Lens vs Angers

26 November 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Florent Batta

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Gaël Kakuta 48’
  • Florian Sotoca 55’
  • Sofiane Boufal 40’
  • Romain Thomas 70’

Match summary

The points were shared as Lens and Angers drew 2-2. Angers led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sofiane Boufal put Angers ahead in the 40th minute. In the second half, Gaël Kakuta equalised in the 48th minute, set up by Florian Sotoca, Florian Sotoca put Lens in front in the 55th minute, set up by Przemyslaw Frankowski, and Romain Thomas equalised with a header in the 70th minute, set up by Angelo Fulgini.

Angers had the better of the chances, with 2.00 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Lens's 1.60 from 9.

Match stats

Lens Angers
9 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.60 xG 2.00
1.60 Non-penalty xG 2.00
4 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Lens Angers
Kick-off
40’
Sofiane Boufal0-1 (Angers)
Half-time0-1
Gaël Kakuta
Assist: Florian Sotoca1-1 (Lens)
48’
Florian Sotoca
Assist: Przemyslaw Frankowski2-1 (Lens)
55’
70’
Romain Thomas
Assist: Angelo Fulgini2-2 (Angers)
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Jonathan Clauss
  • Cheick Oumar Doucoure

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 1.60 2.00 40’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), 0-1 40’ 48’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 1-1 48’ 55’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 2-1 55’ 70’ Romain Thomas (Angers), 2-2 70’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.60 2.00 40’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), 0-1 Boufal 40’ 48’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 1-1 Kakuta 48’ 55’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 2-1 Sotoca 55’ 70’ Romain Thomas (Angers), 2-2 Thomas 70’
Lens 1.60 xGAngers 2.00 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Angers attacking Lens attacking 
40’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), open play, 0.97 xG, goal 55’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 48’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 70’ Romain Thomas (Angers), from a corner, 0.41 xG, goal 69’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 40’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 72’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 54’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 60’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Angers), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 23’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 20’ Angelo Fulgini (Angers), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 37’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 26’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Souleyman Doumbia (Angers), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+3’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Azz-Eddine Ounahi (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Jimmy Cabot (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 1’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Angers), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Vincent Manceau (Angers), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), open play, 0.97 xG, goal 55’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 48’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 70’ Romain Thomas (Angers), from a corner, 0.41 xG, goal 69’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 40’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 72’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 54’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 60’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Angers), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 23’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 20’ Angelo Fulgini (Angers), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 37’ Sofiane Boufal (Angers), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 26’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Souleyman Doumbia (Angers), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+3’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Azz-Eddine Ounahi (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Jimmy Cabot (Angers), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 1’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Angers), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Vincent Manceau (Angers), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jean-Louis Leca GK900 0.000.000
Kevin Danso DEF901 0.090.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.031
Facundo Medina DEF470 0.000.000
Jonathan Clauss MID900 0.000.363
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID900 0.000.021
Seko Fofana MID901 0.030.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID9010 0.000.601
Gaël Kakuta MID7914 0.500.000
Ignatius Ganago FWD790 0.000.000
Florian Sotoca FWD78112 0.850.552
Massadio Haidara Sub431 0.130.000
Corentin Jean Sub120 0.000.000
Yannick Cahuzac Sub110 0.000.000
David Pereira Da Costa Sub110 0.000.000
Christopher Wooh Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 55% Avg odds 1.74
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.70
Angers win 19% Avg odds 4.89

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

Form going into the game

Lens LWLWL
Angers LDLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Angers 2-2 Lens, 28 Feb 21 Next meeting: Angers 1-2 Lens, 27 Feb 22  All Lens vs Angers 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.