Lens 0-2 Sporting CP: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings
Champions League Matchday 2 · Tuesday 13 October 2026 · Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens · referee I. Pajač · full time
Full time: Lens 0-2 Sporting CP
Sporting CP won 2-0 away at Lens in Champions League Matchday 2 on Tuesday 13 October 2026. The goals: Luis Suárez 22', Issa Doumbia 74'. It went against Moneyball's pre-match estimate.
How Sporting CP won it
The opening goal came in the 22nd minute: Luis Suárez for Sporting CP, set up by Nestory Irankunda. Issa Doumbia made it 0-2 to Sporting CP in the 74th minute, set up by Silas Sinan Erhen Thorup Andersen.
It was 0-1 at half-time.
The referee, I. Pajač, showed 2 yellow cards: 2 to Lens and 0 to Sporting CP.
Lens: Y. Cahuzac, 3-4-2-1 · Sporting CP: R. Gomes Borges, 4-3-3.
Moneyball's prediction against the result
The prediction missed. Before kick-off Moneyball leaned to a Lens win at 40% and gave a Sporting CP win 36%; the match went the other way.
The goals dried up: the estimate expected about 3.4 and the match produced two.
Over 2.5 goals had been put at 66%; with 2 goals the under came in, against the way the estimate leaned.
Both teams to score was 68%; they did not both score, against the estimate.
Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-10-09, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.
Why it went this way
Lens had 6 shots on target, Sporting CP 5.
Sporting CP's goalkeeper made 6 saves.
Lens had 56% of the ball, but Sporting CP took the points.
Where the two sides stood before this match
Lens came into it with 2 Champions League matches played, scoring 1.5 and conceding 2.0 a match, with 1.61 expected goals for and – against, and had won 50% of their matches.
Sporting CP came into it with 2 Champions League matches played, scoring 2.5 and conceding 0.5 a match, with 1.41 expected goals for and – against, and had won 100% of their matches.
Lens vs Sporting CP: the match in numbers
| Lens | Match statistics | Sporting CP |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Ball possession | 44% |
| 21 | Total shots | 11 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 1 | Big chances | 3 |
| 544 | Total passes | 432 |
| 88% | Pass accuracy | 85% |
| 6 | Corners | 3 |
| 8 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 23 | Tackles | 23 |
| 3 | Saves | 6 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 0 |
Team statistics from Sportmonks.
Player ratings and man of the match
Man of the match: Florian Thauvin (Lens), rated 8.4 by Sportmonks.
Lens
- Florian Thauvin 8.4
- Amadou Haidara 7.6
- Matthieu Udol 6.9
- Saud Abdulhamid 6.9
- Franjo Ivanović 6.8
Sporting CP
- Kaique Pereira 7.8
- Sergi Altimira 7.6
- Luis Suárez 7.4 1 goal
- Issa Doumbia 7.3 1 goal
- Silas Sinan Erhen Thorup Andersen 7.3 1 assist
The lowest-rated starter was Robin François Philippe Risser at 6.1. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.
What comes next
- Lens: Troyes vs Lens Saturday 17 October 2026 · Ligue 1
- Sporting CP: Sporting CP vs LASK Wednesday 21 October 2026 · Champions League
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Questions about Lens vs Sporting CP
What was the score in Lens vs Sporting CP?
Lens 0-2 Sporting CP (half-time 0-1), Champions League, Tuesday 13 October 2026.
Who scored in Lens vs Sporting CP?
Luis Suárez 22', Issa Doumbia 74'.
Did Moneyball predict Lens vs Sporting CP correctly?
The prediction missed. Before kick-off Moneyball leaned to a Lens win at 40% and gave a Sporting CP win 36%; the match went the other way.
Who was man of the match in Lens vs Sporting CP?
Florian Thauvin, rated 8.4 by Sportmonks.
Who refereed Lens vs Sporting CP?
I. Pajač.
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