Lens 0-1 Bourg-en-Bresse: result and report

Ligue 2 · Monday 12 March 2018

Result

Lens 0-1 Bourg-en-Bresse

Ligue 2 · Monday 12 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Lens 0-1 Bourg-en-Bresse: match report

Lens were beaten by Bourg-en-Bresse 0-1 in Ligue 2 on Monday 12 March 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Yanis Merdji of Bourg-en-Bresse in the 77th minute.

Discipline: Lens received 3 yellow cards; Bourg-en-Bresse received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lens were 15th on 31 points from 28 and Bourg-en-Bresse 18th on 27 points from 28. Lens went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Bourg-en-Bresse 18th with 36.

Lens lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bourg-en-Bresse in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jimmy Nirlo of Bourg-en-Bresse (8.7), ahead of Jordan Pierre-Charles (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Lens wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bourg-en-Bresse.

Going into the match Lens's last five read D-L-W-D-D and Bourg-en-Bresse's W-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · G. AmiotBourg-en-Bresse
  • 49'Yellow card · Vital NsimbaBourg-en-Bresse
  • 55'Yellow card · Y. CourtBourg-en-Bresse
  • 56'Yellow card · Souleymane DiarraLens
  • 60'Yellow card · Cyrille BayalaLens
  • 77'Goal · Yanis MerdjiBourg-en-Bresse · 0-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Yanis MerdjiBourg-en-Bresse
  • 79'Yellow card · F. DuplusLens

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Lens 2, draws 2, Bourg-en-Bresse 1.

Team news

Lens line-up (4-3-3)

Jeremy Vachoux, Jean-Kévin Duverne, Dušan Cvetinović, Frederic Duplus, Brice Dja Djédjé, Walid Mesloub, Souleymane Diarra, Clément Chantôme, Abdellah Zoubir, Kévin Fortuné, Cyrille Bayala

Bourg-en-Bresse line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sebastien Callamand, Gregoire Amiot, Nicolas Saint-Ruf, Jordan Pierre-Charles, Quentin Martin, Vital Nsimba, Yoann Court, Jimmy Nirlo, Kevin Koubemba, Youssouf Ndiaye, Adama Sarr