Lens vs Lille

7 May 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Burak Yilmaz 4’ (pen), 40’
  • Jonathan Christian David 60’

Match summary

Lille won comfortably, 3-0 away at Lens. Lille led 2-0 at half-time.

Burak Yilmaz put Lille ahead from the penalty spot in the 4th minute, Yilmaz made it 0-2 in the 40th minute, set up by Boubakary Soumare, and Jonathan Christian David made it 0-3 in the 60th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lens created 1.38 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Lille 1.25 from 11. Lens had a player sent off.

Match stats

Lens Lille
11 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
1.38 xG 1.24
1.38 Non-penalty xG 0.48
3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lens Lille
Kick-off
4’
Burak Yilmaz
Penalty0-1 (Lille)
40’
Burak Yilmaz
Assist: Boubakary Soumare0-2 (Lille)
Half-time0-2
60’
Jonathan Christian David0-3 (Lille)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Clement Michelin
  • Steven Fortes
Lille
  • José Fonte
  • Luiz Araujo

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 1.38 1.25 4’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), 0-1 4’ 40’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), 0-2 40’ 60’ Jonathan Christian David (Lille), 0-3 60’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.38 1.25 4’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), 0-1 Yilmaz 4’ 40’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), 0-2 Yilmaz 40’ 60’ Jonathan Christian David (Lille), 0-3 David 60’
Lens 1.38 xGLille 1.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lille attacking Lens attacking 
4’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 62’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 84’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 58’ Sven Botman (Lille), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 60’ Jonathan Christian David (Lille), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 75’ Yannick Cahuzac (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 71’ Timothy Weah (Lille), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 63’ Steven Fortes (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 33’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 55’ Luiz Araujo (Lille), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 13’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ José Fonte (Lille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ Clement Michelin (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 40’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 60’ Xeka (Lille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ José Fonte (Lille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Luiz Araujo (Lille), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Jonathan Bamba (Lille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 4’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 62’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 84’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 58’ Sven Botman (Lille), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 60’ Jonathan Christian David (Lille), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 71’ Timothy Weah (Lille), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 75’ Yannick Cahuzac (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 78’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 63’ Steven Fortes (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 16’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 33’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 55’ Luiz Araujo (Lille), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 13’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ José Fonte (Lille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ Clement Michelin (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 40’ Burak Yilmaz (Lille), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 60’ Xeka (Lille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ José Fonte (Lille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 60’ Jonathan Bamba (Lille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 56’ Luiz Araujo (Lille), open play, 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
Jonathan Clauss DEF690 0.000.092
Steven Fortes DEF901 0.070.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.082
Loic Bade DEF900 0.000.172
Clement Michelin DEF341 0.030.000
Yannick Cahuzac MID901 0.100.000
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID870 0.000.031
Seko Fofana MID873 0.390.000
Ignatius Ganago FWD744 0.720.051
Gaël Kakuta FWD740 0.000.000
Ismael Boura Sub210 0.000.000
Florian Sotoca Sub160 0.000.321
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga Sub161 0.070.000
Tony Mauricio Sub30 0.000.000
David Pereira Da Costa Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 23% Avg odds 4.12
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.44
Lille win 49% Avg odds 1.95

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

Form going into the game

Lens DWDWL
Lille WWDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lille 4-0 Lens, 18 Oct 20 Next meeting: Lens 1-0 Lille, 18 Sep 21  All Lens vs Lille 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.