Le Mans 3-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 26 April 2008

Result

Le Mans 3-2 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 26 April 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Le Mans 3-2 Lens: match report

Le Mans won against Lens 3-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 26 April 2008. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Ronnie Kanalelo opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Le Mans's goals came from Ronnie Kanalelo (20'), Ronnie Kanalelo (25') and Marko Baša (49'). Lens scored through Aruna Dindane (34') and K. Monnet-Paquet (84').

Discipline: Le Mans received 2 yellow cards; Lens received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Le Mans were 8th on 48 points from 34 and Lens 17th on 38 points from 34. Le Mans went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Lens 18th with 40.

Le Mans lined up in a 4-5-1 and Lens in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Le Mans win, 2 draws and 2 for Lens.

Going into the match Le Mans's last five read D-W-L-D-D and Lens's W-L-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Kader ManganeLens
  • 20'Goal · Ronnie KanaleloLe Mans · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Ronnie KanaleloLe Mans · 2-0
  • 34'Goal · Aruna DindaneLens · 2-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Samuel BouhoursLe Mans
  • 43'Yellow card · RomaricLe Mans
  • 49'Goal · Marko BašaLe Mans · 3-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Aruna DindaneLens
  • 84'Goal · K. Monnet-PaquetLens · 3-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Le Mans 1, draws 2, Lens 2.

Team news

Le Mans expected line-up (4-5-1)

Yohann Pelé, Marko Baša, Jean Calve, Gregory Cerdan, Mathieu Coutadeur, Romaric, Túlio de Melo, Gervinho, Anthony Le Tallec

Lens line-up (4-5-1)

Vedran Runje, Adama Coulibaly, Kader Mangane, Milan Biševac, Eric Carriere, Nadir Belhadj, Olivier Monterrubio, Jonathan Lacourt, Abdoulrazak Boukari Fafadji, Aruna Dindane, Vitorino Hilton