Paris Saint Germain 2-1 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 May 2021

Result

Paris Saint Germain 2-1 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 1 May 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Paris Saint Germain 2-1 Lens: match report

Paris Saint Germain beat Lens 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 1 May 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Neymar opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Paris Saint Germain's goals came from Neymar (33') and Marquinhos (59'). Lens scored through Ignatius Ganago (61').

Discipline: Paris Saint Germain received 4 yellow cards; Lens received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 2nd on 72 points from 34 and Lens 5th on 56 points from 34. Paris Saint Germain went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Lens 7th with 57.

Paris Saint Germain lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Lens in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Neymar of Paris Saint Germain (9.1), ahead of Ignatius Ganago (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Paris Saint Germain wins, 4 draws and 1 for Lens.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

33'Goal · NeymarParis Saint Germain · 1-0
59'Goal · MarquinhosParis Saint Germain · 2-0
61'Goal · Ignatius GanagoLens · 2-1
66'Yellow card · F. MedinaLens
75'Yellow card · Florian SotocaLens
78'Yellow card · Ander HerreraParis Saint Germain
89'Yellow card · Thilo KehrerParis Saint Germain
90+1'Yellow card · MarquinhosParis Saint Germain
90+5'Yellow card · Marco VerrattiParis Saint Germain

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Paris Saint Germain 5, draws 4, Lens 1.

Lens 1-0 Paris Saint GermainLigue 1 · 10 Sep 2020
Paris Saint Germain 3-1 LensLigue 1 · 7 Mar 2015
Lens 1-3 Paris Saint GermainLigue 1 · 17 Oct 2014
Paris Saint Germain 0-0 LensLigue 1 · 12 Feb 2011
Lens 0-2 Paris Saint GermainLigue 1 · 26 Sep 2010
Lens 1-1 Paris Saint GermainLigue 1 · 6 Mar 2010

Team news

Unavailable

Charles BoliLens · injury (Muscle Injury)
Kylian MbappéParis Saint Germain · injury (Calf Injury)
Juan BernatParis Saint Germain · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Adrien LouveauLens · injury (Knee Injury)
Alexandre LetellierParis Saint Germain · injury (Fractured Finger)
Adam OudjaniLens · injury (Surgery)

Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-2-3-1)

Keylor Navas, Colin Obasanya Dagba, Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe, Abdou Diallo, Danilo Pereira, Idrissa Gueye, Pablo Sarabia, Neymar, Julian Draxler, Mauro Icardi

Lens line-up (5-3-2)

Wuilker Fariñez, Jonathan Clauss, Jonathan Gradit, Steven Fortes, Facundo Medina, Clément Michelin, Yannick Cahuzac, Cheick Doucouré, Seko Fofana, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Ignatius Ganago