Paris Saint-Germain vs Lens, 2022-23 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1
FT
3 - 1
3 - 1
Mbappé sets league goals record for PSG in 3-1 win vs Lens
— Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi scored a goal each as French league leader Paris Saint-Germain profited from a red card to beat second-place Lens 3-1 and move nine points clear of its rival.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Marquinhos.
- 2': Attempt saved. Salis Abdul Samed (Lens) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Angelo Fulgini with a cross.
- 5': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Marquinhos.
- 6': Foul by Jonathan Gradit (Lens).
- 6': Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Danilo Pereira.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
- 14': Angelo Fulgini (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 15': Foul by Carlos Soler (Paris Saint Germain).
- 15': Seko Fofana (Lens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 16': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Danilo Pereira.
- 19': Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Salis Abdul Samed (Lens).
- 19': Salis Abdul Samed (Lens) is shown the red card.
- 19': Delay in match because of an injury Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 25': Angelo Fulgini (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Carlos Soler (Paris Saint Germain).
- 25': Foul by Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint Germain).
- 25': Loïs Openda (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27': Attempt missed. Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
- 28': Offside, Lens. Facundo Medina tries a through ball, but Loïs Openda is caught offside.
- 30': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
- 30': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Jonathan Gradit.
- 30': Attempt missed. Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 31': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lens 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vitinha.
- 33': Facundo Medina (Lens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 33': Foul by Carlos Soler (Paris Saint Germain).
- 33': Attempt blocked. Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 33': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Nuno Mendes.
- 34': Attempt saved. Kevin Danso (Lens) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Angelo Fulgini with a cross.
- 36': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vitinha.
- 37': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Brice Samba.
- 37': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Lens 0. Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nuno Mendes following a corner.
- 38': Adrien Thomasson (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Foul by Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint Germain).
- 40': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Lens 0. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé with a through ball.
- 42': Foul by Carlos Soler (Paris Saint Germain).
- 42': Seko Fofana (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
- 43': Angelo Fulgini (Lens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Przemyslaw Frankowski with a cross.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, Lens 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Paris Saint Germain 3, Lens 0.
- 45': Substitution, Lens. Florian Sotoca replaces Adrien Thomasson.
- 45': Substitution, Lens. Jean Onana replaces Angelo Fulgini.
- 50': Florian Sotoca (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain).
- 53': Foul by Jonathan Gradit (Lens).
- 53': Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Attempt saved. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Sotoca.
- 55': Foul by Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain).
- 55': Seko Fofana (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Attempt saved. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Przemyslaw Frankowski with a through ball.
- 57': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- 57': Penalty conceded by Fabián Ruiz (Paris Saint Germain) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 59': VAR Decision: Penalty Lens.
- 60': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Lens 1. Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 65': Attempt saved. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Sotoca.
- 65': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Sotoca with a through ball.
- 67': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Marquinhos.
- 68': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Nuno Mendes.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Deiver Machado (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 71': Attempt saved. Fabián Ruiz (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Ramos.
- 72': Foul by Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens).
- 72': Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 73': Substitution, Lens. Massadio Haïdara replaces Deiver Machado.
- 74': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 76': Attempt saved. Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Seko Fofana.
- 76': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- 76': Attempt missed. Loïs Openda (Lens) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 77': Attempt saved. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 77': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Juan Bernat replaces Nuno Mendes.
- 79': Foul by Loïs Openda (Lens).
- 79': Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Foul by Carlos Soler (Paris Saint Germain).
- 82': Seko Fofana (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Seko Fofana (Lens).
- 83': Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Substitution, Lens. David Costa replaces Jonathan Gradit.
- 86': Foul by Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens).
- 86': Juan Bernat (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': Foul by Massadio Haïdara (Lens).
- 87': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
- 88': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces Marquinhos.
- 89': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Juan Bernat tries a through ball, but Achraf Hakimi is caught offside.
- 90': Attempt missed. Loïs Openda (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Florian Sotoca with a cross.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery.
- 90'+2': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Przemyslaw Frankowski.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, Lens 1.
- 0': Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, Lens 1.
- 0': Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, Lens 1.
Statistics
 RCL |
PSG |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 12 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 10 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 4 | Saves | 6 |
| 37.6 | Possession | 62.4 |
| 14 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 371 | Accurate Passes | 691 |
| 421 | Passes | 738 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 25 | Crosses | 4 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 26 | Long Balls | 28 |
| 12 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 4 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 8 | Tackles | 9 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.9 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 7 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 7 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 47,120
Venue: Parc des Princes
Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 47,120
Ligue 1 Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 12 | +26 | 32 |
| 2 | AS Monaco | 12 | +11 | 26 |
| 3 | Marseille | 12 | +11 | 23 |
| 4 | Lille | 12 | +8 | 22 |
Line-Ups
Paris Saint-Germain (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 99 | Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) |
| 4 | Sergio Ramos |
| 15 | Danilo Pereira |
| 5 | Marquinhos |
| 17 | Vitinha |
| 28 | Carlos Soler |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz |
| 25 | Nuno Mendes |
| 2 | Achraf Hakimi |
| 7 | Kylian Mbappé |
| 30 | Lionel Messi |
Lens (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Brice Samba (GK) |
| 4 | Kevin Danso |
| 14 | Facundo Medina |
| 24 | Jonathan Gradit |
| 8 | Seko Fofana |
| 26 | Salis Abdul Samed  |
| 3 | Deiver Machado |
| 29 | Przemyslaw Frankowski |
| 11 | Loïs Openda |
| 20 | Angelo Fulgini |
| 28 | Adrien Thomasson |
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