LENS. Lens beats Nantes 3-1. Lens got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Deiver Machado (34′) and Adrien Thomasson (36′). Nantes tried to recover with a goal from Florent Mollet (40′). Notwithstanding, the match was closed by an own goal (74′) scored by C. Traoré for Lens. Lens capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens on Sunday and it started at 5:05 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Gaillouste who was helped by Valentin Evrard and Alexandre Viala. The 4th official was Remi Landry. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.6 degrees Celsius or 45.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lens was in firm control of the ball 58% while Nantes was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lens was more pushing with 39 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lens won the match.
Lens shot 19 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Nantes shot 6 times, 3 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Lens will have 49 points to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Nantes will stay with 28 points to hold in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lens will play away against Montpellier on the 25th of February with a 6-6 head to head record.
Nantes will play away agasint Paris Saint Germain on the 4th of March with a 24-3 head to head stats in favor of Paris Saint Germain (2 draws).
Lens – Formation
Lens
76'
34'
Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Franck Haise decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba , Jonathan Gradit , Kevin Danso , Facundo Medina , Przemysław Frankowski , Salis Abdul Samed , Seko Fofana , Deiver Machado , Adrien Thomasson , Angelo Fulgini and Florian Sotoca .
The home team had on the bench: Remy Labeau Lascary, Jean-Louis Leca, Julien Le Cardinal, Junior Onana, Łukasz Poręba, Ismaël Boura, Loïs Openda , Massadio Haïdara and David da Costa .
Substitutions
Lens made 5 changes: Adrien Thomasson for Loïs Openda (62′), Angelo Fulgini for David Costa (63′), Deiver Machado for Massadio Haïdara (76′), Salis Abdul Samed for Jean Junior Onana Onana (88′) and Florian Sotoca for Rémy Labeau Lascary (88′).
Best player: Deiver Machado
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was Deiver Machado.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
Nantes started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont , João Victor , Andrei Girotto , Charles Traoré , Sébastien Corchia , Moussa Sissoko , Samuel Moutoussamy , Jaouen Hadjam , Florent Mollet , Mostafa Mohamed and Moses Simon .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ludovic Blas, Pedro Chirivella , Marcus Coco , Andy Delort , Fabien Centonze, Rémy Descamps, Lohann Doucet , Michel Diaz and Evann Guessand .
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: Samuel Moutoussamy for Chirivella (63′), Mostafa Mohamed for Andy Delort (63′), J. Hadjam for Evann Guessand (63′), Moussa Sissoko for Lohann Doucet (78′) and Moses Simon for Marcus Coco (78′).
Best player: Florent Mollet
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Florent Mollet.
His rating is with 1 goal, 36 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Toulouse – Olympique Marseille – 2-3
- Paris Saint Germain – Lille – 4-3
- Troyes – Montpellier – 0-1
- Rennes – Clermont – 2-0
- Brest – Monaco – 1-2
- Lens – Nantes – 3-1
- Lorient – Ajaccio – 3-0
