Lens 0-2 Sporting CP result, stats and report

Lens came from behind to beat Paris FC 2-1 at home, with Florian Thauvin and Thorgan Hazard scoring after the hour mark to overturn Luca Koleosho's first-half opener. Paris FC's evening unravelled after Jean-Clair Todibo was removed following a VAR review, and Lens controlled the second half from there.

Club Brugge were ruthless where it mattered, beating Lens 3-0 in the Champions League despite being outshot and outpossessed for large spells. Lens created chances and wasted them. Brugge took theirs. End of.

LASK Linz pulled off a remarkable 3-2 victory at Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League, with goals from Christoph Lang, Sasa Kalajdzic and Krystof Danek completing a stunning away win despite having 38 per cent of the ball.

Angers have shipped ten goals in their last five Ligue 1 matches and now face a Lens outfit that has won three of their last five. This is not a comfortable Saturday afternoon for the home side.

Manchester United travel to Lisbon in desperate need of answers. Sporting CP are no walkover, and United's recent Champions League form gives very little reason for confidence.

RB Leipzig and Lens meet on Tuesday night with both sides in desperate need of a result. This is a match between two teams that have not competed well enough in this competition. One of them has to step up.

Lens host Toulouse on Saturday evening with both sides leaking goals and neither able to keep a clean sheet consistently. This one has the look of a match where the basics get tested early.

Lens have kept zero clean sheets in their last five Ligue 1 matches. Paris FC have kept four in ten outings and arrive at Stade Bollaert on the back of three wins from five. Something has to give.