Nice vs Lyon

24 October 2021 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Jérôme Brisard

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Youcef Atal 81’
Andy Delort 89’ (pen)
Evann Guessand 90+2’

Karl Toko Ekambi 35’
Houssem Aouar 68’

Match summary

Nice came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Lyon, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Lyon led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Karl Toko Ekambi put Lyon ahead in the 35th minute. In the second half, Houssem Aouar made it 0-2 in the 68th minute, set up by Lucas Paquetá, Youcef Atal pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 81st minute, set up by Kephren Thuram, Andy Delort equalised from the penalty spot in the 89th minute, and Evann Guessand won it in stoppage time, set up by Alexis Claude Maurice.

The chances backed that up: Nice created 2.01 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Lyon's 1.46 from 13. Lyon had a player sent off.

Match stats

17 Shots 13

7 Shots on Target 8

3 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 1

2.00 xG 1.42

1.24 Non-penalty xG 1.42

3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Nice Lyon

Kick-off

35’

Karl Toko Ekambi

0-1

Half-time0-1

68’

Houssem Aouar
Assist: Lucas Paquetá

0-2

Youcef Atal
Assist: Kephren Thuram

1-2

81’

Andy Delort
Penalty

2-2

89’

Evann Guessand
Assist: Alexis Claude Maurice

3-2

90+2’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Nice

Evann Guessand

Lyon

Tinotenda Kadewere

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.

Nice 2.01 xGLyon 1.46 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Lyon attacking Nice attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Walter Benítez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Flavius Daniliuc	DEF	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dante	DEF	90			2	0.15	0.00	0
Jean-Clair Todibo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Melvin Bard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Hichem Boudaoui	MID	68			0	0.00	0.10	1
Kephren Thuram	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.12	3
Mario Lemina	MID	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amine Gouiri	MID	78			1	0.04	0.26	4
Andy Delort	FWD	90	1		8	1.23	0.03	2
Kasper Dolberg	FWD	84			2	0.04	0.00	0
Youcef Atal	Sub	22	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
Lucas Da Cunha	Sub	22			1	0.02	0.03	1
Pablo Rosario	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alexis Claude Maurice	Sub	12		1	0	0.00	0.45	1
Evann Guessand	Sub	6	1		1	0.45	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Anthony Lopes	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Léo Dubois	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Jason Denayer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérôme Boateng	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.07	1
Emerson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bruno Guimarães	MID	90			0	0.00	0.14	2
Maxence Caqueret	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tinotenda Kadewere	MID	86			2	0.18	0.00	0
Houssem Aouar	MID	90	1		2	0.16	0.04	1
Karl Toko Ekambi	MID	89	1		3	0.72	0.13	1
Lucas Paquetá	FWD	90		1	4	0.34	0.25	3
Thiago Mendes	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sinaly Diomande	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 33% Avg odds 2.88

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53

Lyon win 40% Avg odds 2.38

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

Form going into the game

Nice D L W W L

Lyon L W D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Lyon 2-3 Nice, 23 May 21 Next meeting: Lyon 2-0 Nice, 12 Feb 22 All Nice 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.