Lens vs Metz

24 October 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Jérémie Pignard

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Wesley Said 14’, 37’
  • Ignatius Ganago 83’
  • Przemyslaw Frankowski 90’
  • Nicolas de Preville 33’

Match summary

Lens won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Metz. Lens led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Wesley Said put Lens ahead in the 14th minute, Nicolas de Preville equalised in the 33rd minute, and Said put Lens back in front in the 37th minute, set up by Cheick Oumar Doucoure. In the second half, Ignatius Ganago made it 3-1 in the 83rd minute, set up by Cheick Oumar Doucoure and Przemyslaw Frankowski made it 4-1 in the 90th minute, set up by Jonathan Clauss.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 2.47 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Metz's 0.79 from 9.

Match stats

Lens Metz
11 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.37 xG 0.79
2.37 Non-penalty xG 0.79
2 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Lens Metz
Kick-off
Wesley Said1-0 (Lens)
14’
33’
Nicolas de Preville1-1 (Metz)
Wesley Said
Assist: Cheick Oumar Doucoure2-1 (Lens)
37’
Half-time2-1
Ignatius Ganago
Assist: Cheick Oumar Doucoure3-1 (Lens)
83’
Przemyslaw Frankowski
Assist: Jonathan Clauss4-1 (Lens)
90’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Jean-Louis Leca
  • Ignatius Ganago
Metz
  • Kevin N'Doram
  • Vincent Pajot
  • Digbo Maiga

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 2.47 0.79 14’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-0 14’ 33’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), 1-1 33’ 37’ Wesley Said (Lens), 2-1 37’ 83’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 3-1 83’ 90’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), 4-1 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.47 0.79 14’ Wesley Said (Lens), 1-0 Said 14’ 33’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), 1-1 de Preville 33’ 37’ Wesley Said (Lens), 2-1 Said 37’ 83’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 3-1 Ganago 83’ 90’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), 4-1 Frankowski 90’
Lens 2.47 xGMetz 0.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Metz attacking Lens attacking 
37’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.72 xG, goal 90’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 83’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 14’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 22’ Dylan Bronn (Metz), from a corner, 0.27 xG, saved 88’ Opa Nguette (Metz), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 37’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 45’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 74’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+1’ Dylan Bronn (Metz), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 12’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 55’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Seko Fofana (Lens), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 57’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), set piece, 0.02 xG, goal 35’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Thomas Delaine (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 37’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.72 xG, goal 90’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 83’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 14’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 88’ Opa Nguette (Metz), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 22’ Dylan Bronn (Metz), from a corner, 0.27 xG, saved 37’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 45’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 74’ Pape Sarr (Metz), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+1’ Dylan Bronn (Metz), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 12’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 55’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Seko Fofana (Lens), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 57’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 35’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 33’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), set piece, 0.02 xG, goal 22’ Nicolas de Preville (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Thomas Delaine (Metz), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Farid Boulaya (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 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
Facundo Medina DEF900 0.000.000
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.041
Jonathan Gradit DEF901 0.010.131
Jonathan Clauss MID9010 0.000.784
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID9012 0.620.000
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID9021 0.131.102
Seko Fofana MID902 0.150.000
Florian Sotoca MID821 0.040.000
Wesley Said MID6422 1.060.000
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga FWD822 0.070.000
Gaël Kakuta Sub260 0.000.000
Ignatius Ganago Sub811 0.380.000
Yannick Cahuzac Sub80 0.000.000
Corentin Jean Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 66% Avg odds 1.44
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.44
Metz win 12% Avg odds 7.68

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

Form going into the game

Lens WLWWL
Metz LLWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 2-2 Metz, 14 Mar 21 Next meeting: Metz 0-0 Lens, 13 Mar 22  All Lens vs Metz 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.