Nantes vs Lens

17 January 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Frank Schneider

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Imran Louza 36’ (pen)
  • Gaël Kakuta 81’

Match summary

Nantes and Lens drew 1-1. Nantes led 1-0 at half-time.

Imran Louza put Nantes ahead from the penalty spot in the 36th minute and Gaël Kakuta equalised from a corner in the 81st minute, set up by Tony Mauricio.

There was little between the sides on chances: Nantes created 1.16 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Lens 1.36 from 8. Gaël Kakuta missed a penalty for Lens.

Match stats

Nantes Lens
10 Shots 8
2 Shots on Target 1
2 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.16 xG 1.36
0.40 Non-penalty xG 0.60
2 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Nantes Lens
Kick-off
Imran Louza
Penalty1-0 (Nantes)
36’
Half-time1-0
81’
Gaël Kakuta
Assist: Tony Mauricio1-1 (Lens)
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Nantes
  • Sébastien Corchia
  • Abdoulaye Touré
  • Randal Kolo Muani
Lens
  • Steven Fortes
  • 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 1.16 1.36 36’ Imran Louza (Nantes), 1-0 36’ 81’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 1-1 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.16 1.36 36’ Imran Louza (Nantes), 1-0 Louza 36’ 81’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 1-1 Kakuta 81’
Nantes 1.16 xGLens 1.36 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Nantes attacking 
33’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 36’ Imran Louza (Nantes), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 81’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), from a corner, 0.30 xG, goal 59’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), set piece, 0.13 xG, blocked 42’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 66’ Sébastien Corchia (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Imran Louza (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 63’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 3’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Sébastien Corchia (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 36’ Imran Louza (Nantes), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 81’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), from a corner, 0.30 xG, goal 59’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), set piece, 0.13 xG, blocked 42’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 66’ Sébastien Corchia (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Imran Louza (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 63’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 3’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Sébastien Corchia (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Abdoulaye Touré (Nantes), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alban Lafont GK900 0.000.000
Sébastien Corchia DEF902 0.090.131
Andrei Girotto DEF900 0.000.031
Nicolas Pallois DEF900 0.000.000
Fabio DEF900 0.000.072
Marcus Coco MID800 0.000.031
Mehdi Abeid MID900 0.000.051
Abdoulaye Touré MID902 0.040.000
Imran Louza MID9012 0.810.000
Randal Kolo Muani FWD902 0.070.000
Kalifa Coulibaly FWD902 0.150.000
Ludovic Blas Sub100 0.000.000
Abdoul Kader Bamba Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nantes win 35% Avg odds 2.72
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.24
Lens win 36% Avg odds 2.67

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

Form going into the game

Nantes LDLDD
Lens WLWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 1-1 Nantes, 25 Nov 20 Next meeting: Nantes 3-2 Lens, 10 Dec 21  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.