Lens vs Le Havre

1 March 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Jérémie Pignard

Full time 3 – 4

Half-time: 2–2

  • Neil El Aynaoui 3’ (pen)
  • Ruben Aguilar 20’
  • Florian Sotoca 48’
  • Issa Soumaré 28’
  • André Ayew 33’
  • Josué Casimir 62’
  • Koka 90+1’ (pen)

Match summary

Le Havre came back from 2 goals down to win 4-3 away at Lens, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Neil El Aynaoui put Lens ahead from the penalty spot in the 3rd minute, Ruben Aguilar made it 2-0 in the 20th minute, set up by Deiver Machado, Issa Soumaré pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 28th minute, set up by André Ayew, and André Ayew equalised with a header in the 33rd minute, set up by Issa Soumaré. In the second half, Florian Sotoca put Lens back in front with a header in the 48th minute, set up by Deiver Machado, Josué Casimir equalised in the 62nd minute, and Koka won it from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lens created 2.03 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots, Le Havre 1.73 from 8.

Match stats

Lens Le Havre
20 Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 4
9 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.03 xG 1.73
1.27 Non-penalty xG 0.97
8 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Lens Le Havre
Kick-off
Neil El Aynaoui
Penalty1-0 (Lens)
3’
Ruben Aguilar
Assist: Deiver Machado2-0 (Lens)
20’
28’
Issa Soumaré
Assist: André Ayew2-1 (Le Havre)
33’
André Ayew
Assist: Issa Soumaré2-2 (Le Havre)
Half-time2-2
Florian Sotoca
Assist: Deiver Machado3-2 (Lens)
48’
62’
Josué Casimir3-3 (Le Havre)
90+1’
Koka
Penalty3-4 (Le Havre)
Full-time3-4

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Ruben Aguilar
  • Wesley Said
Le Havre
  • Abdoulaye Touré
  • Koka

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 2.03 1.73 3’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 1-0 3’ 20’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), 2-0 20’ 28’ Issa Soumaré (Le Havre), 2-1 28’ 33’ André Ayew (Le Havre), 2-2 33’ 48’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 3-2 48’ 62’ Josué Casimir (Le Havre), 3-3 62’ 90+1’ Koka (Le Havre), 3-4 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.03 1.73 3’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 1-0 El Aynaoui 3’ 20’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), 2-0 Aguilar 20’ 28’ Issa Soumaré (Le Havre), 2-1 Soumaré 28’ 33’ André Ayew (Le Havre), 2-2 Ayew 33’ 48’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 3-2 Sotoca 48’ 62’ Josué Casimir (Le Havre), 3-3 Casimir 62’ 90+1’ Koka (Le Havre), 3-4 Koka 90+1’
Lens 2.03 xGLe Havre 1.73 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Le Havre attacking Lens attacking 
3’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+1’ Koka (Le Havre), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 62’ Josué Casimir (Le Havre), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 20’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 49’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 66’ Wesley Said (Lens), set piece, 0.13 xG, off target 39’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 90+7’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 48’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 82’ Antoine Joujou (Le Havre), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 88’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 90+3’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Mahamadou Diawara (Le Havre), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 40’ Koka (Le Havre), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+3’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 9’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ André Ayew (Le Havre), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 4’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Issa Soumaré (Le Havre), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ Deiver Machado (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 28’ Issa Soumaré (Le Havre), open play, 0.01 xG, goal 3’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+1’ Koka (Le Havre), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 62’ Josué Casimir (Le Havre), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 20’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 49’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 66’ Wesley Said (Lens), set piece, 0.13 xG, off target 90+7’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 39’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 90+3’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 48’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 82’ Antoine Joujou (Le Havre), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 88’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 36’ Mahamadou Diawara (Le Havre), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 40’ Koka (Le Havre), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+3’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 9’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ André Ayew (Le Havre), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 53’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 82’ Issa Soumaré (Le Havre), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Deiver Machado (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 10’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 28’ Issa Soumaré (Le Havre), open play, 0.01 xG, goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mat Ryan GK900 0.000.000
Ruben Aguilar DEF8612 0.380.071
Facundo Medina DEF903 0.110.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF903 0.180.000
Malang Sarr DEF900 0.000.000
Deiver Machado DEF9021 0.010.504
Adrien Thomasson MID902 0.100.072
Anass Zaroury MID781 0.040.131
Neil El Aynaoui MID7711 0.760.011
Florian Sotoca FWD9013 0.110.182
Wesley Said FWD862 0.260.000
Andy Diouf Sub131 0.070.021
Angelo Fulgini Sub120 0.000.142
Goduine Koyalipou Sub40 0.000.000
Tom Pouilly Sub40 0.000.051
Rayan Fofana Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 68% Avg odds 1.40
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.78
Le Havre win 12% Avg odds 8.16

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

Form going into the game

Lens WWLLL
Le Havre LDWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Le Havre 1-2 Lens, 12 Jan 25 Next meeting: Le Havre 1-2 Lens, 24 Aug 25  All Lens vs Le Havre 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.