Lens vs Nice

23 January 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Hakim Ben El Hadj

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Youcef Atal 49’

Match summary

Nice beat Lens 1-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Youcef Atal put Nice ahead in the 49th minute, set up by Kasper Dolberg.

Lens can feel hard done by, creating 1.19 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Nice's 0.55 from 7.

Match stats

Lens Nice
13 Shots 7
3 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.19 xG 0.55
1.19 Non-penalty xG 0.55
3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lens Nice
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
49’
Youcef Atal
Assist: Kasper Dolberg0-1 (Nice)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Steven Fortes
  • Yannick Cahuzac
Nice
  • Hichem Boudaoui

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.19 0.55 49’ Youcef Atal (Nice), 0-1 49’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.19 0.55 49’ Youcef Atal (Nice), 0-1 Atal 49’
Lens 1.19 xGNice 0.55 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nice attacking Lens attacking 
31’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 87’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 72’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 81’ Myziane Maolida (Nice), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 70’ Kasper Dolberg (Nice), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 49’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 90+1’ Seko Fofana (Lens), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Yannick Cahuzac (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 80’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 79’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 27’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Jeff Reine-Adelaide (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 72’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 78’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 84’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 31’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 87’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 72’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 81’ Myziane Maolida (Nice), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 70’ Kasper Dolberg (Nice), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 49’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 90+1’ Seko Fofana (Lens), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Yannick Cahuzac (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 80’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 79’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 83’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Jeff Reine-Adelaide (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 72’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 78’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 84’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jean-Louis Leca GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF900 0.000.021
Steven Fortes DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF620 0.000.000
Clement Michelin MID750 0.000.501
Yannick Cahuzac MID901 0.050.072
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID600 0.000.021
Ismael Boura MID900 0.000.000
Gaël Kakuta MID600 0.000.000
Ignatius Ganago FWD902 0.520.000
Florian Sotoca FWD600 0.000.000
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga Sub300 0.000.000
Simon Banza Sub301 0.420.000
Seko Fofana Sub303 0.090.011
Jonathan Clauss Sub284 0.080.042
Tony Mauricio Sub152 0.040.082

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 46% Avg odds 2.09
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.36
Nice win 26% Avg odds 3.63

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

Form going into the game

Lens WLLDW
Nice LDLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nice 2-1 Lens, 23 Aug 20 Next meeting: Nice 2-1 Lens, 22 Dec 21  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.