Nantes vs Lens

23 February 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Jérôme Brisard

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Louis Leroux 36’
  • Moses Simon 60’ (pen)
  • Meschack Elia 90+5’
  • Neil El Aynaoui 65’ (pen)

Match summary

Nantes beat Lens 3-1. Nantes led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Louis Leroux put Nantes ahead in the 36th minute. In the second half, Moses Simon made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 60th minute, Neil El Aynaoui pulled one back to make it 2-1 from the penalty spot in the 65th minute, and Meschack Elia made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Francis Coquelin.

The chances backed that up: Nantes created 5.00 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Lens's 2.26 from 14. Lens had a player sent off.

Match stats

Nantes Lens
17 Shots 14
8 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 11
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 1
4.25 xG 2.06
3.49 Non-penalty xG 1.30
10 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Nantes Lens
Kick-off
Louis Leroux1-0 (Nantes)
36’
Half-time1-0
Moses Simon
Penalty2-0 (Nantes)
60’
65’
Neil El Aynaoui
Penalty2-1 (Lens)
Meschack Elia
Assist: Francis Coquelin3-1 (Nantes)
90+5’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Nantes
  • Anthony Lopes
  • Kelvin Adou
Lens
  • M'Bala Nzola
  • Jonathan Gradit
  • Facundo Medina
  • Adrien Thomasson
  • Angelo Fulgini

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 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 5.00 2.26 36’ Louis Leroux (Nantes), 1-0 36’ 60’ Moses Simon (Nantes), 2-0 60’ 65’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 2-1 65’ 90+5’ Meschack Elia (Nantes), 3-1 90+5’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 5.00 2.26 36’ Louis Leroux (Nantes), 1-0 Leroux 36’ 60’ Moses Simon (Nantes), 2-0 Simon 60’ 65’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), 2-1 El Aynaoui 65’ 90+5’ Meschack Elia (Nantes), 3-1 Elia 90+5’
Nantes 5.00 xGLens 2.26 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Nantes attacking 
90+5’ Meschack Elia (Nantes), open play, 0.79 xG, goal 60’ Moses Simon (Nantes), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 65’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+5’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), open play, 0.65 xG, off target 90+3’ Tom Pouilly (Lens), open play, 0.52 xG, saved 36’ Douglas Augusto (Nantes), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 36’ Louis Leroux (Nantes), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 5’ Douglas Augusto (Nantes), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 57’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.37 xG, blocked 90+3’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 52’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), set piece, 0.34 xG, hit the woodwork 50’ Kelvin Adou (Nantes), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 50’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 48’ Louis Leroux (Nantes), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 35’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 62’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 68’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 58’ Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+3’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 33’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Saidou Sow (Nantes), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 90’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+8’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 74’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Malang Sarr (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+8’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+5’ Meschack Elia (Nantes), open play, 0.79 xG, goal 60’ Moses Simon (Nantes), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 65’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+5’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), open play, 0.65 xG, off target 90+3’ Tom Pouilly (Lens), open play, 0.52 xG, saved 36’ Douglas Augusto (Nantes), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 36’ Louis Leroux (Nantes), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 5’ Douglas Augusto (Nantes), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 90+3’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 57’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.37 xG, blocked 52’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), set piece, 0.34 xG, hit the woodwork 50’ Kelvin Adou (Nantes), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 50’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90’ Matthis Abline (Nantes), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 48’ Louis Leroux (Nantes), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 35’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 62’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 68’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 58’ Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+3’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 33’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Saidou Sow (Nantes), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 90’ Francis Coquelin (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+8’ Jonathan Gradit (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 74’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Malang Sarr (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Goduine Koyalipou (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Anass Zaroury (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+8’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Anthony Lopes GK900 0.000.000
Kelvin Adou DEF881 0.150.111
Jean-Charles Castelletto DEF901 0.090.000
Saidou Sow DEF901 0.060.341
Nicolas Pallois DEF901 0.340.000
Douglas Augusto MID902 0.850.061
Johann Lepenant MID900 0.000.371
Louis Leroux MID9012 0.540.041
Matthis Abline FWD901 0.120.452
Mostafa Mohamed FWD883 0.210.000
Moses Simon FWD9012 1.130.572
Meschack Elia Sub211 0.790.000
Sorba Thomas Sub20 0.000.000
Marcus Coco Sub10 0.000.651
Francis Coquelin Sub112 0.700.791

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nantes win 27% Avg odds 3.53
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.32
Lens win 44% Avg odds 2.17

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

Form going into the game

Nantes DDWLL
Lens LWWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 3-2 Nantes, 09 Nov 24 Next meeting: Nantes 1-2 Lens, 06 Dec 25  All Nantes 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.