Lens vs Paris Saint-Germain

18 January 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Jérémie Pignard

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

  • M'Bala Nzola 36’
  • Fabián 59’
  • Bradley Barcola 86’

Match summary

Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to win 2-1 away at Lens, with a late winner. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

M'Bala Nzola put Lens ahead from a corner in the 36th minute, Fabián equalised in the 59th minute, set up by Bradley Barcola, and Bradley Barcola won it in the 86th minute, set up by João Neves.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lens created 1.37 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Paris Saint-Germain 1.57 from 9.

Match stats

Lens Paris Saint-Germain
10 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 7
6 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.35 xG 1.57
1.35 Non-penalty xG 1.57
7 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Lens Paris Saint-Germain
Kick-off
M'Bala Nzola1-0 (Lens)
36’
Half-time1-0
59’
Fabián
Assist: Bradley Barcola1-1 (Paris Saint-Germain)
86’
Bradley Barcola
Assist: João Neves1-2 (Paris Saint-Germain)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Deiver Machado
  • Adrien Thomasson
Paris Saint-Germain
  • Vitinha
  • Senny Mayulu

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 1.37 1.57 36’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), 1-0 36’ 59’ Fabián (Paris Saint-Germain), 1-1 59’ 86’ Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain), 1-2 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.37 1.57 36’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), 1-0 Nzola 36’ 59’ Fabián (Paris Saint-Germain), 1-1 Fabián 59’ 86’ Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain), 1-2 Barcola 86’
Lens 1.37 xGParis Saint-Germain 1.57 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Paris Saint-Germain attacking Lens attacking 
36’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 78’ Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 65’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 59’ Fabián (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 53’ Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 69’ Malang Sarr (Lens), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 89’ Senny Mayulu (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 75’ Fabián (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 21’ Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 84’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 44’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 44’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 70’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 81’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ Fabián (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 36’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 78’ Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 65’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 59’ Fabián (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 53’ Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 69’ Malang Sarr (Lens), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 89’ Senny Mayulu (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 75’ Fabián (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 21’ Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 84’ Facundo Medina (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 65’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 44’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 70’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 81’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ Fabián (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kouakou Herve Koffi GK900 0.000.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski DEF900 0.000.101
Jonathan Gradit DEF901 0.020.000
Malang Sarr DEF901 0.100.000
Facundo Medina DEF891 0.070.000
Deiver Machado DEF900 0.000.041
Adrien Thomasson MID811 0.050.000
Florian Sotoca MID810 0.000.000
Andy Diouf MID680 0.000.071
M'Bala Nzola FWD9012 0.540.061
Goduine Koyalipou FWD683 0.540.000
Hamzat Ojediran Sub220 0.000.000
David Pereira Da Costa Sub221 0.040.000
Neil El Aynaoui Sub90 0.000.000
Wesley Said Sub90 0.000.071
Angelo Fulgini Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 25% Avg odds 3.87
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.87
Paris Saint-Germain win 51% Avg odds 1.87

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

Form going into the game

Lens WWDLW
Paris Saint-Germain DDWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Lens, 02 Nov 24 Next meeting: Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 Lens, 14 Sep 25  All Lens vs Paris Saint-Germain 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.