Lens vs Marseille

22 January 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Stéphanie Frappart

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Dimitri Payet 34’ (pen)
  • Cédric Bakambu 77’

Match summary

Marseille beat Lens 2-0 on the road. Marseille led 1-0 at half-time.

Dimitri Payet put Marseille ahead from the penalty spot in the 34th minute and Cédric Bakambu made it 0-2 in the 77th minute, set up by Matteo Guendouzi.

The chances backed that up: Marseille created 1.35 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Lens's 0.62 from 9.

Match stats

Lens Marseille
9 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 7
8 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.62 xG 1.35
0.62 Non-penalty xG 0.59
4 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Lens Marseille
Kick-off
34’
Dimitri Payet
Penalty0-1 (Marseille)
Half-time0-1
77’
Cédric Bakambu
Assist: Matteo Guendouzi0-2 (Marseille)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Kevin Danso
  • Florian Sotoca
Marseille
  • Luan Peres
  • Pol Lirola

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 0.62 1.35 34’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 0-1 34’ 77’ Cédric Bakambu (Marseille), 0-2 77’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.62 1.35 34’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 0-1 Payet 34’ 77’ Cédric Bakambu (Marseille), 0-2 Bakambu 77’
Lens 0.62 xGMarseille 1.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Marseille attacking Lens attacking 
34’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 38’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 77’ Cédric Bakambu (Marseille), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 40’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 54’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 81’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+3’ Amine Harit (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 66’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 57’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 15’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 29’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 56’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 79’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 34’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 38’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 77’ Cédric Bakambu (Marseille), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 81’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 40’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 54’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 90+3’ Amine Harit (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 66’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 57’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 15’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 29’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 80’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 56’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Wuilker Fariñez GK900 0.000.000
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.331
Facundo Medina DEF841 0.030.000
Jonathan Clauss MID841 0.050.052
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID900 0.000.082
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID902 0.060.101
Seko Fofana MID900 0.000.000
Gaël Kakuta MID841 0.020.000
Wesley Said MID661 0.100.000
Florian Sotoca FWD612 0.350.000
David Pereira Da Costa Sub291 0.010.021
Ibrahima Baldé Sub240 0.000.000
Corentin Jean Sub60 0.000.000
Patrick Berg Sub60 0.000.000
Brayann Pereira Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 39% Avg odds 2.48
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.42
Marseille win 33% Avg odds 2.85

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

Form going into the game

Lens DLLWW
Marseille LWDWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Marseille 2-3 Lens, 26 Sep 21 Next meeting: Marseille 0-1 Lens, 22 Oct 22  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.