Lorient vs Lens

13 September 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Aurélien Petit

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

  • Adrian Grbic 14’
  • Yoane Wissa 90+3’ (pen)
  • Gaël Kakuta 31’ (pen)
  • Facundo Medina 34’
  • Ignatius Ganago 63’

Match summary

Lens came from behind to win 3-2 away at Lorient. Lens led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Adrian Grbic put Lorient ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Yoane Wissa, Gaël Kakuta equalised from the penalty spot in the 31st minute, and Facundo Medina put Lens in front in the 34th minute, set up by Florian Sotoca. In the second half, Ignatius Ganago made it 1-3 in the 63rd minute, set up by Florian Sotoca and Yoane Wissa pulled one back to make it 2-3 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 1.99 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Lorient's 0.92 from 6. Lens had a player sent off.

Match stats

Lorient Lens
6 Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 2
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
0.92 xG 1.99
0.16 Non-penalty xG 1.23
3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Lorient Lens
Kick-off
Adrian Grbic
Assist: Yoane Wissa1-0 (Lorient)
14’
31’
Gaël Kakuta
Penalty1-1 (Lens)
34’
Facundo Medina
Assist: Florian Sotoca1-2 (Lens)
Half-time1-2
63’
Ignatius Ganago
Assist: Florian Sotoca1-3 (Lens)
Yoane Wissa
Penalty2-3 (Lorient)
90+3’
Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Lorient
  • Julien Laporte
  • Quentin Boisgard
  • Stéphane Diarra
  • Enzo Le Fée
Lens
  • Loic Bade
  • Yannick Cahuzac

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 0.92 1.99 14’ Adrian Grbic (Lorient), 1-0 14’ 31’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 1-1 31’ 34’ Facundo Medina (Lens), 1-2 34’ 63’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 1-3 63’ 90+3’ Yoane Wissa (Lorient), 2-3 90+3’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.92 1.99 14’ Adrian Grbic (Lorient), 1-0 Grbic 14’ 31’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 1-1 Kakuta 31’ 34’ Facundo Medina (Lens), 1-2 Medina 34’ 63’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), 1-3 Ganago 63’ 90+3’ Yoane Wissa (Lorient), 2-3 Wissa 90+3’
Lorient 0.92 xGLens 1.99 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Lorient attacking 
31’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+3’ Yoane Wissa (Lorient), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 8’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 63’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 46’ Loic Bade (Lens), set piece, 0.12 xG, saved 73’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 34’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 77’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 14’ Adrian Grbic (Lorient), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 73’ Manuel Perez (Lens), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 80’ Quentin Boisgard (Lorient), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Sylvain Marveaux (Lorient), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ Fabien Lemoine (Lorient), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Houboulang Mendes (Lorient), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+3’ Yoane Wissa (Lorient), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 8’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 63’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 73’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 46’ Loic Bade (Lens), set piece, 0.12 xG, saved 77’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 34’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 14’ Adrian Grbic (Lorient), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 73’ Manuel Perez (Lens), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 80’ Quentin Boisgard (Lorient), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Sylvain Marveaux (Lorient), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ Fabien Lemoine (Lorient), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Houboulang Mendes (Lorient), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Paul Nardi GK900 0.000.000
Houboulang Mendes DEF851 0.010.000
Julien Laporte DEF900 0.000.000
Jérémy Morel DEF900 0.000.000
Vincent Le Goff DEF900 0.000.011
Quentin Boisgard MID901 0.030.000
Fabien Lemoine MID771 0.010.000
Sylvain Marveaux MID671 0.030.000
Stéphane Diarra FWD490 0.000.031
Adrian Grbic FWD9011 0.080.000
Yoane Wissa FWD90111 0.760.081
Laurent Abergel Sub410 0.000.000
Enzo Le Fée Sub230 0.000.000
Umut Bozok Sub130 0.000.000
Trevoh Chalobah Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lorient win 42% Avg odds 2.27
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.15
Lens win 28% Avg odds 3.40

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

Form going into the game

Lorient WL
Lens LW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Lens 4-1 Lorient, 11 Apr 21  All Lorient vs Lens 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.