Lens lets itself be surprised by Toulouse, Brest by Angers – Ligue 1 – J16 – Summary

Goals everywhere, and surprises: Ligue 1 was generous to start the year.

Certainly stirred by the various issues surrounding the Lens transfer window, the Sang et Or fell on their own lawn to start 2025 against Toulouse (0-1). Entering at the start of the second half, David Pereira da Costa quickly left his teammates at ten after a sole on Djibril Sidibé (61^e). The start of problems for the RCL, who then conceded a penalty for a foul by Malang Sarr on Zakaria Aboukhlal, who took justice into his own hands (0-1, 73^e). A very bad operation for the Artésiens, who saw their opponent of the day return to level in the standings and who also lost Jhoanner Chávez at the end of the match to injury.

The resolutions were much better adopted by the Strasbourg side, who managed to reverse a poorly started situation at Meinau this Sunday against Auxerre (3-1). Hamed Junior Traoré, always so interesting, surprised the Alsatians from the start (0-1, 14^e). But they managed to equalize just before the break from the penalty spot thanks to Habib Diarra (1-1, 45^e+4).

The unexpected performance of the SCO

Entering the game quickly to replace the injured Sékou Mara, Félix Lemaréchal gave Racing the advantage in the second half (2-1, 59^e) and Emanuel Emegha killed the suspense at the end of the game (3-1, 87^e). Strasbourg comes back to within one point of Auxerre, precisely, and places itself tenth.

The greatest feat » of the afternoon is signed Angers, who surprised Brest at Raymond-Kopa (2-0). Esteban Lepaul opened the scoring quickly, well placed after a Carlens Arcus cross (1-0, 6^e). Brest pushed for a long time to come back, but were caught in their own trap in added time of the second act with Ibrahima Niane placed on the edge of offside and finally clinical to deceive Marco Bizot (90^e+5). A good breath of fresh air for the SCO, which moves to fourteenth and leaves the red zone.

Enough to be sure to end the weekend in front of Le Havre, which will end this day by going to Marseille this Sunday.

But : Aboukhlal (73^e) for Toulouse

Exclusion: Pereira da Costa (61^e) Lens side

Buts : Lepaul (6^e) and Niane (90^e+5) for the SCO

Goals: Diarra (45^e+4, SP), Lemaréchal (59^e) et Emegha (87^e) for Racing // Traoré (14^e) for the AJA