Lens vs 13.10.26 16:450 – 2Full Time
Sporting CP — UEFA Champions League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match report
Sporting CP beat Lens 2-0 to extend unbeaten run to 10 games
Sporting CP won 2-0 at Lens in the second matchday of the Champions League league stage, a result that took their unbeaten run to 10 games. The match was played at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, with Rui Borges's side travelling to face Yannick Cahuzac's team.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The visitors took the lead in the 22nd minute. Nestory Irankunda supplied the pass and Luis Suárez finished to make it 1-0, the score at half-time. Lens held the greater share of the ball, with 56 per cent possession to Sporting's 44, and had 21 shots to 11, yet they could not find a way past the visitors' defence before the break or after it.
Sporting secured the points in the 74th minute. Silas Andersen set up Issa Doumbia, who scored to make it 2-0. Lens won six corners to Sporting's three and finished with six shots on target against five for the visitors, but never found a goal. Two Lens players were cautioned, while Sporting went without a booking.
Lens turn their attention to Ligue 1, where they play away to Estac Troyes on Saturday. Sporting host Lask Linz in the Champions League on Wednesday 21 October.
Luis Suárez opened the scoring after 22 minutes and was rated 8.18, level with goalscorer Issa Doumbia at the top of the performers' list.
Lens had 21 shots to Sporting's 11 but still lost, with the visitors' two goals coming from five shots on target.
Sporting CP won 2–0 away against Lens (half-time 0–1).
Lens met Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League (League Stage - 2). Kick-off was Tuesday, 13 October 2026, 16:45 UTC at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Referee: Igor Pajač.
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Key moments
- 22' Goal: Luis Suárez (assist: Nestory Irankunda) — 0–1 · Watch Luis Suárez's goal video (22')
- 74' Goal: Issa Doumbia (assist: Silas Andersen) — 0–2 · Watch Issa Doumbia's goal video (74')
Starting line-ups
Lens (3-4-2-1)
Sporting CP (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Lens 43%, the draw 24%, Sporting CP 33%. It finished Lens 0–2 Sporting CP.
Home advantage edges Lens ahead of evenly matched Sporting — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, Lens's home advantage puts them in front at 43%, even though Sporting CP's control of the ball pulls the other way. The draw starts around 27% for sides this level but drops to 24%, lowered by a finishing streak and both teams' high-scoring recent games.
Why Lens in front?
Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1826 to 1833. Sides this close won 42.6% of 14,812 home games (draw 27.1%, visitors 30.3%). Sporting CP scored +0.76 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.2% of 1,458 games, vs 27.9% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 43%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Sporting CP hold 10 more possession points (58 to 48 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, when the visitors held this control edge the home team's win rate fell to 39.8% across 5,476 games, from 44.0% when styles were level.
Why the draw at 24%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.1%. These teams' recent games average 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,897. The cool-off factor takes 2.5 points off the draw. The goals environment takes 2.3 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Lens are 2 games into a new manager (Yannick Cahuzac), appointed 42 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777.
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About this match
On this page: the Lens vs Sporting CP final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Champions League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Lens 0–2 Sporting CP. Explore more on the Lens and Sporting CP team pages or the UEFA Champions League page.