Nice vs Lyon

19 December 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Antony Gautier

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

  • Amine Gouiri 44’
  • Memphis Depay 32’ (pen)
  • Tinotenda Kadewere 39’
  • Karl Toko Ekambi 63’
  • Houssem Aouar 73’

Match summary

Lyon won comfortably, 4-1 away at Nice. Lyon led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Memphis Depay put Lyon ahead from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute, Tinotenda Kadewere made it 0-2 in the 39th minute, and Amine Gouiri pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 44th minute, set up by Rony Lopes. In the second half, Karl Toko Ekambi made it 1-3 in the 63rd minute, set up by Tinotenda Kadewere and Houssem Aouar made it 1-4 in the 73rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 3.11 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Nice's 0.76 from 8.

Match stats

Nice Lyon
8 Shots 13
1 Shots on Target 9
8 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.76 xG 3.11
0.76 Non-penalty xG 2.35
8 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Nice Lyon
Kick-off
32’
Memphis Depay
Penalty0-1 (Lyon)
39’
Tinotenda Kadewere0-2 (Lyon)
Amine Gouiri
Assist: Rony Lopes1-2 (Nice)
44’
Half-time1-2
63’
Karl Toko Ekambi
Assist: Tinotenda Kadewere1-3 (Lyon)
73’
Houssem Aouar1-4 (Lyon)
Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Nice
  • Kephren Thuram
Lyon
  • Maxwel Cornet

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 0.76 3.11 32’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), 0-1 32’ 39’ Tinotenda Kadewere (Lyon), 0-2 39’ 44’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), 1-2 44’ 63’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), 1-3 63’ 73’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), 1-4 73’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.76 3.11 32’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), 0-1 Depay 32’ 39’ Tinotenda Kadewere (Lyon), 0-2 Kadewere 39’ 44’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), 1-2 Gouiri 44’ 63’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), 1-3 Ekambi 63’ 73’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), 1-4 Aouar 73’
Nice 0.76 xGLyon 3.11 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lyon attacking Nice attacking 
32’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.73 xG, goal 73’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 44’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 39’ Tinotenda Kadewere (Lyon), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 19’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 7’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 59’ Stanley N'Soki (Nice), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 18’ Rony Lopes (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 34’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Dan Ndoye (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 83’ Bruno Guimarães (Lyon), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 63’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 2’ Bruno Guimarães (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Jordan Lotomba (Nice), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 26’ Hassane Kamara (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 52’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 32’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), open play, 0.73 xG, goal 73’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 44’ Amine Gouiri (Nice), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 39’ Tinotenda Kadewere (Lyon), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 19’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 7’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 90+3’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 18’ Rony Lopes (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 34’ Houssem Aouar (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Stanley N'Soki (Nice), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Dan Ndoye (Nice), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 83’ Bruno Guimarães (Lyon), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 26’ Memphis Depay (Lyon), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 63’ Kephren Thuram (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 2’ Bruno Guimarães (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Jordan Lotomba (Nice), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 26’ Hassane Kamara (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 52’ Lucas Paquetá (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Walter Benítez GK900 0.000.000
Robson Bambu DEF900 0.000.000
Stanley N'Soki DEF901 0.070.000
Flavius Daniliuc DEF900 0.000.000
Jordan Lotomba MID901 0.030.092
Hassane Kamara MID621 0.020.000
Hichem Boudaoui MID900 0.000.000
Kephren Thuram MID901 0.030.000
Rony Lopes FWD7411 0.070.593
Amine Gouiri FWD9011 0.470.052
Alexis Claude Maurice FWD621 0.020.000
Youcef Atal Sub280 0.000.000
Dan Ndoye Sub281 0.050.000
Alexis Trouillet Sub160 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 16% Avg odds 5.99
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.49
Lyon win 63% Avg odds 1.51

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

Form going into the game

Nice LLDLW
Lyon WWWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nice 2-1 Lyon, 02 Feb 20 Next meeting: Lyon 2-3 Nice, 23 May 21  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.