Lens vs Saint-Etienne

3 October 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Bastien Dechepy

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Gaël Kakuta 15’ (pen)
  • Florian Sotoca 81’

Match summary

Lens beat Saint-Etienne 2-0. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Gaël Kakuta put Lens ahead from the penalty spot in the 15th minute and Florian Sotoca made it 2-0 with a header in the 81st minute, set up by Tony Mauricio.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 2.20 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Saint-Etienne's 0.09 from 2. Saint-Etienne had 2 players sent off.

Match stats

Lens Saint-Etienne
13 Shots 2
5 Shots on Target 1
12 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 2
2.13 xG 0.09
1.37 Non-penalty xG 0.09
8 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Lens Saint-Etienne
Kick-off
Gaël Kakuta
Penalty1-0 (Lens)
15’
Half-time1-0
Florian Sotoca
Assist: Tony Mauricio2-0 (Lens)
81’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Gaël Kakuta
Saint-Etienne
  • Timothée Kolodziejczak
  • Wahbi Khazri
  • Yvann Maçon

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.20 0.09 15’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 1-0 15’ 81’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 2-0 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.20 0.09 15’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 1-0 Kakuta 15’ 81’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 2-0 Sotoca 81’
Lens 2.20 xGSaint-Etienne 0.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Saint-Etienne attacking Lens attacking 
15’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 46’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 72’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 46’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 76’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 25’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 4’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 32’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 73’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 81’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 60’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 46’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 72’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 46’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 76’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 25’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 32’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Arnaud Nordin (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 53’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 4’ Denis Bouanga (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 81’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 60’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (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
Facundo Medina DEF900 0.000.351
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.000
Loic Bade DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Clauss MID901 0.040.233
Yannick Cahuzac MID900 0.000.041
Cheick Oumar Doucoure MID863 0.080.000
Massadio Haidara MID861 0.350.142
Gaël Kakuta MID7411 0.760.092
Florian Sotoca FWD8614 0.730.000
Ignatius Ganago FWD140 0.000.000
Simon Banza Sub761 0.120.000
Tony Mauricio Sub1612 0.130.031
Manuel Perez Sub40 0.000.000
Corentin Jean Sub40 0.000.000
David Pereira Da Costa Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 52% Avg odds 1.83
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.58
Saint-Etienne win 21% Avg odds 4.43

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

Form going into the game

Lens LWWWD
Saint-Etienne WWWDL

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Saint-Etienne 2-3 Lens, 03 Mar 21  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.