Nice vs Lens

20 December 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Hakim Ben El Hadj

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Terem Igobor Moffi 76’ (pen), 78’

Match summary

Nice beat Lens 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Terem Igobor Moffi put Nice ahead from the penalty spot in the 76th minute and Moffi made it 2-0 with a header in the 78th minute, set up by Jeremie Boga.

The chances backed that up: Nice created 2.96 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Lens's 0.54 from 10.

Match stats

Nice Lens
14 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.96 xG 0.54
2.20 Non-penalty xG 0.54
8 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Nice Lens
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Terem Igobor Moffi
Penalty1-0 (Nice)
76’
Terem Igobor Moffi
Assist: Jeremie Boga2-0 (Nice)
78’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Nice
  • Jordan Lotomba
  • Dante
Lens
  • Morgan Guilavogui

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 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.96 0.54 76’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), 1-0 76’ 78’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), 2-0 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.96 0.54 76’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), 1-0 Moffi 76’ 78’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), 2-0 Moffi 78’
Nice 2.96 xGLens 0.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Nice attacking 
78’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), open play, 0.84 xG, goal 76’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+6’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 20’ Melvin Bard (Nice), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 58’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 47’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 50’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 46’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 10’ Dante (Nice), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 59’ Evann Guessand (Nice), from a corner, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 16’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 57’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 90+3’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 41’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 47’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Pablo Rosario (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 60’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 13’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), open play, 0.84 xG, goal 76’ Terem Igobor Moffi (Nice), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+6’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 20’ Melvin Bard (Nice), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 58’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 47’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 50’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 46’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 59’ Evann Guessand (Nice), from a corner, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 10’ Dante (Nice), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 16’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 57’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 90+3’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 41’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 47’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Pablo Rosario (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 60’ Neil El Aynaoui (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 13’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marcin Bulka GK900 0.000.000
Jordan Lotomba DEF900 0.000.141
Dante DEF901 0.090.000
Antoine Mendy DEF900 0.000.000
Melvin Bard DEF901 0.130.000
Hichem Boudaoui MID903 0.310.061
Morgan Sanson MID900 0.000.303
Pablo Rosario MID901 0.050.061
Gaetan Laborde FWD783 0.200.122
Evann Guessand FWD903 0.580.000
Jeremie Boga FWD9010 0.000.841
Terem Igobor Moffi Sub1222 1.600.431
Tom Louchet Sub10 0.000.000
Alexis Claude Maurice Sub10 0.000.000
Romain Perraud Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 42% Avg odds 2.29
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.23
Lens win 28% Avg odds 3.36

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

Form going into the game

Nice DWLWL
Lens WWWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 0-1 Nice, 01 Feb 23 Next meeting: Lens 1-3 Nice, 16 Mar 24  All Nice 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.