Overview
- Saud Abdulhamid, Florian Thauvin and Amadou Haidara scored as Lens beat bottom club Metz 3-0 for a first league win in three matches.
- PSG’s 3-1 home defeat to Monaco on Friday opened the door for Lens to close the gap at the top.
- Lens sit one point off first place, and coach Pierre Sage called the position encouraging with challenges still ahead.
- Lens also advanced to the French Cup semifinals after beating Lyon on penalties following a 2-2 draw.
- Metz remain rooted to the foot of the table with no league win since November, while Lyon drew 1-1 with Paris FC thanks to Corentin Tolisso’s stoppage-time penalty.