Lens vs Clermont

12 November 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Hakim Ben El Hadj

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Wesley Said 60’
  • Seko Fofana 68’
  • Salis Abdul Samed 39’ (og)

Match summary

Lens came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Clermont. Clermont led 1-0 at half-time.

Samed's own goal put Clermont ahead from a corner in the 39th minute, Wesley Said equalised in the 60th minute, set up by Florian Sotoca, and Seko Fofana won it in the 68th minute, set up by Jonathan Gradit.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 1.42 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Clermont's 0.21 from 5.

Match stats

Lens Clermont
16 Shots 5
3 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.42 xG 0.21
1.42 Non-penalty xG 0.21
10 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Lens Clermont
Kick-off
39’
Salis Abdul Samed
Own goal0-1 (Clermont)
Half-time0-1
Wesley Said
Assist: Florian Sotoca1-1 (Lens)
60’
Seko Fofana
Assist: Jonathan Gradit2-1 (Lens)
68’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Salis Abdul Samed
Clermont
  • Johan Gastien
  • Grejohn Kyei
  • Komnen Andric

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.42 0.21 39’ Salis Abdul Samed (Clermont) own goal, 0-1 39’ 60’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-1 60’ 68’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 2-1 68’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.42 0.21 39’ Salis Abdul Samed (Clermont) own goal, 0-1 Samed 39’ 60’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-1 Said 60’ 68’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 2-1 Fofana 68’
Lens 1.42 xGClermont 0.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Clermont attacking Lens attacking 
1’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 68’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 60’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 4’ Mateusz Wieteska (Clermont), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 24’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 15’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 20’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 33’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 43’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 37’ Grejohn Kyei (Clermont), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 59’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Jeremie Bela (Clermont), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Saif-Eddine Khaoui (Clermont), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Grejohn Kyei (Clermont), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), own goal 1’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 68’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 60’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 4’ Mateusz Wieteska (Clermont), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 24’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 15’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 20’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 33’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 43’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 37’ Grejohn Kyei (Clermont), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 59’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Jeremie Bela (Clermont), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 34’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 60’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Saif-Eddine Khaoui (Clermont), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Grejohn Kyei (Clermont), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Brice Samba GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF900 0.000.000
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF9010 0.000.341
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID903 0.130.362
Deiver Machado MID901 0.100.081
Salis Abdul Samed MID900 0.000.145
Seko Fofana MID9014 0.440.000
Florian Sotoca FWD8910 0.000.233
Wesley Said FWD6416 0.630.061
David Pereira Da Costa FWD742 0.130.031
Loïs Openda Sub260 0.000.000
Alexis Claude Maurice Sub160 0.000.000
Jean Onana Sub10 0.000.000
Ismael Boura Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 66% Avg odds 1.45
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.51
Clermont win 13% Avg odds 7.32

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

Form going into the game

Lens LWWWW
Clermont WDLDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 3-1 Clermont, 19 Mar 22 Next meeting: Clermont 0-4 Lens, 12 Mar 23  All Lens vs Clermont 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.