Lorient beat Lens 1-0 in Ligue 1, the only goal coming from Mamadou Koné in the 54th minute. Lorient had less of the ball but defended solidly to take the points.
The match was goalless until the 54th minute, when Koné scored after Panos Katseris set him up. Lens pressed for an equaliser but could not find a way through, and the game ended with Souleymane Sagnan sent off for a second yellow card in the 90th minute.
The stats show how one-sided much of the play was: Lens had 56% possession, 14 shots to Lorient's six, and eight corners to none. Lorient nonetheless won, thanks in large part to five saves from their goalkeeper, and they edged the expected-goals count 1.21 to 0.85.
