Lyon vs Nice

23 May 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Benoît Millot

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Karl Toko Ekambi 14’, 40’

Kasper Dolberg 27’
Hassane Kamara 50’
William Saliba 57’

Match summary

Nice came from behind to win 3-2 away at Lyon. Lyon led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Karl Toko Ekambi put Lyon ahead with a header in the 14th minute, set up by Memphis Depay, Kasper Dolberg equalised in the 27th minute, and Ekambi put Lyon back in front with a header in the 40th minute, set up by Memphis Depay. In the second half, Hassane Kamara equalised from a corner in the 50th minute and William Saliba won it with a header in the 57th minute, set up by Amine Gouiri.

There was little between the sides on chances: Lyon created 1.33 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Nice 1.47 from 14.

Match stats

12 Shots 14

6 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.33 xG 1.47

1.33 Non-penalty xG 1.47

12 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Lyon Nice

Kick-off

Karl Toko Ekambi
Assist: Memphis Depay

1-0

14’

27’

Kasper Dolberg

1-1

Karl Toko Ekambi
Assist: Memphis Depay

2-1

40’

Half-time2-1

50’

Hassane Kamara

2-2

57’

William Saliba
Assist: Amine Gouiri

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Lyon

Marcelo

Nice

Jean-Clair Todibo
Kephren Thuram

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.

Lyon 1.33 xGNice 1.47 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nice attacking Lyon attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Anthony Lopes	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Léo Dubois	DEF	78			0	0.00	0.04	1
Jason Denayer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcelo	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Maxwel Cornet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Caqueret	MID	71			1	0.09	0.00	0
Bruno Guimarães	MID	65			0	0.00	0.00	0
Karl Toko Ekambi	MID	90	2		3	0.76	0.09	1
Lucas Paquetá	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Houssem Aouar	MID	71			0	0.00	0.27	3
Memphis Depay	FWD	90		2	4	0.29	0.65	2
Islam Slimani	Sub	25			1	0.08	0.00	0
Thiago Mendes	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mathis Cherki	Sub	19			2	0.07	0.00	0
Mattia De Sciglio	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.08	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Walter Benítez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youcef Atal	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Jean-Clair Todibo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90	1		1	0.45	0.00	0
Hassane Kamara	DEF	90	1		2	0.03	0.00	0
Kephren Thuram	MID	87			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rony Lopes	MID	82			2	0.11	0.05	2
Hichem Boudaoui	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Pierre Lees-Melou	MID	90			3	0.08	0.00	0
Amine Gouiri	MID	90		1	4	0.18	0.49	2
Kasper Dolberg	FWD	90	1		2	0.63	0.06	1
Dan Ndoye	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.03	1
Morgan Schneiderlin	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Lotomba	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 79% Avg odds 1.20

Draw 13% Avg odds 7.62

Nice win 8% Avg odds 11.61

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

Form going into the game

Lyon W L W W W

Nice L W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nice 1-4 Lyon, 19 Dec 20 Next meeting: Nice 3-2 Lyon, 24 Oct 21 All Lyon vs Nice 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.