Lens vs Nantes

30 April 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Thomas Léonard

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

David Pereira Da Costa 67’
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga 81’ (pen)

Moses Simon 8’, 32’

Match summary

Lens and Nantes drew 2-2. Nantes led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Moses Simon put Nantes ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Marcus Coco and Simon made it 0-2 in the 32nd minute. In the second half, David Pereira Da Costa pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 67th minute, set up by Seko Fofana and Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga equalised from the penalty spot in the 81st minute.

Lens had the better of the chances, with 1.81 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Nantes's 1.27 from 13. Lens had a player sent off.

Match stats

20 Shots 13

5 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 5

1 Red Cards 0

1.81 xG 1.26

1.05 Non-penalty xG 1.26

10 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Lens Nantes

Kick-off

8’

Moses Simon
Assist: Marcus Coco

0-1

32’

Moses Simon

0-2

Half-time0-2

David Pereira Da Costa
Assist: Seko Fofana

1-2

67’

Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga
Penalty

2-2

81’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Lens

Jean-Louis Leca

Nantes

Alban Lafont
Nicolas Pallois
Samuel Moutoussamy
Wylan Cyprien
Roli Pereira De Sa

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.

Lens 1.81 xGNantes 1.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nantes attacking Lens attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jean-Louis Leca	GK	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Gradit	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christopher Wooh	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Massadio Haidara	DEF	66			1	0.05	0.02	1
Jonathan Clauss	MID	90			3	0.15	0.00	0
Przemyslaw Frankowski	MID	20			2	0.03	0.02	1
Cheick Oumar Doucoure	MID	90			1	0.02	0.08	3
Seko Fofana	MID	90		1	2	0.06	0.12	2
David Pereira Da Costa	MID	85	1		3	0.44	0.14	3
Florian Sotoca	MID	66			2	0.11	0.05	1
Ignatius Ganago	FWD	66			2	0.07	0.02	1
Wuilker Fariñez	Sub	70			0	0.00	0.00	0
Deiver Machado	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wesley Said	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.09	1
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga	Sub	24	1		3	0.88	0.02	1
Gaël Kakuta	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alban Lafont	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dennis Appiah	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Abdoulaye Sylla	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Pallois	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Coco	MID	83		1	0	0.00	0.07	1
Quentin Merlin	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	2
Samuel Moutoussamy	MID	90			2	0.22	0.00	0
Wylan Cyprien	MID	89			3	0.10	0.09	1
Pedro Chirivella	MID	49			1	0.04	0.00	0
Randal Kolo Muani	FWD	73			0	0.00	0.13	1
Moses Simon	FWD	73	2		3	0.63	0.00	0
Roli Pereira De Sa	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.09	1
Osman Bukari	Sub	17			1	0.09	0.00	0
Kalifa Coulibaly	Sub	17			2	0.14	0.09	1
Sébastien Corchia	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lohann Doucet	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 58% Avg odds 1.64

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.10

Nantes win 19% Avg odds 5.19

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

Form going into the game

Lens L W W W D

Nantes W D D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nantes 3-2 Lens, 10 Dec 21 Next meeting: Nantes 0-0 Lens, 18 Sep 22 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.