PLAYER RATINGS | Lens 5-1 Angers: Les Sang et Or return to top of Ligue 1 in rout
Ligue 1 McDonald’s, Round 27, 20/03/2026RC Lens would provisionally return to the top of the Ligue 1 table in style (at least until Paris Saint-Germain travel to OGC Nice) with a 5-1 rout of Angers ...
PLAYER RATINGS | Lens 5-1 Angers: Les Sang et Or return to top of Ligue 1 in rout Ligue 1 McDonald’s, Round 27, 20/03/2026 RC Lens would provisionally return to the top of the Ligue 1 table in style (at least until Paris Saint-Germain travel to OGC Nice) with a 5-1 rout of Angers SCO. The Match For two teams that pride themselves on their defensive efforts, this was a remarkably open game. Angers looked the more threatening in the opening exchanges, with Amine Sbaï coming closest for the visitors, when he tested Robin Risser’s reflexes with a bouncing low shot that forced the goalkeeper into an acrobatic save.
Every time Angers were allowed to break, they looked dangerous, but it was Lens that would take this game by the scruff of the neck. Matthieu Udol stunned the Angers defence with a quick throw close to the byline. The ball was bounced around by Florian Sotoca and Saud Abdulhamid before Florian Thauvin plucked the ball out of the air with a neat finish to open the scoring.
Angers were caught napping again close to their goal when Ousmane Camara was pressed into a loose pass. The ball was picked up by Thauvin on the edge of the box, where it was passed on to Odsonne Édouard. The striker had missed from close range minutes before, but wouldn’t waste the second chance as he bobbled the ball past Oumar Pona for the second of the evening.
Mamadou Sangaré would make it three before the end of the first half. The midfielder had been denied before by Pona from distance, and like Édouard, he wouldn’t be denied a second time. He only needed one touch to set himself before firing from around 25 yards, before curling his effort home.