Marseille vs Lens

20 January 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Jérémie Pignard

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Simon Banza 59’

Match summary

Lens took a 1-0 win at Marseille. It was goalless at half-time.

Simon Banza put Lens ahead with a header in the 59th minute, set up by Massadio Haidara.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 1.74 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Marseille's 0.12 from 4.

Match stats

Marseille Lens
4 Shots 13
1 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 9
5 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.12 xG 1.55
0.12 Non-penalty xG 1.55
1 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Marseille Lens
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
59’
Simon Banza
Assist: Massadio Haidara0-1 (Lens)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Marseille
  • Leonardo Balerdi
  • Pape Alassane Gueye
  • Michaël Cuisance
  • Lucas Perrin
  • Saif-Eddine Khaoui
Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Massadio Haidara
  • Simon Banza

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.12 1.74 59’ Simon Banza (Lens), 0-1 59’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.12 1.74 59’ Simon Banza (Lens), 0-1 Banza 59’
Marseille 0.12 xGLens 1.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Marseille attacking 
90+1’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 90+1’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 59’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 61’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 26’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 67’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 80’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 51’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Pape Alassane Gueye (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 54’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 90+1’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 59’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 61’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 26’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Dimitri Payet (Marseille), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 67’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 51’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 16’ Pape Alassane Gueye (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Morgan Sanson (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 54’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Steve Mandanda GK900 0.000.000
Hiroki Sakai DEF900 0.000.000
Leonardo Balerdi DEF900 0.000.000
Duje Caleta-Car DEF900 0.000.000
Yuto Nagatomo DEF690 0.000.000
Pape Alassane Gueye MID661 0.020.000
Valentin Rongier MID430 0.000.021
Florian Thauvin MID660 0.000.000
Morgan Sanson MID901 0.020.021
Valère Germain MID900 0.000.000
Darío Benedetto FWD660 0.000.000
Michaël Cuisance Sub470 0.000.000
Lucas Perrin Sub240 0.000.000
Dimitri Payet Sub241 0.070.000
Nemanja Radonjic Sub241 0.020.021
Saif-Eddine Khaoui Sub210 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Marseille win 44% Avg odds 2.14
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.31
Lens win 27% Avg odds 3.56

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

Form going into the game

Marseille DLWDL
Lens LWLLD

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Lens 2-2 Marseille, 03 Feb 21  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.