Marseille vs Lens

26 September 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Mikael Lesage

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–2

  • Dimitri Payet 33’, 45+3’ (pen)
  • Florian Sotoca 9’ (pen)
  • Przemyslaw Frankowski 27’
  • Wesley Said 71’

Match summary

Lens beat Marseille 3-2 on the road. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Florian Sotoca put Lens ahead from the penalty spot in the 9th minute, Przemyslaw Frankowski made it 0-2 in the 27th minute, set up by Florian Sotoca, Dimitri Payet pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a direct free kick in the 33rd minute, and Payet equalised from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Wesley Said won it with a header in the 71st minute, set up by Florian Sotoca.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 2.49 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Marseille's 2.04 from 13.

Match stats

Marseille Lens
14 Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.02 xG 2.49
1.26 Non-penalty xG 1.73
3 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Marseille Lens
Kick-off
9’
Florian Sotoca
Penalty0-1 (Lens)
27’
Przemyslaw Frankowski
Assist: Florian Sotoca0-2 (Lens)
Dimitri Payet1-2 (Marseille)
33’
Dimitri Payet
Penalty2-2 (Marseille)
45+3’
Half-time2-2
71’
Wesley Said
Assist: Florian Sotoca2-3 (Lens)
Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Marseille
  • Pape Alassane Gueye
  • Matteo Guendouzi
Lens
  • Wesley Said

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.04 2.49 9’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 0-1 9’ 27’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), 0-2 27’ 33’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 1-2 33’ 45+3’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 2-2 45+3’ 71’ Wesley Said (Lens), 2-3 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.04 2.49 9’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 0-1 Sotoca 9’ 27’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), 0-2 Frankowski 27’ 33’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 1-2 Payet 33’ 45+3’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), 2-2 Payet 45+3’ 71’ Wesley Said (Lens), 2-3 Said 71’
Marseille 2.04 xGLens 2.49 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Marseille attacking 
9’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 48’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 68’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.48 xG, off target 71’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 36’ Gerson (Marseille), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 81’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 56’ Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (Marseille), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 33’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, goal 52’ William Saliba (Marseille), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 39’ William Saliba (Marseille), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 90+2’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 54’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 76’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 59’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 27’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 74’ Amine Harit (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Pol Lirola (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 45’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 79’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 44’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 15’ Pape Alassane Gueye (Marseille), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 9’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 48’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 68’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.48 xG, off target 71’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 36’ Gerson (Marseille), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 81’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 56’ Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (Marseille), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 33’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, goal 52’ William Saliba (Marseille), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90+2’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 39’ William Saliba (Marseille), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 54’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 76’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 56’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 27’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 74’ Amine Harit (Marseille), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Pol Lirola (Marseille), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 44’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 3’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 15’ Pape Alassane Gueye (Marseille), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Cengiz Ünder (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ Valentin Rongier (Marseille), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Pau López GK900 0.000.000
Leonardo Balerdi DEF900 0.000.000
Luan Peres DEF900 0.000.000
William Saliba DEF902 0.170.021
Pape Alassane Gueye MID501 0.020.000
Gerson MID901 0.450.000
Valentin Rongier MID501 0.010.000
Matteo Guendouzi MID900 0.000.000
Cengiz Ünder FWD903 0.150.091
Dimitri Payet FWD9022 0.860.163
Ahmadou Bamba Dieng FWD671 0.280.000
Pol Lirola Sub401 0.040.281
Konrad De la Fuente Sub400 0.000.081
Amine Harit Sub231 0.040.000
Luis Henrique Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 55% Avg odds 1.74
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.81
Lens win 20% Avg odds 4.77

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

Form going into the game

Marseille DWWWD
Lens WDWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 2-2 Marseille, 03 Feb 21 Next meeting: Lens 0-2 Marseille, 22 Jan 22  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.