Lens vs Clermont

19 March 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Jeremy Stinat

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Kevin Danso 39’
  • Florian Sotoca 45+4’
  • Massadio Haidara 58’
  • Elbasan Rashani 9’

Match summary

Lens came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Clermont. Lens led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Elbasan Rashani put Clermont ahead in the 9th minute, Kevin Danso equalised from a corner in the 39th minute, and Florian Sotoca put Lens in front in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Massadio Haidara made it 3-1 in the 58th minute.

Clermont can feel hard done by, creating 2.08 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Lens's 1.08 from 20.

Match stats

Lens Clermont
20 Shots 10
7 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.07 xG 1.75
1.07 Non-penalty xG 1.75
1 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Lens Clermont
Kick-off
9’
Elbasan Rashani0-1 (Clermont)
Kevin Danso1-1 (Lens)
39’
Florian Sotoca2-1 (Lens)
45+4’
Half-time2-1
Massadio Haidara3-1 (Lens)
58’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Massadio Haidara

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 1.08 2.08 9’ Elbasan Rashani (Clermont), 0-1 9’ 39’ Kevin Danso (Lens), 1-1 39’ 45+4’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 2-1 45+4’ 58’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), 3-1 58’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.08 2.08 9’ Elbasan Rashani (Clermont), 0-1 Rashani 9’ 39’ Kevin Danso (Lens), 1-1 Danso 39’ 45+4’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 2-1 Sotoca 45+4’ 58’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), 3-1 Haidara 58’
Lens 1.08 xGClermont 2.08 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Clermont attacking Lens attacking 
9’ Elbasan Rashani (Clermont), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 9’ Mohamed Bayo (Clermont), open play, 0.56 xG, saved 76’ Saif-Eddine Khaoui (Clermont), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 30’ Lucas Da Cunha (Clermont), open play, 0.19 xG, blocked 52’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 56’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 58’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), set piece, 0.11 xG, goal 76’ Grejohn Kyei (Clermont), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Kevin Danso (Lens), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 39’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 39’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, goal 56’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 72’ Grejohn Kyei (Clermont), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 23’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), set piece, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 41’ Yohann Magnin (Clermont), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Elbasan Rashani (Clermont), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 39’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Arial Mendy (Clermont), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Pierre-Yves Hamel (Clermont), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 52’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 44’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, goal 67’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 9’ Elbasan Rashani (Clermont), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 9’ Mohamed Bayo (Clermont), open play, 0.56 xG, saved 76’ Saif-Eddine Khaoui (Clermont), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 30’ Lucas Da Cunha (Clermont), open play, 0.19 xG, blocked 52’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 56’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 58’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), set piece, 0.11 xG, goal 76’ Grejohn Kyei (Clermont), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Kevin Danso (Lens), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 39’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 39’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, goal 56’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 72’ Grejohn Kyei (Clermont), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 23’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), set piece, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 41’ Yohann Magnin (Clermont), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Elbasan Rashani (Clermont), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 39’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 52’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Arial Mendy (Clermont), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+4’ Pierre-Yves Hamel (Clermont), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, goal 52’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 67’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Wuilker Fariñez GK900 0.000.000
Kevin Danso DEF9013 0.230.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF901 0.010.000
Massadio Haidara DEF9011 0.110.000
Jonathan Clauss MID904 0.210.153
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID901 0.030.031
Seko Fofana MID801 0.020.062
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID902 0.080.213
David Pereira Da Costa MID803 0.150.031
Florian Sotoca FWD9013 0.140.061
Ignatius Ganago FWD691 0.090.142
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga Sub210 0.000.000
Gaël Kakuta Sub100 0.000.000
Patrick Berg Sub100 0.000.000
Deiver Machado Sub10 0.000.000
Wesley Said Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 54% Avg odds 1.76
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.69
Clermont win 20% Avg odds 4.83

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

Form going into the game

Lens WDWLD
Clermont LWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Clermont 2-2 Lens, 01 Dec 21 Next meeting: Lens 2-1 Clermont, 12 Nov 22  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.