Racing Club de Lens vs AS Beziers, Ligue 2 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Racing Club de Lens vs AS Beziers — Ligue 2 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
- Racing Club de Lens 28 games · 53 pts (2025/26)
- AS Beziers 38 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Yohann Rouinsard
- Referee Yoann Benoit
- Referee Brice Parinet-Le Tellier
- Referee Maxime Apruzzese
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Lorient 28 54 2 ES Troyes AC 38 77 3 Toulouse FC 38 79 4 Le Havre AC 38 75 5 AC Ajaccio 38 75 6 FC Metz 38 72 7 Racing Club de Lens 28 53 8 Stade Brestois 29 38 74 9 Clermont Foot 63 38 72 10 AJ Auxerre 38 74 11 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 37 69 12 SC Bastia 38 60 13 SM Caen 38 59 14 En Avant Guingamp 38 55 15 Paris FC 38 55 16 AS Saint-Etienne 38 53 17 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 38 52 18 Grenoble Foot 38 38 51 19 US Quevilly-Rouen Metropole 38 50 20 Amiens SC 38 47 21 Pau FC 38 47 22 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 38 46 23 Valenciennes FC 38 45 24 FC Annecy 38 45 25 Rodez Aveyron Football 37 43 26 GFC Ajaccio 38 39 27 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 38 42 28 FC Chambly Oise 38 38 29 Nimes Olympique 38 36 30 USL Dunkerque 38 31 31 Le Mans FC 28 26 32 AS Beziers 38 38 33 AS Nancy-Lorraine 38 27 34 Chamois Niortais FC 38 29 35 La Berrichonne de Chateauroux 38 23 36 US Orleans Loiret 28 19 37 Red Star FC 38 30 -
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Racing Club de Lens is hosting AS Beziers for another epic battle.
- 5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Guillaume Gillet, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Bollaert-Delelis with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
- 10' Racing Club de Lens seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 15' Goal! Guillaume Gillet scores his 3 goal in 435 matches.
- 20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 25' 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.
- 30' What a strike from Arthur Gomis! The score is 2-0.
- 35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kevin Denkey suffering a number of foals already.
- 40' GOAL! Achraf Bencharki scores on 40. Assisted by Walid Mesloub
- 45' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 46' It is a substitution in AS Beziers team. Julien Cetout is replaced by Steeve Beusnard on 46 minute.
- 51' The travelling AS Beziers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 56' 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.
- 61' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 66' Racing Club de Lens started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 66.
- 67' AS Beziers manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Antoine Rabillard is hanging Ahoueke Denkey on the field on 67 minute.
- 70' AS Beziers manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Amir Nouri is hanging Steeve Beusnard on the field on 70 minute.
- 71' Racing Club de Lens manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Grejohn Kyei is hanging Walid Mesloub on the field on 71 minute.
- 76' Racing Club de Lens is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 78' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Mickael Diakota.
- 83' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Modibo Sagnan made 435 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 84' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Ibrahima Savane.
- 84' It is a substitution in Racing Club de Lens team. Mounir Chouiar is replaced by Thierry Ambrose on 84 minute.
- 89' It looks surprising Racing Club de Lens does not make any changes. Jean-Louis Leca has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- With this win, Racing Club de Lens is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Racing Club de Lens
Starting XI- 15
- 16
- 18
- 6
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10
Walid Mesloub C ↓ Grejohn Kyei 71'
- 25
- 3
- 14
- 21
- 27
- 20
Bench- 30
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2
Jean-Kevin Duverne ↑ 46'
- 8
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29
Grejohn Kyei ↑ 71'
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9
Thierry Ambrose ↑ 84'
- 19
- 28
Coach Philippe MontanierAS Beziers
Starting XI- 13
- 12
- 40
- 10
- 20
- 11
- 8
- 6
- 29
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28
Julien Cetout ↓ Steeve Beusnard 46'
- 22
Bench- 2
- 16
- 4
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21
Steeve Beusnard ↑ 46'
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9
Antoine Rabillard ↑ 67'
- 15
- 18
Coach Mathieu Chabert -
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