Nantes vs Lyon

18 April 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Nicolas Pallois 60’
  • Memphis Depay 5’, 37’ (pen)

Match summary

Lyon took a 2-1 win at Nantes. Lyon led 2-0 at half-time.

Memphis Depay put Lyon ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Lucas Paquetá, Depay made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 37th minute, and Nicolas Pallois pulled one back to make it 1-2 from a corner in the 60th minute.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 1.81 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Nantes's 1.32 from 12.

Match stats

Nantes Lyon
12 Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.22 xG 1.81
1.22 Non-penalty xG 1.05
9 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Nantes Lyon
Kick-off
5’
Memphis Depay
Assist: Lucas Paquetá0-1 (Lyon)
37’
Memphis Depay
Penalty0-2 (Lyon)
Half-time0-2
Nicolas Pallois1-2 (Nantes)
60’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Lyon
  • Jason Denayer

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.32 1.81 5’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), 0-1 5’ 37’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), 0-2 37’ 60’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), 1-2 60’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.32 1.81 5’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), 0-1 Depay 5’ 37’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), 0-2 Depay 37’ 60’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), 1-2 Pallois 60’
Nantes 1.32 xGLyon 1.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lyon attacking Nantes attacking 
60’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), from a corner, 0.87 xG, goal 37’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 5’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 60’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 44’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 86’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 88’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 57’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 70’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 3’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 53’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 65’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 31’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 16’ Maxence Caqueret (Lyon), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Dennis Appiah (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Pedro Chirivella (Nantes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 60’ Nicolas Pallois (Nantes), from a corner, 0.87 xG, goal 37’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 5’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 60’ Randal Kolo Muani (Nantes), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 44’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 88’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 86’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 70’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 3’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 53’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 57’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 65’ Moses Simon (Nantes), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 31’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 56’ Dennis Appiah (Nantes), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Maxence Caqueret (Lyon), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Ludovic Blas (Nantes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Pedro Chirivella (Nantes), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.02 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 DEF800 0.000.000
Jean-Charles Castelletto DEF900 0.000.000
Nicolas Pallois DEF9011 0.870.031
Charles Traore DEF360 0.000.000
Imran Louza MID900 0.000.163
Pedro Chirivella MID901 0.020.000
Randal Kolo Muani MID901 0.110.062
Ludovic Blas MID906 0.170.000
Moses Simon MID661 0.080.000
Kalifa Coulibaly FWD801 0.040.072
Dennis Appiah Sub541 0.030.102
Abdoul Kader Bamba Sub240 0.000.000
Marcus Coco Sub100 0.000.000
Sébastien Corchia Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nantes win 14% Avg odds 6.73
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.65
Lyon win 65% Avg odds 1.46

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

Form going into the game

Nantes LWDLL
Lyon WDLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lyon 3-0 Nantes, 23 Dec 20 Next meeting: Nantes 0-1 Lyon, 27 Aug 21  All Nantes vs Lyon 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.