Lens vs Lorient

31 August 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

  • Florian Sotoca 24’, 77’
  • Wesley Said 28’
  • Salis Abdul Samed 57’
  • Loïs Openda 86’
  • Terem Igobor Moffi 41’, 50’

Match summary

Lens won comfortably, 5-2 at home to Lorient. Lens led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Florian Sotoca put Lens ahead in the 24th minute, set up by David Pereira Da Costa, Wesley Said made it 2-0 in the 28th minute, set up by David Pereira Da Costa, and Terem Igobor Moffi pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 41st minute, set up by Dango Ouattara. In the second half, Moffi equalised from a corner in the 50th minute, set up by Dango Ouattara, Salis Abdul Samed put Lens back in front in the 57th minute, set up by Jimmy Cabot, Sotoca made it 4-2 in the 77th minute, set up by Deiver Machado, and Loïs Openda made it 5-2 in the 86th minute, set up by Lukasz Poreba.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 3.03 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Lorient's 1.45 from 10.

Match stats

Lens Lorient
15 Shots 10
8 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3.01 xG 1.45
3.01 Non-penalty xG 1.45
14 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Lens Lorient
Kick-off
Florian Sotoca
Assist: David Pereira Da Costa1-0 (Lens)
24’
Wesley Said
Assist: David Pereira Da Costa2-0 (Lens)
28’
41’
Terem Igobor Moffi
Assist: Dango Ouattara2-1 (Lorient)
Half-time2-1
50’
Terem Igobor Moffi
Assist: Dango Ouattara2-2 (Lorient)
Salis Abdul Samed
Assist: Jimmy Cabot3-2 (Lens)
57’
Florian Sotoca
Assist: Deiver Machado4-2 (Lens)
77’
Loïs Openda
Assist: Lukasz Poreba5-2 (Lens)
86’
Full-time5-2

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Jonathan Gradit
Lorient
  • Laurent Abergel
  • Terem Igobor Moffi
  • Dango Ouattara

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.03 1.45 24’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 1-0 24’ 28’ Wesley Said (Lens), 2-0 28’ 41’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), 2-1 41’ 50’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), 2-2 50’ 57’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), 3-2 57’ 77’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 4-2 77’ 86’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 5-2 86’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.03 1.45 24’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 1-0 Sotoca 24’ 28’ Wesley Said (Lens), 2-0 Said 28’ 41’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), 2-1 Moffi 41’ 50’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), 2-2 Moffi 50’ 57’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), 3-2 Samed 57’ 77’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 4-2 Sotoca 77’ 86’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 5-2 Openda 86’
Lens 3.03 xGLorient 1.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lorient attacking Lens attacking 
24’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.79 xG, goal 50’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), from a corner, 0.75 xG, goal 65’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.61 xG, saved 28’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 83’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 20’ Lukasz Poreba (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 41’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 52’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 57’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 77’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 86’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 20’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 31’ Dango Ouattara (Lorient), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 31’ Théo Le Bris (Lorient), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 35’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 4’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 82’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 51’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 76’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Dango Ouattara (Lorient), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Enzo Le Fée (Lorient), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+2’ Ibrahima Koné (Lorient), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 48’ Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.79 xG, goal 50’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), from a corner, 0.75 xG, goal 65’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.61 xG, saved 28’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 83’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 20’ Lukasz Poreba (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 41’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 52’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 57’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 77’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 86’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 20’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 31’ Dango Ouattara (Lorient), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 31’ Théo Le Bris (Lorient), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 35’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 4’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 82’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 51’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 76’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Lorient), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Dango Ouattara (Lorient), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Enzo Le Fée (Lorient), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Gédéon Kalulu (Lorient), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+2’ Ibrahima Koné (Lorient), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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 0.000.031
Kevin Danso DEF901 0.120.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.000
Jimmy Cabot MID7910 0.000.333
Deiver Machado MID8911 0.090.121
Salis Abdul Samed MID9012 0.140.000
Lukasz Poreba MID8911 0.140.121
Wesley Said FWD4313 0.720.141
Florian Sotoca FWD9025 1.610.273
David Pereira Da Costa FWD8020 0.001.383
Loïs Openda Sub4711 0.120.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski Sub110 0.000.000
Gaël Kakuta Sub101 0.080.000
Christopher Wooh Sub10 0.000.000
Massadio Haidara Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 56% Avg odds 1.72
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.83
Lorient win 19% Avg odds 4.97

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

Form going into the game

Lens DWDWW
Lorient DDWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lorient 2-0 Lens, 06 Feb 22 Next meeting: Lorient 1-3 Lens, 21 May 23  All Lens vs Lorient 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.