Saint-Etienne vs Lens

15 January 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

  • Ryad Boudebouz 38’
  • Florian Sotoca 77’
  • Seko Fofana 90+5’

Match summary

Lens came from behind to win 2-1 away at Saint-Etienne, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Saint-Etienne led 1-0 at half-time.

Ryad Boudebouz put Saint-Etienne ahead in the 38th minute, set up by Adil Aouchiche, Florian Sotoca equalised with a header in the 77th minute, set up by Jonathan Clauss, and Seko Fofana won it in stoppage time, set up by David Pereira Da Costa.

There was little between the sides on chances: Saint-Etienne created 0.95 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Lens 0.75 from 14.

Match stats

Saint-Etienne Lens
13 Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.95 xG 0.75
0.95 Non-penalty xG 0.75
1 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Saint-Etienne Lens
Kick-off
Ryad Boudebouz
Assist: Adil Aouchiche1-0 (Saint-Etienne)
38’
Half-time1-0
77’
Florian Sotoca
Assist: Jonathan Clauss1-1 (Lens)
90+5’
Seko Fofana
Assist: David Pereira Da Costa1-2 (Lens)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Jonathan Gradit

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 0.75 38’ Ryad Boudebouz (Saint-Etienne), 1-0 38’ 77’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 1-1 77’ 90+5’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 1-2 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 0.75 38’ Ryad Boudebouz (Saint-Etienne), 1-0 Boudebouz 38’ 77’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 1-1 Sotoca 77’ 90+5’ Seko Fofana (Lens), 1-2 Fofana 90+5’
Saint-Etienne 0.95 xGLens 0.75 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Saint-Etienne attacking 
72’ Lucas Gourna Douath (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 38’ Ryad Boudebouz (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 40’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 88’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 65’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 75’ Lucas Gourna Douath (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 32’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 71’ Timothée Kolodziejczak (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 41’ Sada Thioub (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 7’ Yvann Maçon (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 63’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 89’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 77’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 14’ Sada Thioub (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 3’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Mahdi Camara (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 40’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 27’ Mahdi Camara (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Ryad Boudebouz (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 66’ Yvann Maçon (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 1’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 7’ Zaydou Youssef (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 8’ Zaydou Youssef (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Lucas Gourna Douath (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 38’ Ryad Boudebouz (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 88’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 40’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 65’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 75’ Lucas Gourna Douath (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 32’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 71’ Timothée Kolodziejczak (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 7’ Yvann Maçon (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 41’ Sada Thioub (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 89’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 63’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 77’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 14’ Sada Thioub (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 3’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Mahdi Camara (Saint-Etienne), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 40’ Jonathan Clauss (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Seko Fofana (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 27’ Mahdi Camara (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Ryad Boudebouz (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 66’ Yvann Maçon (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Corentin Jean (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 1’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 8’ Zaydou Youssef (Saint-Etienne), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ Zaydou Youssef (Saint-Etienne), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Paul Bernardoni GK900 0.000.000
Yvann Maçon DEF902 0.070.011
Timothée Kolodziejczak DEF901 0.060.000
Abdoulaye Bakayoko DEF900 0.000.000
Mickael Nade DEF900 0.000.051
Gabriel Silva DEF900 0.000.000
Sada Thioub MID552 0.090.051
Mahdi Camara MID902 0.050.000
Zaydou Youssef MID802 0.020.000
Adil Aouchiche MID8010 0.000.223
Ryad Boudebouz FWD9012 0.140.534
Lucas Gourna Douath Sub352 0.530.000
Yanis Lhéry Sub100 0.000.000
Assane Diousse Sub100 0.000.000
Lamine Ghezali Sub10 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Saint-Etienne win 23% Avg odds 4.12
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.74
Lens win 51% Avg odds 1.86

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

Form going into the game

Saint-Etienne LLLLL
Lens DDLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 2-2 Saint-Etienne, 15 Aug 21 Next meeting: Saint-Etienne 0-2 Lens, 19 Oct 24  All Saint-Etienne 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.