Nice vs Lens

22 December 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Jérôme Brisard

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Mario Lemina 63’
  • Justin Kluivert 79’
  • Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga 30’

Match summary

Nice came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Lens. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga put Lens ahead from a corner in the 30th minute, set up by Christopher Wooh, Mario Lemina equalised in the 63rd minute, set up by Pablo Rosario, and Justin Kluivert won it in the 79th minute, set up by Pablo Rosario.

Lens can feel hard done by, creating 1.98 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Nice's 0.87 from 9.

Match stats

Nice Lens
9 Shots 8
3 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.87 xG 1.72
0.87 Non-penalty xG 1.72
7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Nice Lens
Kick-off
30’
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga
Assist: Christopher Wooh0-1 (Lens)
Half-time0-1
Mario Lemina
Assist: Pablo Rosario1-1 (Nice)
63’
Justin Kluivert
Assist: Pablo Rosario2-1 (Nice)
79’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Lens
  • 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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.87 1.98 30’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 0-1 30’ 63’ Mario Lemina (Nice), 1-1 63’ 79’ Justin Kluivert (Nice), 2-1 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.87 1.98 30’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 0-1 Muinga 30’ 63’ Mario Lemina (Nice), 1-1 Lemina 63’ 79’ Justin Kluivert (Nice), 2-1 Kluivert 79’
Nice 0.87 xGLens 1.98 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Nice attacking 
29’ Christopher Wooh (Lens), from a corner, 0.97 xG, blocked 69’ Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice), from a corner, 0.45 xG, off target 7’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 29’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), from a corner, 0.26 xG, blocked 30’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), from a corner, 0.22 xG, goal 41’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.19 xG, saved 24’ Kasper Dolberg (Nice), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 88’ Justin Kluivert (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 63’ Mario Lemina (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 21’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Justin Kluivert (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 46’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 85’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Kasper Dolberg (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Christopher Wooh (Lens), from a corner, 0.97 xG, blocked 69’ Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice), from a corner, 0.45 xG, off target 7’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 29’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), from a corner, 0.26 xG, blocked 30’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), from a corner, 0.22 xG, goal 41’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.19 xG, saved 24’ Kasper Dolberg (Nice), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 88’ Justin Kluivert (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 63’ Mario Lemina (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 21’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Justin Kluivert (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 46’ Youcef Atal (Nice), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 85’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Kasper Dolberg (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 25’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Walter Benítez GK900 0.000.000
Youcef Atal DEF902 0.090.000
Dante DEF900 0.000.000
Jean-Clair Todibo DEF901 0.450.000
Melvin Bard DEF900 0.000.031
Hichem Boudaoui MID901 0.020.000
Pablo Rosario MID9020 0.000.122
Mario Lemina MID6411 0.070.000
Justin Kluivert MID9012 0.120.451
Amine Gouiri FWD900 0.000.132
Kasper Dolberg FWD742 0.120.021
Morgan Schneiderlin Sub260 0.000.000
Andy Delort Sub160 0.000.071

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 47% Avg odds 2.01
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.57
Lens win 26% Avg odds 3.70

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

Form going into the game

Nice WLDLW
Lens LDDDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 0-1 Nice, 23 Jan 21 Next meeting: Lens 3-0 Nice, 10 Apr 22  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.