Nantes vs Lens

10 December 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Stéphanie Frappart

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Randal Kolo Muani 49’, 57’
  • Moses Simon 90’
  • David Pereira Da Costa 7’
  • Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga 14’

Match summary

Nantes came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Lens, with a late winner. Lens led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, David Pereira Da Costa put Lens ahead in the 7th minute and Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga made it 0-2 in the 14th minute, set up by David Pereira Da Costa. In the second half, Randal Kolo Muani pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 49th minute, set up by Ludovic Blas, Muani equalised in the 57th minute, set up by Willem Geubbels, and Moses Simon won it in the 90th minute, set up by Quentin Merlin.

The chances backed that up: Nantes created 1.45 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Lens's 0.85 from 4.

Match stats

Nantes Lens
15 Shots 4
5 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.44 xG 0.84
1.44 Non-penalty xG 0.84
5 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Nantes Lens
Kick-off
7’
David Pereira Da Costa0-1 (Lens)
14’
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga
Assist: David Pereira Da Costa0-2 (Lens)
Half-time0-2
Randal Kolo Muani
Assist: Ludovic Blas1-2 (Nantes)
49’
Randal Kolo Muani
Assist: Willem Geubbels2-2 (Nantes)
57’
Moses Simon
Assist: Quentin Merlin3-2 (Nantes)
90’
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Nantes
  • Andrei Girotto
  • Pedro Chirivella
  • Ludovic Blas
Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Jonathan Gradit
  • Massadio Haidara

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 1.45 0.85 7’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), 0-1 7’ 14’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 0-2 14’ 49’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), 1-2 49’ 57’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), 2-2 57’ 90’ Moses Simon (Nantes), 3-2 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.45 0.85 7’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), 0-1 Da Costa 7’ 14’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 0-2 Muinga 14’ 49’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), 1-2 Muani 49’ 57’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), 2-2 Muani 57’ 90’ Moses Simon (Nantes), 3-2 Simon 90’
Nantes 1.45 xGLens 0.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Nantes attacking 
57’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 7’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 49’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 14’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 86’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 22’ Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 40’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 72’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Willem Geubbels (Nantes), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Pedro Chirivella (Nantes), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 36’ Wylan Cyprien (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Andrei Girotto (Nantes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 57’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 49’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 7’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 14’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 86’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 22’ Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 40’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 72’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Willem Geubbels (Nantes), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Pedro Chirivella (Nantes), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 36’ Wylan Cyprien (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Andrei Girotto (Nantes), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alban Lafont GK900 0.000.000
Fabio DEF900 0.000.021
Andrei Girotto DEF901 0.010.000
Jean-Charles Castelletto DEF901 0.070.052
Nicolas Pallois DEF901 0.050.000
Quentin Merlin DEF9010 0.000.102
Randal Kolo Muani MID9022 1.040.072
Pedro Chirivella MID901 0.030.011
Wylan Cyprien MID711 0.020.052
Willem Geubbels MID7111 0.030.661
Ludovic Blas FWD9015 0.100.412
Samuel Moutoussamy Sub190 0.000.000
Moses Simon Sub1912 0.100.000
Dennis Appiah Sub10 0.000.000
Marcus Coco Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nantes win 35% Avg odds 2.74
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.18
Lens win 35% Avg odds 2.72

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

Form going into the game

Nantes DLDLW
Lens WLDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nantes 1-1 Lens, 17 Jan 21 Next meeting: Lens 2-2 Nantes, 30 Apr 22  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.