Racing Club de Lens vs AC Ajaccio, Ligue 1 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Racing Club de Lens vs AC Ajaccio — Ligue 1 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
- Racing Club de Lens 38 games · 84 pts (2025/26)
- AC Ajaccio 38 games · 26 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Thomas Leonard
- Referee Erwan Finjean
- Referee Cedric Favre
- Referee
- Referee
- Referee Abdelali Chaoui
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 38 85 2 Racing Club de Lens 38 84 3 Olympique de Marseille 38 73 4 Stade Rennais FC 1901 38 68 5 Lille OSC 38 67 6 AS Monaco FC 38 65 7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 62 8 Clermont Foot 63 38 59 9 OGC Nice 38 58 10 FC Lorient 38 55 11 Stade de Reims 38 51 12 Montpellier HSC 38 50 13 Toulouse FC 38 48 14 Stade Brestois 29 38 44 15 RC Strasbourg Alsace 38 40 16 FC Nantes 38 36 17 AJ Auxerre 38 35 18 AS Saint-Etienne 38 32 19 AC Ajaccio 38 26 20 FC Metz 38 31 21 SM Caen 38 33 22 Nimes Olympique 38 35 23 ES Troyes AC 38 24 24 Amiens SC 28 23 25 En Avant Guingamp 38 27 26 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 38 21 27 Angers SCO 38 18 28 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 38 31 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 May FC Lorient A 3–1 W 12 May Stade de Reims H 2–1 W 06 May Olympique de Marseille H 2–1 W 02 May Toulouse FC A 1–0 W 22 Apr AS Monaco FC H 3–0 W 15 Apr Paris Saint-Germain FC A 1–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 May Stade Rennais FC 1901 H 0–5 L 13 May Paris Saint-Germain FC A 0–5 L 07 May Toulouse FC H 0–0 D 29 Apr Lille OSC A 0–3 L 23 Apr Stade Brestois 29 H 0–0 D 16 Apr RC Strasbourg Alsace A 1–3 L Season Stats
Racing Club de Lens AC Ajaccio #2 Position #18 84 Points 26 38 Played 38 25 / 9 / 4 W / D / L 7 / 5 / 26 68 Scored 23 29 Conceded 74 +39 GD -51 2.21 PPG 0.68 66% Win % 18% Key Stats
40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this seasonRacing Club de Lens are 2nd (84 pts). AC Ajaccio are 18th (26 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Racing Club de Lens and AC Ajaccio has kicked off!
- 5' The travelling AC Ajaccio supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' It looks surprising AC Ajaccio does not make any changes. Wesley Said has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 13' Tony Strata was booked on 13.
- 16' Deiver Machado puts Racing Club de Lens on the lead.
- 21' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 22' Goal! Adrien Thomasson scores his 37 goal in 351 matches.
- 27' Facundo Medina needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 32' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Seko Fofana made 443 appearances and scored 28 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 34' Oumar Gonzalez is having his name booked by the referee on 34.
- 35' Goal! Lois Openda scores his 86 goal in 346 matches.
- 40' It looks like no one’s ball. AC Ajaccio is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 45' Racing Club de Lens is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 50' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 57' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Lois Openda.
- 62' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Racing Club de Lens that had 434 games and scored 358 goals.
- 67' The whistle greets Riad Nouri as he departs to be replaced by Ivane Chegra.
- 68' Adam Buksa is replacing Lois Openda for the Racing Club de Lens side.
- 69' The Racing Club de Lens manager makes a substitution. Deiver Machado departs to be replaced by Massadio Haidara.
- 73' Another change for AC Ajaccio made on 73 minute. Ben Hamed Toure leaves to be changed by Moussa Soumano.
- 78' Francois-Joseph Sollacaro has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 81' Racing Club de Lens manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Wesley Said is hanging Florian Sotoca on the field on 81 minute.
- 82' Time for substitution for Racing Club de Lens. Angelo Fulgini is replaced by Alexis Claude Maurice.
- 87' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Racing Club de Lens needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-0.
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Racing Club de Lens
Starting XI-
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Lois Openda ↓ Adam Buksa 68'
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Florian Sotoca ↓ Wesley Said 81'
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Bench-
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Wesley Said ↑ 81'
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Alexis Claude Maurice ↑ 82'
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Massadio Haidara ↑ 69'
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Adam Buksa ↑ 68'
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David Pereira da Costa ↑ 68'
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Coach Franck HaiseAC Ajaccio
Starting XI- 16
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Riad Nouri ↓ Ivane Chegra 67'
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Bench-
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Mathieu Coutadeur ↑ 73'
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Moussa Soumano ↑ 73'
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Ivane Chegra ↑ 67'
Coach Olivier Pantaloni -
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Head to Head
Racing Club de Lens Form
2023-05-21 FC Lorient 1–3 Racing Club de Lens W 2023-05-12 Racing Club de Lens 2–1 Stade de Reims W 2023-05-06 Racing Club de Lens 2–1 Olympique de Marseille W 2023-05-02 Toulouse FC 0–1 Racing Club de Lens W 2023-04-22 Racing Club de Lens 3–0 AS Monaco FC W 2023-04-15 Paris Saint-Germain FC 3–1 Racing Club de Lens L