Strasbourg vs Lens

6 October 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Stéphanie Frappart

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

  • Abakar Sylla 18’
  • Habib Diarra 60’ (pen)
  • M'Bala Nzola 5’
  • Andy Diouf 44’

Match summary

Strasbourg and Lens drew 2-2. Lens led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, M'Bala Nzola put Lens ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Adrien Thomasson, Abakar Sylla equalised with a header in the 18th minute, set up by Sebastian Nanasi, and Andy Diouf put Lens back in front in the 44th minute. In the second half, Habib Diarra equalised from the penalty spot in the 60th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Strasbourg created 1.31 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Lens 1.43 from 12.

Match stats

Strasbourg Lens
8 Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.31 xG 1.43
0.55 Non-penalty xG 1.43
2 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Strasbourg Lens
Kick-off
5’
M'Bala Nzola
Assist: Adrien Thomasson0-1 (Lens)
Abakar Sylla
Assist: Sebastian Nanasi1-1 (Strasbourg)
18’
44’
Andy Diouf1-2 (Lens)
Half-time1-2
Habib Diarra
Penalty2-2 (Strasbourg)
60’
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Strasbourg
  • Andrey Santos
  • Ismaël Doukouré
Lens
  • Facundo Medina
  • Jhoanner Chávez
  • M'Bala Nzola
  • Wesley Said

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.31 1.43 5’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), 0-1 5’ 18’ Abakar Sylla (Strasbourg), 1-1 18’ 44’ Andy Diouf (Lens), 1-2 44’ 60’ Habib Diarra (Strasbourg), 2-2 60’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.31 1.43 5’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), 0-1 Nzola 5’ 18’ Abakar Sylla (Strasbourg), 1-1 Sylla 18’ 44’ Andy Diouf (Lens), 1-2 Diouf 44’ 60’ Habib Diarra (Strasbourg), 2-2 Diarra 60’
Strasbourg 1.31 xGLens 1.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lens attacking Strasbourg attacking 
60’ Habib Diarra (Strasbourg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 67’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 44’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 18’ Abakar Sylla (Strasbourg), from a corner, 0.31 xG, goal 14’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 5’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 90+3’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 14’ Emanuel Emegha (Strasbourg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 33’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 13’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 52’ Emanuel Emegha (Strasbourg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 75’ Andrey Santos (Strasbourg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Jhoanner Chávez (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 69’ Sékou Mara (Strasbourg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Dilane Bakwa (Strasbourg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 49’ Guela Doué (Strasbourg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 42’ Malang Sarr (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Jhoanner Chávez (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Habib Diarra (Strasbourg), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 67’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 44’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 18’ Abakar Sylla (Strasbourg), from a corner, 0.31 xG, goal 14’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 5’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 90+3’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 33’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 14’ Emanuel Emegha (Strasbourg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 13’ M'Bala Nzola (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 52’ Emanuel Emegha (Strasbourg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 75’ Andrey Santos (Strasbourg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Jhoanner Chávez (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 69’ Sékou Mara (Strasbourg), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Dilane Bakwa (Strasbourg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 49’ Guela Doué (Strasbourg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 42’ Malang Sarr (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Jhoanner Chávez (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Djordje Petrovic GK900 0.000.000
Guela Doué DEF901 0.030.000
Saidou Sow DEF900 0.000.000
Abakar Sylla DEF5011 0.310.000
Diego Moreira DEF900 0.000.000
Andrey Santos MID901 0.050.031
Ismaël Doukouré MID900 0.000.000
Dilane Bakwa MID901 0.030.000
Habib Diarra MID9011 0.760.000
Sebastian Nanasi MID8210 0.000.311
Emanuel Emegha FWD902 0.110.031
Sékou Mara Sub401 0.030.082
Felix Lemarechal Sub80 0.000.000
Jeremy Sebas Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Strasbourg win 35% Avg odds 2.72
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41
Lens win 37% Avg odds 2.60

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

Form going into the game

Strasbourg WLDDW
Lens WDDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 3-1 Strasbourg, 10 Feb 24 Next meeting: Lens 0-2 Strasbourg, 16 Feb 25  All Strasbourg 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.