Nice vs Lens

8 February 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Romain Lissorgue

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Gaetan Laborde 10’ (pen)
  • Jonathan Clauss 64’

Match summary

Nice won 2-0 at home to Lens. Nice led 1-0 at half-time.

Gaetan Laborde put Nice ahead from the penalty spot in the 10th minute and Jonathan Clauss made it 2-0 from a corner in the 64th minute, set up by Mohamed Ali-Cho.

The chances backed that up: Nice created 3.37 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Lens's 1.09 from 12. Lens had a player sent off.

Match stats

Nice Lens
16 Shots 12
8 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 1
3.37 xG 1.02
2.61 Non-penalty xG 1.02
10 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Nice Lens
Kick-off
Gaetan Laborde
Penalty
1-0 (Nice)
10’
Half-time1-0
Jonathan Clauss
Assist: Mohamed Ali-Cho
2-0 (Nice)
64’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Nice
  • Mohamed Ali-Cho
Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Adrien Thomasson
  • Hamzat Ojediran

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.37 1.09 10’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), 1-0 10’ 64’ Jonathan Clauss (Nice), 2-0 64’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.37 1.09 10’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), 1-0 Laborde 10’ 64’ Jonathan Clauss (Nice), 2-0 Clauss 64’
Nice 3.37 xGLens 1.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Nice attacking 
10’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 73’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 60’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.48 xG, blocked 79’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 24’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 23’ Jonathan Clauss (Nice), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 64’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Nice), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 61’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 74’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 50’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 55’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 47’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 16’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Nice), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 77’ Melvin Bard (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 21’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 38’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 39’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Baptiste Santamaria (Nice), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 51’ Jonathan Clauss (Nice), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 64’ Jonathan Clauss (Nice), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 54’ Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Dante (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Deiver Machado (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Hamzat Ojediran (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 10’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 60’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.48 xG, blocked 73’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 79’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 24’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 23’ Jonathan Clauss (Nice), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 64’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Nice), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 61’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 74’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 50’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 55’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 47’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 16’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Nice), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 77’ Melvin Bard (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 21’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 39’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Baptiste Santamaria (Nice), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 51’ Jonathan Clauss (Nice), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 64’ Jonathan Clauss (Nice), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 54’ Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Dante (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Deiver Machado (Lens), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Hamzat Ojediran (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marcin Bulka GK900 0.000.000
Dante DEF901 0.020.000
Youssouf Ndayishimiye DEF900 0.000.021
Moïse Bombito DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Clauss MID7813 0.440.051
Melvin Bard MID901 0.070.533
Hichem Boudaoui MID903 0.980.000
Baptiste Santamaria MID901 0.050.071
Evann Guessand MID902 0.530.854
Mohamed Ali-Cho MID7113 0.460.152
Gaetan Laborde FWD9012 0.830.481
Sofiane Diop Sub190 0.000.421
Tom Louchet Sub120 0.000.000
Mohamed Abdelmonem Sub10 0.000.000
Ali Abdi Sub10 0.000.000
Jeremie Boga Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 40% Avg odds 2.40
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43
Lens win 32% Avg odds 2.94

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

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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.