Nice vs Lens

23 August 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Jérôme Miguelgorry

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Amine Gouiri 23’, 75’
  • Gaël Kakuta 11’ (pen)

Match summary

Nice came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Lens. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Gaël Kakuta put Lens ahead from the penalty spot in the 11th minute, Amine Gouiri equalised in the 23rd minute, set up by Hassane Kamara, and Gouiri won it in the 75th minute, set up by Pierre Lees-Melou.

Lens can feel hard done by, creating 3.04 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Nice's 0.18 from 4.

Match stats

Nice Lens
4 Shots 17
2 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.18 xG 3.04
0.18 Non-penalty xG 2.28
3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Nice Lens
Kick-off
11’
Gaël Kakuta
Penalty0-1 (Lens)
Amine Gouiri
Assist: Hassane Kamara1-1 (Nice)
23’
Half-time1-1
Amine Gouiri
Assist: Pierre Lees-Melou2-1 (Nice)
75’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Nice
  • Dante
  • Hassane Kamara
Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Yannick Cahuzac
  • Ismael Boura

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 0.18 3.04 11’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 0-1 11’ 23’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), 1-1 23’ 75’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), 2-1 75’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.18 3.04 11’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), 0-1 Kakuta 11’ 23’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), 1-1 Gouiri 23’ 75’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), 2-1 Gouiri 75’
Nice 0.18 xGLens 3.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Nice attacking 
21’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.89 xG, off target 11’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 69’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 85’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 81’ Yannick Cahuzac (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Loic Bade (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 65’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 23’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 27’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 64’ Corentin Jean (Lens), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 90’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 48’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 49’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 87’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Clement Michelin (Lens), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Loic Bade (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.89 xG, off target 11’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 69’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 85’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 81’ Yannick Cahuzac (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Loic Bade (Lens), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 65’ Facundo Medina (Lens), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 23’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 27’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 64’ Corentin Jean (Lens), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 90’ Tony Mauricio (Lens), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 48’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 80’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 87’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Clement Michelin (Lens), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Loic Bade (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Walter Benítez GK900 0.000.000
Jordan Lotomba DEF900 0.000.000
Dante DEF900 0.000.000
Robson Bambu DEF320 0.000.000
Hassane Kamara DEF9010 0.000.071
Morgan Schneiderlin MID900 0.000.000
Pierre Lees-Melou MID9011 0.020.051
Kephren Thuram MID730 0.000.000
Alexis Claude Maurice FWD900 0.000.021
Kasper Dolberg FWD900 0.000.000
Amine Gouiri FWD9023 0.160.000
Andy Pelmard Sub580 0.000.000
Dan Ndoye Sub170 0.000.000
Patrick Burner Sub10 0.000.000
Eddy Sylvestre Sub10 0.000.000
Evann Guessand Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 47% Avg odds 2.00
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30
Lens win 24% Avg odds 4.03

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

Form going into the game

Nice LWDDW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Lens 0-1 Nice, 23 Jan 21  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.