Lens vs Marseille

6 May 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Clément Turpin

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Seko Fofana 42’
  • Loïs Openda 60’
  • Dimitri Payet 88’

Match summary

Lens won 2-1 at home to Marseille. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Seko Fofana put Lens ahead from a corner in the 42nd minute, set up by Kevin Danso, Loïs Openda made it 2-0 with a header in the 60th minute, set up by Przemyslaw Frankowski, and Dimitri Payet pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 88th minute, set up by Valentin Rongier.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lens created 1.34 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Marseille 1.27 from 13.

Match stats

Lens Marseille
9 Shots 14
3 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 7
5 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.34 xG 1.27
1.34 Non-penalty xG 1.27
3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Lens Marseille
Kick-off
Seko Fofana
Assist: Kevin Danso1-0 (Lens)
42’
Half-time1-0
Loïs Openda
Assist: Przemyslaw Frankowski2-0 (Lens)
60’
88’
Dimitri Payet
Assist: Valentin Rongier2-1 (Marseille)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Brice Samba
  • Facundo Medina
  • Jonathan Gradit
  • Przemyslaw Frankowski
  • Jean Onana
Marseille
  • Nuno Tavares
  • 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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.34 1.27 42’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 1-0 42’ 60’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 2-0 60’ 88’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 2-1 88’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.34 1.27 42’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 1-0 Fofana 42’ 60’ Loïs Openda (Lens), 2-0 Openda 60’ 88’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 2-1 Payet 88’
Lens 1.34 xGMarseille 1.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Marseille attacking Lens attacking 
60’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 82’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 51’ Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), set piece, 0.34 xG, off target 88’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 85’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 38’ Jonathan Clauss (Marseille), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 86’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 64’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 47’ Jordan Veretout (Marseille), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 48’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Marseille), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 13’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Vitinha (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 86’ Jordan Veretout (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 26’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Jean Onana (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 26’ Loïs Openda (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 90+4’ Nuno Tavares (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 14’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Marseille), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 82’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 88’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 51’ Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), set piece, 0.34 xG, off target 85’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 38’ Jonathan Clauss (Marseille), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 86’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 64’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 47’ Jordan Veretout (Marseille), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 48’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Marseille), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 13’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Vitinha (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 26’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 86’ Jordan Veretout (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 74’ Jean Onana (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 26’ Loïs Openda (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 90+4’ Nuno Tavares (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 14’ Ruslan Malinovskiy (Marseille), 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 DEF901 0.040.000
Kevin Danso DEF9010 0.000.021
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID9010 0.001.013
Deiver Machado MID600 0.000.000
Jean Onana MID901 0.040.000
Seko Fofana MID9012 0.030.081
Florian Sotoca MID902 0.470.041
Angelo Fulgini MID600 0.000.062
Loïs Openda FWD9012 0.620.000
Adrien Thomasson Sub301 0.130.000
Massadio Haidara Sub300 0.000.000
Adam Buksa Sub10 0.000.000
Lukasz Poreba Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 40% Avg odds 2.41
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43
Marseille win 32% Avg odds 2.96

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

Form going into the game

Lens WWLWW
Marseille DDWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Marseille 0-1 Lens, 22 Oct 22 Next meeting: Lens 1-0 Marseille, 12 Nov 23  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.