Angers vs Lens

27 February 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Thomas Léonard

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Angelo Fulgini 49’
  • Batista Mendy 73’ (og)
  • Jonathan Clauss 76’

Match summary

Lens came from behind to win 2-1 away at Angers. It was goalless at half-time.

Angelo Fulgini put Angers ahead in the 49th minute, set up by Sofiane Boufal, Mendy's own goal equalised in the 73rd minute, and Jonathan Clauss won it in the 76th minute, set up by Kevin Danso.

There was little between the sides on chances: Angers created 0.60 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Lens 0.69 from 8. Angers had a player sent off.

Match stats

Angers Lens
13 Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 3
1 Red Cards 0
0.60 xG 0.69
0.60 Non-penalty xG 0.69
1 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Angers Lens
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Angelo Fulgini
Assist: Sofiane Boufal1-0 (Angers)
49’
73’
Batista Mendy
Own goal1-1 (Lens)
76’
Jonathan Clauss
Assist: Kevin Danso1-2 (Lens)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Angers
  • Mohamed Ali-Cho
  • Batista Mendy
  • Sofiane Boufal
Lens
  • Kevin Danso
  • Cheick Oumar Doucoure
  • Przemyslaw Frankowski

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.60 0.69 49’ Angelo Fulgini (Angers), 1-0 49’ 73’ Batista Mendy (Lens) own goal, 1-1 73’ 76’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), 1-2 76’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.60 0.69 49’ Angelo Fulgini (Angers), 1-0 Fulgini 49’ 73’ Batista Mendy (Lens) own goal, 1-1 Mendy 73’ 76’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), 1-2 Clauss 76’
Angers 0.60 xGLens 0.69 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Angers attacking 
86’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.46 xG, off target 33’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), direct free kick, 0.11 xG, off target 79’ Batista Mendy (Angers), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 39’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 11’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 16’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 46’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 62’ Angelo Fulgini (Angers), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 29’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Nabil Bentaleb (Angers), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 49’ Angelo Fulgini (Angers), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 11’ Ismael Traoré (Angers), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 39’ Angelo Fulgini (Angers), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Batista Mendy (Angers), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 57’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 64’ Nabil Bentaleb (Angers), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 73’ Batista Mendy (Angers), own goal 86’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.46 xG, off target 33’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), direct free kick, 0.11 xG, off target 79’ Batista Mendy (Angers), set piece, 0.09 xG, saved 39’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 16’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 11’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 62’ Angelo Fulgini (Angers), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 63’ Nabil Bentaleb (Angers), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 29’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Angelo Fulgini (Angers), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 11’ Ismael Traoré (Angers), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 39’ Angelo Fulgini (Angers), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Batista Mendy (Angers), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 57’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 64’ Nabil Bentaleb (Angers), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 73’ Batista Mendy (Angers), own goal
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Danijel Petkovic GK900 0.000.000
Enzo Ebosse DEF900 0.000.051
Ismael Traoré DEF901 0.030.000
Batista Mendy DEF872 0.110.000
Pereira Lage MID900 0.000.000
Souleyman Doumbia MID900 0.000.031
Thomas Mangani MID900 0.000.133
Angelo Fulgini MID9013 0.110.092
Nabil Bentaleb MID802 0.050.000
Sofiane Boufal FWD9014 0.280.031
Mohamed Ali-Cho FWD691 0.020.000
Azz-Eddine Ounahi Sub100 0.000.000
Marin Jakolis Sub30 0.000.000
Stéphane Bahoken Sub10 0.000.000
Casimir Ninga Sub10 0.000.000
Pierrick Capelle Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Angers win 29% Avg odds 3.24
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.21
Lens win 41% Avg odds 2.35

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

Form going into the game

Angers WLLLL
Lens WLLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 2-2 Angers, 26 Nov 21 Next meeting: Angers 1-2 Lens, 05 Nov 22  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.