Lens vs Nice

16 March 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Sepe Elye Wahi 76’
  • Terem Igobor Moffi 11’, 67’ (pen)
  • Kephren Thuram 53’

Match summary

Nice beat Lens 3-1 on the road. Nice led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Terem Igobor Moffi put Nice ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Mohamed Ali-Cho. In the second half, Kephren Thuram made it 0-2 in the 53rd minute, set up by Mohamed Ali-Cho, Moffi made it 0-3 from the penalty spot in the 67th minute, and Sepe Elye Wahi pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 76th minute, set up by Wesley Said.

The chances backed that up: Nice created 1.81 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Lens's 1.36 from 20.

Match stats

Lens Nice
20 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 3
11 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.36 xG 1.81
1.36 Non-penalty xG 1.05
10 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Lens Nice
Kick-off
11’
Terem Igobor Moffi
Assist: Mohamed Ali-Cho0-1 (Nice)
Half-time0-1
53’
Kephren Thuram
Assist: Mohamed Ali-Cho0-2 (Nice)
67’
Terem Igobor Moffi
Penalty0-3 (Nice)
Sepe Elye Wahi
Assist: Wesley Said1-3 (Lens)
76’
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Ruben Aguilar
  • Przemyslaw Frankowski
  • Adrien Thomasson
  • Abduqodir Khusanov
Nice
  • Romain Perraud
  • Kephren Thuram
  • Pablo Rosario

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.36 1.81 11’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), 0-1 11’ 53’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), 0-2 53’ 67’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), 0-3 67’ 76’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), 1-3 76’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.36 1.81 11’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), 0-1 Moffi 11’ 53’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), 0-2 Thuram 53’ 67’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), 0-3 Moffi 67’ 76’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), 1-3 Wahi 76’
Lens 1.36 xGNice 1.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nice attacking Lens attacking 
67’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 11’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 53’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 74’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 41’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 19’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+6’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 45’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 76’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 75’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 87’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 24’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 2’ Morgan Sanson (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Romain Perraud (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 13’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 56’ Abduqodir Khusanov (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 1’ Pablo Rosario (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+2’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 67’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 11’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 53’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 74’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 41’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 90+6’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 19’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 45’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 76’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 75’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 87’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 24’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 2’ Morgan Sanson (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 15’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Romain Perraud (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 41’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 13’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 56’ Abduqodir Khusanov (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 1’ Pablo Rosario (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+2’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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 DEF900 0.000.051
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF490 0.000.000
Ruben Aguilar MID660 0.000.113
Neil El Aynaoui MID793 0.380.072
Nampalys Mendy MID660 0.000.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID903 0.040.382
David Pereira Da Costa MID802 0.160.021
Florian Sotoca FWD904 0.200.342
Sepe Elye Wahi FWD9013 0.380.000
Abduqodir Khusanov Sub411 0.020.000
Wesley Said Sub2411 0.060.132
Andy Diouf Sub241 0.060.112
Adrien Thomasson Sub112 0.040.011
Angelo Fulgini Sub100 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 48% Avg odds 2.00
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43
Nice win 24% Avg odds 3.99

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

Form going into the game

Lens WDLWW
Nice LLDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nice 2-0 Lens, 20 Dec 23 Next meeting: Lens 0-0 Nice, 28 Sep 24  All Lens vs Nice 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.