LENS, France (April 17, 2026) (Interstat) — Racing Club de Lens opened its Ligue 1 campaign with a 3-2 victory over Toulouse on Friday at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The match featured five total goals and an early red card.

Toulouse’s Yann Gboho was sent off in the 17th minute, but the visitors fought back from an early deficit. Lens took a 2-1 lead into halftime after goals from Cristian Cásseres Jr. and Seny Koumbassa, with Toulouse’s Saud Abdulhamid scoring in between. Adrien Thomasson extended Lens’s lead in the 67th minute before Toulouse’s Ismaëlo Ganiou scored a stoppage-time consolation goal. The result defied a pregame projection that favored Lens by a narrower margin.