Nantes 3-1 Lens
Key numbers
- Possession 35% – 65%
- Shots 17 (8 on target) – 14 (4)
- Decisive moment: 36' Louis Leroux, FN xPts +0.9
Player of the match
Nicolas Pallois 8.1Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.1 (Dominant)
Game state
1-02-02-13-1
Nantes ahead 54 min · level 36 min · Lens ahead 0 min
- Lens: Red card 70' → ~20 min a player down
- Meschack Elia — off the bench 14 min · 1G 0A
- Francis Coquelin — off the bench 9 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
36'
Louis Leroux
Goal
+0.9
60'
Moses Simon
Pen goal
+0.6
65'
Neil El Aynaoui
Pen goal
+0.4
70'
M'Bala Nzola
Red card
−0.2
90+5'
Meschack Elia
Goal · assist Francis Coquelin
+0.1
Nantes
Expected (last two seasons) 0.8Own moments +1.6Opponent moments −0.4Time effect +1.0→ League points won 3
Lens
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +0.2Opponent moments −1.4Time effect −0.8→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
NantesLens
4.41Expected goals (xG)1.77
Compared with usual
Nantes
24 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 4.41 | 1 | high |
| xG against | 1.77 | 1.5 | |
| Shots | 17 | 11.2 | |
| On target | 8 | 4 | high |
| Shots faced | 14 | 11.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.26 | 0.11 | high |
| Possession | 35% | 42.8% | |
| Passes | 325 | 396 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 79.8% | |
| Corners | 2 | 4.9 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 11.9 | |
Lens
23 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.1 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.77 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 4.41 | 1.2 | high |
| Shots | 14 | 14.1 | |
| On target | 4 | 4.3 | |
| Shots faced | 17 | 11.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.13 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 65% | 53.2% | |
| Passes | 593 | 472.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 82.3% | |
| Corners | 11 | 5.4 | |
| Fouls | 18 | 15.4 | |
Timeline
- 28'
Yellow
Jonathan Gradit
- 36'
Goal
Louis Leroux league goal #1
- 45+1'
Yellow
Facundo Medina
- 46'
Sub
Andy Diouf → Jeremy Agbonifo
- 54'
Sub
Goduine Koyalipou → M'Bala Nzola
- 58'
Yellow
Kelvin Amian
- 58'
VAR
Jean-Charles Castelletto
- 60'
Goal
Moses Simon (pen) league goal #6
- 63'
VAR
M'Bala Nzola
- 65'
Goal
Neil El Aynaoui (pen) league goal #2
- 66'
Yellow
Adrien Thomasson
- 70'
Red
M'Bala Nzola
- 72'
Sub
Wesley Saïd → Florian Sotoca
- 82'
Yellow
Anthony Lopes
- 85'
Sub
Kelvin Amian → Meschack Elia
- 85'
Sub
Mostafa Mohamed → Sorba Thomas
- 85'
Sub
Ruben Aguilar → Tom Pouilly
- 85'
Sub
Anass Zaroury → Angelo Fulgini
- 90'
Sub
Moses Simon → Francis Coquelin
- 90+4'
Sub
Louis Leroux → Marcus Coco
- 90+5'
Goal
Meschack Elia league goal #1 assist Francis Coquelin
- 90+8'
Yellow
Angelo Fulgini
Category leaders
- Key passesFacundo Medina3
- Duels wonJohann Lepenant12/20
- DribblesMoses Simon5/9
- Defensive actionsNicolas Pallois12
- Fouls wonJohann Lepenant3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.