Lens 3-1 Niort: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 19 May 2017

Result

Lens 3-1 Niort

Ligue 2 · Friday 19 May 2017, 18:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Lens 3-1 Niort: match report

Lens beat Niort 3-1 in Ligue 2 on Friday 19 May 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Kermit Erasmus opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Lens's goals came from Kermit Erasmus (7'), Cristian López (15') and Cristian López (90+2'). Niort scored through Ande Dona Ndoh (58', penalty).

Discipline: Lens received 1 yellow card; Niort received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lens were 5th on 62 points from 37 and Niort 10th on 49 points from 37. Lens went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Niort 10th with 49.

Lens lined up in a 4-4-2 and Niort in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cristian Lopez of Lens (9.2), ahead of Benjamin Bourigeaud (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Lens wins, 4 draws and 0 for Niort.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Kermit ErasmusLens · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Cristian LópezLens · 2-0
  • 47'Yellow card · Didier Lamkel ZéNiort
  • 57'Yellow card · Dusan CvetinovicLens
  • 58'Penalty goal · Ande Dona NdohNiort · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · David KikiNiort
  • 90+2'Goal · Cristian LópezLens · 3-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Lens 3, draws 4, Niort 0.

Team news

Lens line-up (4-4-2)

Nicolas Douchez, Jean-Kévin Duverne, Dušan Cvetinović, Karim Hafez Ramadan Seif El Din, Kenny Lala, Djiman Waidi Kokou, Kermit Erasmus, Kévin Fortuné, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Habib Habibou, Cristian Lopez

Niort line-up (4-1-4-1)

Saturnin Allagbé, David Kiki, Junior Sambia, Jérémy Choplin, Tristan Lahaye, Didier Lamkel Zé, Aliou Dembélé, Jimmy Roye, Romain Grange, Quentin Bena, Ande Dona Ndoh