIMÃO Pedro7½47½SANTI CAZORLA
Nicolás BURDISSO7½56½Xabier ETXEITA
Raphaël VARANE7 66 Andreu FONTÁS
Jefferson MONTERO7 77 José CALLEJÓN
ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa7½86 Andrés GUARDADO
Granit XHAKA7 97½Artem DZYUBA(p)
(p,f)Kylian MBAPPÉ6½105½Víctor SOSA(f)
LUÍS FABIANO Clemente6½117 IBAI Gómez
Neil SAUNDERSONManager
Vedad IBISEVIC  12  Jeroen SIMAEYS
Tim KRUL  13  Mark GILLESPIE
Nigel DE JONG  14  Daniel GÜIZA
Benoît ASSOU-EKOTTO  15  Marc BERTRÁN
Marcus RASHFORD  166 Sofiane FEGHOULI
 
Athletic Bilbao
 
League position: 5
Away league form: WLLX
Overall league form: WLWLWWXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Lens 2 Athletic Bilbao 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 41,264, Stadium: Félix-Bollaert, Referee: Mario van der Ende 5½)

Mbappé 28¹, Mbappé 4² (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Guardado 45¹
 IbaióFeghouli 27²
Aurier 43² 
Aurier 1¹, Mbappé 0²Fontás 28¹
46
813
156
57
109
1516
36
50%50%
Man of the match: Mikel Balenziaga