Lens vs Nantes

19 February 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Pierre Gaillouste

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Deiver Machado 34’
  • Adrien Thomasson 36’
  • Charles Traore 74’ (og)
  • Florent Mollet 40’

Match summary

Lens beat Nantes 3-1. Lens led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Deiver Machado put Lens ahead in the 34th minute, set up by Facundo Medina, Adrien Thomasson made it 2-0 in the 36th minute, and Florent Mollet pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 40th minute, set up by Moses Simon. In the second half, Traore's own goal made it 3-1 in the 74th minute.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 3.13 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Nantes's 0.24 from 6.

Match stats

Lens Nantes
19 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3.13 xG 0.24
3.13 Non-penalty xG 0.24
11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Lens Nantes
Kick-off
Deiver Machado
Assist: Facundo Medina1-0 (Lens)
34’
Adrien Thomasson2-0 (Lens)
36’
40’
Florent Mollet
Assist: Moses Simon2-1 (Nantes)
Half-time2-1
Charles Traore
Own goal3-1 (Lens)
74’
Full-time3-1

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.13 0.24 34’ Deiver Machado (Lens), 1-0 34’ 36’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), 2-0 36’ 40’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), 2-1 40’ 74’ Charles Traore (Lens) own goal, 3-1 74’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.13 0.24 34’ Deiver Machado (Lens), 1-0 Machado 34’ 36’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), 2-0 Thomasson 36’ 40’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), 2-1 Mollet 40’ 74’ Charles Traore (Lens) own goal, 3-1 Traore 74’
Lens 3.13 xGNantes 0.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nantes attacking Lens attacking 
44’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.62 xG, saved 36’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 90+2’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 80’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.44 xG, off target 39’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 24’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 4’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 88’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 8’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 50’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 40’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 77’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 60’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 5’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 82’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 34’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 77’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 81’ Evann Guessand (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 2’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 26’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Jaouen Hadjam (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Jaouen Hadjam (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 14’ Sébastien Corchia (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Charles Traore (Nantes), own goal 44’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.62 xG, saved 36’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 90+2’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 80’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.44 xG, off target 39’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 24’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 4’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 88’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 8’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 50’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 40’ Florent Mollet (Nantes), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 77’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 60’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 82’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 5’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 34’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 77’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 81’ Evann Guessand (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 2’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Jaouen Hadjam (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 26’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Jaouen Hadjam (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 14’ Sébastien Corchia (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Charles Traore (Nantes), own goal
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 DEF9013 0.580.041
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.162
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID900 0.000.073
Deiver Machado MID7611 0.040.733
Seko Fofana MID904 0.200.102
Salis Abdul Samed MID890 0.000.633
Angelo Fulgini MID643 0.370.000
Adrien Thomasson MID6311 0.470.000
Florian Sotoca FWD894 0.860.271
Loïs Openda Sub271 0.440.000
David Pereira Da Costa Sub261 0.090.000
Massadio Haidara Sub141 0.060.471
Jean Onana Sub10 0.000.000
Remy Labeau Lascary Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 64% Avg odds 1.49
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.22
Nantes win 13% Avg odds 7.37

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

Form going into the game

Lens WDLDL
Nantes WDLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nantes 0-0 Lens, 18 Sep 22 Next meeting: Lens 4-0 Nantes, 28 Oct 23  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.