NANTES. Nantes had a striking comeback against Lens. Lens lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Stéphanie Frappart with the assistance of Mikael Berchebru and Steven Torregrossa. The 4th official was Pierre Legat. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.8 degrees Celsius or 44.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lens had a strong ball possession 60% while Nantes was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nantes was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nantes won the match​.

Nantes shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lens shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Nantes received 3 yellow cards (A. Girotto, L. Blas and P. Chirivella). Talking about the opposition, Lens received 3 yellow cards (M. Haidara, J. Gradit and F. Medina).

Standings

After this match, Nantes will have 25 points like Angers SCO and Montpellier to hold in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Lens will stay with 27 points like Nice to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will play away with Saint-Étienne on the 22nd of December with a 10-3 head to head stats in favor of Saint-Étienne (9 draws).

Lens will play away agasint Nice on the 22nd of December with a 4-4 head to head.

Nantes – Formation

Nantes started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont (6.0), Fábio (6.2), Jean-Charles Castelletto (6.2), Andrei Girotto (7.0), Nicolas Pallois (6.6), Quentin Merlin (6.7), Randal Kolo Muani (8.3), Wylan Cyprien (7.0), Pedro Chirivella (7.3), Willem Geubbels (6.9) and Ludovic Blas (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Moses Simon (7.3), Charles Traoré, Dennis Appiah, Marcus Coco, Kalifa Coulibaly, Abdoulaye Sylla, Osman Bukari, Denis Petrić and Samuel Moutoussamy (6.6).

Nantes could not rely on the presence of M. Coco (injured).

Substitutions

Nantes made 4 changes: W. Cyprien for S. Moutoussamy (70′), W. Geubbels for M. Simon (70′), Q. Merlin for M. Coco (90′) and R. Kolo Muani for D. Appiah (90′).

Best player: Randal Kolo Muani​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was Randal Kolo Muani.

His rating is (8.3) with 2 goals, 16 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 21. He performed 1 cross.

Lens – Formation

Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Franck Haise played with: Jean-Louis Leca (6.7), Jonathan Gradit (7.7), Kevin Danso (6.7), Facundo Medina (6.4), Przemysław Frankowski (6.2), Yannick Cahuzac (6.6), Seko Fofana (5.9), Massadio Haïdara (6.3), Florian Sotoca (6.6), David Da Costa (8.7) and Arnaud Kalimuendo (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ibrahima Baldé, Wuilker Faríñez (6.0), Samba Sow, Charles Boli, Christopher Wooh, Ignatius Ganago (6.4), Corentin Jean (6.7) and Jonathan Varane.

Lens could not rely on the presence of W. Farinez (injured).

Substitutions

Lens made 5 changes: J. Leca for W. Farinez (46′), A. Kalimuendo for I. Ganago (75′), D. Costa for C. Jean (75′), M. Haidara for C. Boli (90′) and F. Sotoca for J. Varane (90′).

Best player: David Da Costa​

The most impressive player for Lens was David Da Costa.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 39 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Nantes – Lens – 3-2