Lens vs Marseille

23 November 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Eric Wattellier

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

  • Angelo Fulgini 80’
  • Valentin Rongier 49’
  • Luis Henrique 57’
  • Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 89’

Match summary

Marseille beat Lens 3-1 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Valentin Rongier put Marseille ahead in the 49th minute, set up by Neal Maupay, Luis Henrique made it 0-2 in the 57th minute, set up by Neal Maupay, Angelo Fulgini pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 80th minute, and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg made it 1-3 with a direct free kick in the 89th minute.

Lens can feel hard done by, creating 2.40 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Marseille's 1.38 from 10.

Match stats

Lens Marseille
16 Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 0
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.17 xG 1.38
2.17 Non-penalty xG 1.38
4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Lens Marseille
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
49’
Valentin Rongier
Assist: Neal Maupay0-1 (Marseille)
57’
Luis Henrique
Assist: Neal Maupay0-2 (Marseille)
Angelo Fulgini1-2 (Lens)
80’
89’
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg1-3 (Marseille)
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Kevin Danso
  • Przemyslaw Frankowski
  • Deiver Machado
Marseille
  • Geoffrey Kondogbia
  • Ulisses García
  • Valentin Rongier

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.40 1.38 49’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), 0-1 49’ 57’ Luis Henrique (Marseille), 0-2 57’ 80’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), 1-2 80’ 89’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille), 1-3 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.40 1.38 49’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), 0-1 Rongier 49’ 57’ Luis Henrique (Marseille), 0-2 Henrique 57’ 80’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), 1-2 Fulgini 80’ 89’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille), 1-3 Højbjerg 89’
Lens 2.40 xGMarseille 1.38 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Marseille attacking Lens attacking 
80’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 49’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 80’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 7’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 57’ Luis Henrique (Marseille), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 42’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 26’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.26 xG, off target 3’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.20 xG, off target 43’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 89’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.14 xG, goal 68’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 85’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Jonathan Rowe (Marseille), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 40’ Neal Maupay (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 84’ Jonathan Rowe (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 7’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 72’ Mason Greenwood (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 9’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 8’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Hamzat Ojediran (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 21’ Mason Greenwood (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 78’ Remy Labeau Lascary (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Deiver Machado (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 80’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 49’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 7’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 80’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 57’ Luis Henrique (Marseille), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 42’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 26’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.26 xG, off target 3’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.20 xG, off target 43’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 89’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.14 xG, goal 68’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 85’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Jonathan Rowe (Marseille), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 40’ Neal Maupay (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 84’ Jonathan Rowe (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 72’ Mason Greenwood (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 9’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Hamzat Ojediran (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ Mason Greenwood (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 78’ Remy Labeau Lascary (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Deiver Machado (Lens), set piece, 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 DEF901 0.260.000
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Malang Sarr DEF700 0.000.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID900 0.000.292
Deiver Machado MID904 0.650.000
Hamzat Ojediran MID781 0.030.291
Adrien Thomasson MID590 0.000.252
Florian Sotoca MID592 0.370.141
David Pereira Da Costa MID592 0.310.021
M'Bala Nzola FWD904 0.320.000
Andy Diouf Sub310 0.000.000
Neil El Aynaoui Sub310 0.000.000
Remy Labeau Lascary Sub311 0.020.000
Anass Zaroury Sub200 0.000.000
Angelo Fulgini Sub1211 0.450.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 42% Avg odds 2.29
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43
Marseille win 30% Avg odds 3.15

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

Form going into the game

Lens DWLLW
Marseille DWLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Marseille 2-1 Lens, 28 Apr 24 Next meeting: Marseille 0-1 Lens, 08 Mar 25  All Lens vs Marseille 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.