Nantes 1-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 December 2025

Result

Nantes 1-2 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 6 December 2025, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nantes 1-2 Lens: match report

Nantes lost to Lens 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 6 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Florian Thauvin opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Nantes's goal came from Youssef El Arabi (38'). Lens scored through Florian Thauvin (34') and Wesley Saïd (81').

Discipline: Nantes received 2 yellow cards; Lens received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Nantes were 16th on 11 points from 14 and Lens 1st on 31 points from 14. Nantes went on to finish that season 17th with 23 points, and Lens 2nd with 70.

Nantes lined up in a 4-3-3 and Lens in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Thauvin of Lens (8.0), level with Ruben Aguilar (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nantes wins, 4 draws and 4 for Lens.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Florian ThauvinLens · 0-1
  • 38'Missed penalty · Youssef El ArabiNantes
  • 38'Goal · Youssef El ArabiNantes · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Wesley SaïdLens · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Dehmaine TabibouNantes
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Chidozie AwaziemNantes

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nantes 2, draws 4, Lens 4.

Team news

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Nantes line-up (4-3-3)

Anthony Lopes, Kelvin Amian, Chidozie Awaziem, Tylel Tati, Nicolas Cozza, Johann Lepenant, Hyeok-kyu Kwon, Bahmed Deuff, Matthis Abline, Youssef El Arabi, Herba Guirassy

Lens line-up (3-4-2-1)

Robin Risser, Ismaëlo Ganiou, Samson Baidoo, Malang Sarr, Ruben Aguilar, Mamadou Sangaré, Andrija Bulatovic, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Wesley Saïd, Odsonne Édouard