Angers vs Lens

5 November 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Thomas Léonard

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Miha Blazic 87’
  • Wesley Said 21’
  • Facundo Medina 51’

Match summary

Lens took a 2-1 win at Angers. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Wesley Said put Lens ahead in the 21st minute, set up by Florian Sotoca, Facundo Medina made it 0-2 in the 51st minute, set up by Kevin Danso, and Miha Blazic pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 87th minute, set up by Nabil Bentaleb.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 2.18 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Angers's 0.83 from 6.

Match stats

Angers Lens
6 Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.83 xG 2.18
0.83 Non-penalty xG 2.18
1 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Angers Lens
Kick-off
21’
Wesley Said
Assist: Florian Sotoca0-1 (Lens)
Half-time0-1
51’
Facundo Medina
Assist: Kevin Danso0-2 (Lens)
Miha Blazic
Assist: Nabil Bentaleb1-2 (Angers)
87’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Angers
  • Pierrick Capelle
Lens
  • Brice Samba
  • Kevin Danso

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.83 2.18 21’ Wesley Said (Lens), 0-1 21’ 51’ Facundo Medina (Lens), 0-2 51’ 87’ Miha Blazic (Angers), 1-2 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.83 2.18 21’ Wesley Said (Lens), 0-1 Said 21’ 51’ Facundo Medina (Lens), 0-2 Medina 51’ 87’ Miha Blazic (Angers), 1-2 Blazic 87’
Angers 0.83 xGLens 2.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Angers attacking 
51’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.65 xG, goal 21’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 37’ Adrien Hunou (Angers), from a corner, 0.43 xG, off target 27’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 87’ Miha Blazic (Angers), from a corner, 0.20 xG, goal 79’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 81’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 55’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 34’ Amine Salama (Angers), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 39’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 64’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 61’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 79’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Cédric Hountondji (Angers), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 90+6’ Nabil Bentaleb (Angers), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 41’ Amine Salama (Angers), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 31’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.65 xG, goal 21’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 37’ Adrien Hunou (Angers), from a corner, 0.43 xG, off target 27’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 87’ Miha Blazic (Angers), from a corner, 0.20 xG, goal 81’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 79’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 55’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 39’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 64’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 34’ Amine Salama (Angers), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 61’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 79’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Cédric Hountondji (Angers), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 90+6’ Nabil Bentaleb (Angers), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 41’ Amine Salama (Angers), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 31’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Yahia Fofana GK900 0.000.000
Farid El Melali DEF740 0.000.031
Ibrahim Amadou DEF900 0.000.000
Cédric Hountondji DEF901 0.060.000
Miha Blazic DEF9011 0.200.000
Souleyman Doumbia DEF900 0.000.000
Nabil Bentaleb MID9011 0.040.683
Batista Mendy MID880 0.000.000
Azz-Eddine Ounahi MID670 0.000.000
Adrien Hunou FWD741 0.430.000
Amine Salama FWD672 0.110.000
Pierrick Capelle Sub230 0.000.000
Abdallah Sima Sub230 0.000.000
Sada Thioub Sub160 0.000.000
Himad Abdelli Sub160 0.000.000
Waniss Taibi Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Angers win 17% Avg odds 5.54
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.94
Lens win 59% Avg odds 1.63

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Angers LLLLL
Lens WLWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Angers 1-2 Lens, 27 Feb 22 Next meeting: Lens 3-0 Angers, 18 Mar 23  All Angers vs Lens meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.