Top meets bottom in Champions League Group B at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Tuesday night, as Ligue 1 outfit Lens welcome PSV Eindhoven to their raucous headquarters.
Franck Haise's side claimed an impressive scalp over Arsenal on matchday two, sinking the Gunners 2-1, while the Dutch giants rescued a point in dramatic circumstances during a 2-2 stalemate with Sevilla.
Despite being left to rue an individual error which allowed Arsenal to take the lead via the boot of Gabriel Jesus, Lens capitalised on David Raya's own mistake to level through a crisp Adrien Thomasson finish before Elye Wahi's second-half strike, and the Gunners had no more answers to the staunch defending from Haise's crop.
By winning their first Champions League game in almost 21 years since another 2-1 success over AC Milan in 2002, Lens - who also recovered from a one-goal deficit to draw with PSV on matchday one - are looking down on the rest of the group with a four-point tally, although they have failed to truly kick on since putting the Gunners to the sword.
Indeed, a 1-1 draw with Lille before the international break preceded a forgettable goalless affair with newly-promoted Le Havre on Friday, where Lens were actually outgunned on the shots tally (14-13), but that stalemate at least stretched their unbeaten sequence to six matches in all tournaments.
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