Lens vs Nantes

28 October 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Pierre Gaillouste

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Florian Sotoca 27’ (pen), 72’ (pen)
  • Facundo Medina 58’
  • Neil El Aynaoui 89’

Match summary

Lens won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Nantes. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Florian Sotoca put Lens ahead from the penalty spot in the 27th minute. In the second half, Facundo Medina made it 2-0 in the 58th minute, set up by Florian Sotoca, Sotoca made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 72nd minute, and Neil El Aynaoui made it 4-0 in the 89th minute, set up by Óscar Cortés.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 4.33 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Nantes's 1.22 from 11.

Match stats

Lens Nantes
11 Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4.33 xG 1.22
2.81 Non-penalty xG 1.22
9 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Lens Nantes
Kick-off
Florian Sotoca
Penalty1-0 (Lens)
27’
Half-time1-0
Facundo Medina
Assist: Florian Sotoca2-0 (Lens)
58’
Florian Sotoca
Penalty3-0 (Lens)
72’
Neil El Aynaoui
Assist: Óscar Cortés4-0 (Lens)
89’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Sepe Elye Wahi
Nantes
  • Jean-Kevin Duverne
  • Eray Cömert

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 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.33 1.22 27’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 1-0 27’ 58’ Facundo Medina (Lens), 2-0 58’ 72’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 3-0 72’ 89’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 4-0 89’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.33 1.22 27’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 1-0 Sotoca 27’ 58’ Facundo Medina (Lens), 2-0 Medina 58’ 72’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 3-0 Sotoca 72’ 89’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 4-0 El Aynaoui 89’
Lens 4.33 xGNantes 1.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nantes attacking Lens attacking 
27’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 72’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 61’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.68 xG, saved 89’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 40’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 36’ Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes), open play, 0.46 xG, off target 29’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 24’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 85’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), from a corner, 0.32 xG, off target 70’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 16’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 31’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 85’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 58’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 86’ Adson (Nantes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 77’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Quentin Merlin (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 43’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 27’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 72’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 61’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.68 xG, saved 89’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 40’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 36’ Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes), open play, 0.46 xG, off target 29’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 24’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 85’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), from a corner, 0.32 xG, off target 16’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 70’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 31’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 85’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 58’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 86’ Adson (Nantes), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 77’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Quentin Merlin (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 43’ Moses Simon (Nantes), 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 DEF9011 0.060.000
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.000
Ruben Aguilar MID900 0.000.561
Deiver Machado MID710 0.000.762
Salis Abdul Samed MID900 0.000.000
Andy Diouf MID800 0.000.000
Florian Sotoca MID86212 1.520.402
Adrien Thomasson MID791 0.080.081
Sepe Elye Wahi FWD713 1.580.000
Morgan Guilavogui Sub191 0.080.000
Massadio Haidara Sub190 0.000.000
Angelo Fulgini Sub111 0.080.321
Neil El Aynaoui Sub1012 0.930.000
Óscar Cortés Sub410 0.000.611

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 60% Avg odds 1.61
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.18
Nantes win 17% Avg odds 5.47

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

Form going into the game

Lens LWWDD
Nantes WWLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 3-1 Nantes, 19 Feb 23 Next meeting: Nantes 0-1 Lens, 03 Feb 24  All Lens vs Nantes 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.