Strasbourg 2–1 Lens
- Yassine 48'
- Yassine 85'
- Thauvin 38' (pen.)
29 August 2026
The match in data
Strasbourg got the better of Lens, 2–1, on 29 August 2026, on matchday 2 of the 2026-27 Ligue 1.
Strasbourg came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 38'.
Player of the match: Gessime Yassine (Strasbourg), rated 61, thanks above all to 0.87 xG and 2 goals. Yassine produced 2.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 1.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Lens, the highest-rated player was Florian Thauvin, with 56.
Gessime Yassine scored twice.
Gessime Yassine
Strasbourg · 90'
Produced 2.52× and cost 1.27× their position's average
- 0.87 xG 3.0×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 4 completed dribbles 3.6×
- 4 failed dribbles 2.6×
- 1 shot off target, worth 0.29 1.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gessime Yassine ★ | Forward | 90 | 61 |
| Filip Jørgensen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 56 |
| Pape Demba Diop | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Sebastian Nanasi | Midfielder | 90 | 53 |
| Giovanni Reyna | Midfielder | 76 | 49 |
| Andrew Omobamidele | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Diogo Sousa | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| Jacobo Ortega | Forward | 83 | 46 |
| Jeyland Mitchell | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Genesis Antwi | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Lucas Høgsberg | Defender | 83 | 28 |
| Samuel Amo-Ameyaw | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Fábio Baldé | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Mateo Del Blanco | Defender | 8 | no rating |
| Karim Coulibaly | Defender | 7 | no rating |
| Sékou Mara | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Thauvin | Forward | 90 | 56 |
| Yassine Titraoui | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Ismaëlo Ganiou | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Michal Skoras | Midfielder | 89 | 48 |
| Abdallah Sima | Forward | 89 | 47 |
| Souleymane Sagnan | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Franjo Ivanović | Forward | 73 | 42 |
| Michaël Cuisance | Midfielder | 72 | 39 |
| Matthieu Udol | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Robin Risser | Goalkeeper | 90 | 36 |
| Maik Nawrocki | Defender | 62 | 29 |
| Ruben Aguilar | Defender | 28 | 28 |
| Andrija Bulatovic | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| Thorgan Hazard | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Florian Sotoca | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Mezian Mesloub | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Lens player played the most passes into the final third?
Florian Thauvin, with 10 final-third passes. Next: Yassine Titraoui 8, Ismaëlo Ganiou 5.
Florian Thauvin served as Lens's main creative outlet in their 2–1 defeat to Strasbourg, delivering 10 passes into the final third. He led Yassine Titraoui with 8 and Ismaëlo Ganiou with 5.
Which Strasbourg player won the most duels?
Gessime Yassine, with 10 duels won. Next: Pape Demba Diop 6, Jacobo Ortega 6.
Gessime Yassine set the physical tone in Strasbourg's 2–1 victory over Lens by winning 10 duels. His total comfortably outshone teammates Pape Demba Diop and Jacobo Ortega, who recorded 6 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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