Lens vs Nimes

25 April 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Aurélien Petit

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Ignatius Ganago 17’
  • Massadio Haidara 76’
  • Zinedine Ferhat 52’ (pen)

Match summary

Lens won 2-1 at home to Nimes. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Ignatius Ganago put Lens ahead in the 17th minute, set up by David Pereira Da Costa, Zinedine Ferhat equalised from the penalty spot in the 52nd minute, and Massadio Haidara won it from a corner in the 76th minute, set up by Tony Mauricio.

Nimes can feel hard done by, creating 1.46 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Lens's 0.71 from 7. Lens had a player sent off.

Match stats

Lens Nimes
7 Shots 16
4 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
0.71 xG 1.46
0.71 Non-penalty xG 0.69
1 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Lens Nimes
Kick-off
Ignatius Ganago
Assist: David Pereira Da Costa1-0 (Lens)
17’
Half-time1-0
52’
Zinedine Ferhat
Penalty1-1 (Nimes)
Massadio Haidara
Assist: Tony Mauricio2-1 (Lens)
76’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Issiaga Sylla
  • Loic Bade
Nimes
  • Florian Miguel
  • Moussa Koné

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.71 1.46 17’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 1-0 17’ 52’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), 1-1 52’ 76’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), 2-1 76’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.71 1.46 17’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 1-0 Ganago 17’ 52’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), 1-1 Ferhat 52’ 76’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), 2-1 Haidara 76’
Lens 0.71 xGNimes 1.46 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nimes attacking Lens attacking 
52’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 76’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), from a corner, 0.37 xG, goal 16’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 36’ Moussa Koné (Nimes), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 62’ Sofiane Alakouch (Nimes), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 17’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 64’ Lamine Fomba (Nimes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 66’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 48’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 35’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 90+5’ Baptiste Reynet (Nimes), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 29’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 60’ Kelyan Guessoum (Nimes), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Loic Bade (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 78’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ Kelyan Guessoum (Nimes), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Matteo Ahlinvi (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 20’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 76’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), from a corner, 0.37 xG, goal 16’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 36’ Moussa Koné (Nimes), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 62’ Sofiane Alakouch (Nimes), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 66’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 17’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 64’ Lamine Fomba (Nimes), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Niclas Eliasson (Nimes), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 35’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 29’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+5’ Baptiste Reynet (Nimes), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 60’ Kelyan Guessoum (Nimes), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Loic Bade (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 78’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ Kelyan Guessoum (Nimes), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Matteo Ahlinvi (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Sidy Sarr (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jean-Louis Leca GK820 0.000.000
Loic Bade DEF901 0.040.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.111
Massadio Haidara DEF9011 0.370.000
Jonathan Clauss MID901 0.110.000
Issiaga Sylla MID230 0.000.000
Yannick Cahuzac MID900 0.000.041
Seko Fofana MID900 0.000.000
David Pereira Da Costa MID6910 0.000.071
Ignatius Ganago FWD6911 0.070.000
Corentin Jean FWD271 0.020.000
Ismael Boura Sub630 0.000.071
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga Sub211 0.070.000
Tony Mauricio Sub2111 0.020.371
Wuilker Fariñez Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 51% Avg odds 1.85
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53
Nimes win 22% Avg odds 4.43

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

Form going into the game

Lens DWDWD
Nimes DWLDD

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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.