Marseille vs Lens

8 March 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Thomas Léonard

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Neil El Aynaoui 90+4’

Match summary

Lens took a 1-0 win at Marseille, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.

Neil El Aynaoui put Lens ahead in stoppage time, set up by Deiver Machado.

There was little between the sides on chances: Marseille created 1.19 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots, Lens 1.24 from 3.

Match stats

Marseille Lens
15 Shots 3
6 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 0
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.19 xG 1.24
1.19 Non-penalty xG 1.24
13 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Marseille Lens
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
90+4’
Neil El Aynaoui
Assist: Deiver Machado0-1 (Lens)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Marseille
  • Leonardo Balerdi
  • Valentin Rongier
  • Ismael Bennacer
Lens
  • Juma Bah

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 1.19 1.24 90+4’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 0-1 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.19 1.24 90+4’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 0-1 El Aynaoui 90+4’
Marseille 1.19 xGLens 1.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Marseille attacking 
90+4’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 58’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 26’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 83’ Luis Henrique (Marseille), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 85’ Neal Maupay (Marseille), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 30’ Amine Gouiri (Marseille), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 21’ Amine Gouiri (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 10’ Amine Gouiri (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 9’ Amine Gouiri (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Bilal Nadir (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 34’ Bilal Nadir (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 40’ Ismael Bennacer (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+6’ Mason Greenwood (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 1’ Amar Dedic (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Mason Greenwood (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Quentin Merlin (Marseille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 90+4’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 58’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 83’ Luis Henrique (Marseille), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 26’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 85’ Neal Maupay (Marseille), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 30’ Amine Gouiri (Marseille), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 21’ Amine Gouiri (Marseille), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 10’ Amine Gouiri (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 9’ Amine Gouiri (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Bilal Nadir (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 34’ Bilal Nadir (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 40’ Ismael Bennacer (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+6’ Mason Greenwood (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 1’ Amar Dedic (Marseille), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Mason Greenwood (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Quentin Merlin (Marseille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), from a corner, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gerónimo Rulli GK900 0.000.000
Leonardo Balerdi DEF901 0.020.042
Geoffrey Kondogbia DEF900 0.000.000
Valentin Rongier DEF900 0.000.332
Amar Dedic MID461 0.030.112
Quentin Merlin MID701 0.020.091
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MID901 0.020.162
Ismael Bennacer MID771 0.040.072
Adrien Rabiot MID900 0.000.031
Bilal Nadir MID462 0.080.000
Amine Gouiri FWD904 0.330.000
Luis Henrique Sub441 0.300.021
Mason Greenwood Sub442 0.060.000
Jonathan Rowe Sub200 0.000.301
Neal Maupay Sub131 0.290.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 64% Avg odds 1.50
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.46
Lens win 15% Avg odds 6.35

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

Form going into the game

Marseille WWWLW
Lens WLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 1-3 Marseille, 23 Nov 24 Next meeting: Lens 2-1 Marseille, 25 Oct 25  All Marseille 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.