Lens vs Saint-Etienne

15 August 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Amaury Delerue

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Ignatius Ganago 36’
  • Seko Fofana 77’
  • Wahbi Khazri 1’
  • Denis Bouanga 52’

Match summary

Lens and Saint-Etienne shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Wahbi Khazri put Saint-Etienne ahead in the first minute and Ignatius Ganago equalised with a header in the 36th minute, set up by Jonathan Clauss. In the second half, Denis Bouanga put Saint-Etienne back in front in the 52nd minute, set up by Timothée Kolodziejczak and Seko Fofana equalised in the 77th minute, set up by Przemyslaw Frankowski.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lens created 1.14 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots, Saint-Etienne 0.91 from 12.

Match stats

Lens Saint-Etienne
22 Shots 12
7 Shots on Target 7
7 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 0
1.14 xG 0.85
1.14 Non-penalty xG 0.85
5 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Lens Saint-Etienne
Kick-off
1’
Wahbi Khazri0-1 (Saint-Etienne)
Ignatius Ganago
Assist: Jonathan Clauss1-1 (Lens)
36’
Half-time1-1
52’
Denis Bouanga
Assist: Timothée Kolodziejczak1-2 (Saint-Etienne)
Seko Fofana
Assist: Przemyslaw Frankowski2-2 (Lens)
77’
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Facundo Medina
Saint-Etienne
  • Yvann Maçon
  • Saidou Sow
  • Romain Hamouma
  • Denis Bouanga
  • Adil Aouchiche
  • Lucas Gourna Douath

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 1.14 0.91 1’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), 0-1 1’ 36’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 1-1 36’ 52’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), 1-2 52’ 77’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 2-2 77’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.14 0.91 1’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), 0-1 Khazri 1’ 36’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 1-1 Ganago 36’ 52’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), 1-2 Bouanga 52’ 77’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 2-2 Fofana 77’
Lens 1.14 xGSaint-Etienne 0.91 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Saint-Etienne attacking Lens attacking 
68’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 68’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 18’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 52’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 32’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 1’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 3’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+1’ Corentin Jean (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 33’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 61’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 25’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 4’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 56’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Harold Moukoudi (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 77’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 18’ Christopher Wooh (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 65’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 40’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Zaydou Youssef (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 63’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ Yvan Neyou (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 60’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+1’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 35’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 58’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 68’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 68’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 18’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 52’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 1’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 32’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 3’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+1’ Corentin Jean (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 61’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 33’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 25’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 4’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 55’ Harold Moukoudi (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 77’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 18’ Christopher Wooh (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 65’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 40’ Deiver Machado (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Zaydou Youssef (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 63’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ Romain Hamouma (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ Yvan Neyou (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 60’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+1’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 35’ Wahbi Khazri (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 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
Facundo Medina DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.052
Christopher Wooh DEF901 0.040.132
Jonathan Clauss MID9010 0.000.305
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID901 0.020.000
Seko Fofana MID9016 0.270.071
Deiver Machado MID711 0.020.153
Gaël Kakuta MID823 0.150.172
Florian Sotoca FWD823 0.230.021
Ignatius Ganago FWD7115 0.310.071
Simon Banza Sub191 0.010.000
Przemyslaw Frankowski Sub1910 0.000.083
Corentin Jean Sub81 0.090.000
David Pereira Da Costa Sub80 0.000.000
Ismael Boura Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 46% Avg odds 2.06
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.50
Saint-Etienne win 27% Avg odds 3.60

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

Form going into the game

Lens LLLDD
Saint-Etienne WWDLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Saint-Etienne 2-3 Lens, 03 Mar 21 Next meeting: Saint-Etienne 1-2 Lens, 15 Jan 22  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.