Lens
MetzDay 25
Thauvin 46'
Haidara A. 52'
Lens: 40. Risser - 4. Čelik N. (Haidara A., 46), 14. Udol, 20. Sarr Mal., 23. Abdulhamid, 25. Ganiou - 28. Thomasson - 8. Sangaré (Bulatović, 73), 19. Sima A. (Bermont, 83) - 10. Thauvin (Sotoca, 63), 11. Édouard O. (Fofana R-n, 63)
Substitution: Haidara A. (from 46); Sotoca (from 63); Fofana R-n (from 63); Bulatović (from 73); Bermont (from 83)
Bench: 16. Gorgelin - 18. Sylla
Metz: 1. Fischer J. - 2. Colin, 38. Sané S., 97. Ballo-Touré (Mboula M., 73) - 5. Gbamin, 8. Traoré Bo. (Deminguet, 46), 12. Touré A-a - 33. Munongo (Mbala, 54), 70. Sarr Bo. (Tsitaishvili, 72) - 11. Kvilitaia (Hein, 54), 30. Diallo H.
Substitution: Deminguet (from 46); Hein (from 54); Mbala (from 54); Tsitaishvili (from 72); Mboula M. (from 73)
Bench: 40. Ba O. - 15. Yegbe, 39. Kouao - 9. Abuashvili
Yellow Cards: Gbamin 14; Touré A-a 49; Mboula M. 90
Lens held their nerve to clinch a 5–4 shootout win
Lens managed a late consolation goal, but it did little to alter the narrative of the evening
League leaders faced a stubborn test from AJ Auxerre
The northern French side have now been top of the table for more than a month and showed no signs of slowing down
Paris Saint-Germain were made to work hard on the road but ultimately did enough to secure a narrow victory
As a result, Paris Saint-Germain drop to second place, now trailing the new leaders by a single point
The hosts—despite a summer riddled with high-profile departures and off-pitch controversies—looked sharp, unified, and ruthless
The decisive moment came in the 67th minute when Georgian international Georges Mikautadze
RC Lens suffered a major setback in their pursuit of European qualification