Lens vs Nice

1 February 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Thomas Léonard

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Gaetan Laborde 57’

Match summary

Nice won 1-0 away at Lens. It was goalless at half-time.

Gaetan Laborde put Nice ahead from a corner in the 57th minute.

The chances backed that up: Nice created 2.23 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Lens's 0.40 from 9.

Match stats

Lens Nice
9 Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 3
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.40 xG 2.16
0.40 Non-penalty xG 2.16
2 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Lens Nice
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
57’
Gaetan Laborde0-1 (Nice)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Nice
  • Aaron Ramsey
  • 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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.40 2.23 57’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), 0-1 57’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.40 2.23 57’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), 0-1 Laborde 57’
Lens 0.40 xGNice 2.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nice attacking Lens attacking 
57’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), from a corner, 0.93 xG, goal 11’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 87’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 80’ Aaron Ramsey (Nice), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+1’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 34’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 40’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 18’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 87’ Dante (Nice), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Jean Onana (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Antoine Mendy (Nice), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 11’ Antoine Mendy (Nice), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 67’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 20’ Antoine Mendy (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Seko Fofana (Lens), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 74’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 11’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 89’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 57’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), from a corner, 0.93 xG, goal 11’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 87’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 80’ Aaron Ramsey (Nice), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+1’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 34’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 40’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 18’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 87’ Dante (Nice), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Jean Onana (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Antoine Mendy (Nice), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 67’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 11’ Antoine Mendy (Nice), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Antoine Mendy (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Seko Fofana (Lens), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 74’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 11’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 89’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), 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 DEF900 0.000.031
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF800 0.000.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID900 0.000.102
Massadio Haidara MID240 0.000.000
Seko Fofana MID903 0.100.000
Jean Onana MID671 0.050.011
Adrien Thomasson FWD671 0.040.000
Wesley Said FWD671 0.090.000
David Pereira Da Costa FWD903 0.110.000
Deiver Machado Sub660 0.000.000
Florian Sotoca Sub230 0.000.072
Lukasz Poreba Sub230 0.000.031
Loïs Openda Sub230 0.000.000
Remy Labeau Lascary Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 54% Avg odds 1.78
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.47
Nice win 19% Avg odds 5.12

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

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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.