Lens vs Saint-Etienne

6 April 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Romain Lissorgue

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Goduine Koyalipou 75’

Match summary

Lens beat Saint-Etienne 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Goduine Koyalipou put Lens ahead in the 75th minute, set up by Deiver Machado.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 2.58 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Saint-Etienne's 1.79 from 8. Irvin Cardona had a penalty saved for Saint-Etienne.

Match stats

Lens Saint-Etienne
20 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.50 xG 1.69
2.50 Non-penalty xG 0.91
13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Lens Saint-Etienne
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Goduine Koyalipou
Assist: Deiver Machado1-0 (Lens)
75’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Deiver Machado
  • Hamzat Ojediran
Saint-Etienne
  • Yvann Maçon
  • Benjamin Bouchouari

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 2.58 1.79 75’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), 1-0 75’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.58 1.79 75’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), 1-0 Koyalipou 75’
Lens 2.58 xGSaint-Etienne 1.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Saint-Etienne attacking Lens attacking 
50’ Irvin Cardona (Saint-Etienne), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 75’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 70’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 27’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 1’ Zuriko Davitashvili (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 80’ Ibrahima Wadji (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 70’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 41’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 9’ Florian Tardieu (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 50’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.11 xG, blocked 24’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 1’ Zuriko Davitashvili (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 29’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 50’ Lucas Stassin (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 90+4’ Hamzat Ojediran (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 57’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 39’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 67’ Deiver Machado (Lens), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 47’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Juma Bah (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 8’ Yvann Maçon (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 39’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Maxime Bernauer (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 50’ Irvin Cardona (Saint-Etienne), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 75’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 70’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 27’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 1’ Zuriko Davitashvili (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 80’ Ibrahima Wadji (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 70’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 41’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 50’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.11 xG, blocked 9’ Florian Tardieu (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 24’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 1’ Zuriko Davitashvili (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 29’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 50’ Lucas Stassin (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 90+4’ Hamzat Ojediran (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 57’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 39’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 67’ Deiver Machado (Lens), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 47’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Juma Bah (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 8’ Yvann Maçon (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 39’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Maxime Bernauer (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mat Ryan GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF901 0.110.592
Malang Sarr DEF900 0.000.000
Juma Bah DEF901 0.020.000
Ruben Aguilar MID844 0.700.101
Neil El Aynaoui MID902 0.040.133
Adrien Thomasson MID902 0.190.021
Deiver Machado MID9012 0.191.102
Andy Diouf MID904 0.590.051
Wesley Said FWD710 0.000.000
Florian Sotoca FWD711 0.020.000
Goduine Koyalipou Sub1912 0.620.000
Anass Zaroury Sub190 0.000.000
Kyllian Antonio Sub60 0.000.000
Angelo Fulgini Sub10 0.000.000
Hamzat Ojediran Sub11 0.080.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 60% Avg odds 1.60
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.25
Saint-Etienne win 18% Avg odds 5.34

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

Form going into the game

Lens LLWWL
Saint-Etienne DLDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Saint-Etienne 0-2 Lens, 19 Oct 24 All Lens vs Saint-Etienne 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.