Lens close the gap at the top as Abdulhamid, Thauvin and Haidara strike

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·8 marzo 2026

Lens close the gap at the top as Abdulhamid, Thauvin and Haidara strike

Lens beat Metz 3-0 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, staying second in Ligue 1 and moving to within one point of leaders Paris Saint-Germain.

Saud Abdulhamid opened the scoring in the 44th minute, finishing from Abdallah Sima's pass. After the restart, Florian Thauvin swept in Adrien Thomasson's cut-back (46.). Half time substitute Amadou Haidara then guided in Matthieu Udol's assist (52.) to seal it.

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Jonathan Fischer kept Metz in touch before the break with smart saves, but the visitors offered little threat. Metz failed to register a shot on target.

Lens controlled the attacking metrics. The hosts registered 24 attempts, with seven on target. Metz managed five attempts.

Next, Lens visit Lorient. Metz host Toulouse.