Lens vs Reims

1 October 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga 45+1’ (pen), 52’

Match summary

Lens saw off Reims 2-0. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga put Lens ahead from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time and Muinga made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute, set up by Florian Sotoca.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 2.36 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Reims's 0.09 from 3. Reims had a player sent off.

Match stats

Lens Reims
13 Shots 3
7 Shots on Target 0
5 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
2.36 xG 0.09
1.60 Non-penalty xG 0.09
7 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Lens Reims
Kick-off
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga
Penalty1-0 (Lens)
45+1’
Half-time1-0
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga
Assist: Florian Sotoca2-0 (Lens)
52’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Kevin Danso
  • Gaël Kakuta
Reims
  • Hugo Ekitike
  • Yunis Abdelhamid

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 2.36 0.09 45+1’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 1-0 45+1’ 52’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 2-0 52’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.36 0.09 45+1’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 1-0 Muinga 45+1’ 52’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 2-0 Muinga 52’
Lens 2.36 xGReims 0.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Reims attacking Lens attacking 
46’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 52’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 59’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.30 xG, saved 54’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 80’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 41’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 59’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+5’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 17’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 79’ Marshall Munetsi (Reims), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Marshall Munetsi (Reims), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 28’ Ghislain Konan (Reims), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 52’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 59’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.30 xG, saved 54’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 80’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 59’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 41’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90+5’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 17’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 79’ Marshall Munetsi (Reims), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Marshall Munetsi (Reims), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 28’ Ghislain Konan (Reims), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jean-Louis Leca GK900 0.000.000
Kevin Danso DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF750 0.000.000
Jonathan Clauss MID900 0.000.021
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID901 0.110.000
Seko Fofana MID902 0.080.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID872 0.110.182
Gaël Kakuta MID751 0.090.604
Florian Sotoca FWD9011 0.300.612
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga FWD7524 1.480.000
Ignatius Ganago Sub151 0.080.000
Wesley Said Sub151 0.120.081
Massadio Haidara Sub150 0.000.000
Deiver Machado Sub30 0.000.000
Yannick Cahuzac Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 49% Avg odds 1.96
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43
Reims win 23% Avg odds 4.04

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

Form going into the game

Lens DWWLW
Reims LWDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Reims 1-1 Lens, 13 Feb 21 Next meeting: Reims 1-2 Lens, 08 May 22  All Lens vs Reims 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.