French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, April 10, 2022
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Lens WLDWL 3
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Stade Félix Bollaert-Delélis · 36,668 att.

Match Report

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Nice ambitions dented by heavy loss at Lens

Nice's hopes of a top-four finish in Ligue 1 suffered a blow when they lost their cool in a 3-0 defeat at Lens on Sunday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
2
2
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
6
57.4
Possession
42.6
16
SHOTS
6
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
412
Accurate Passes
289
465
Passes
363
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
0
37
Crosses
4
0.2
Cross %
0.0
42
Long Balls
51
24
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
22
0.3
Tackle %
0.4
8
Interceptions
9
4
Effective Clearances
31
4
Clearances
31

Head to Head

NICE leads series 4-1

Lineups

RCL · 3-1-4-2

  1. 16Jean-Louis LecaG
  2. 4Kevin DansoCD
  3. 14Facundo MedinaCD-L
  4. 24Jonathan GraditCD-R
  5. 28Cheick DoucouréSW
  6. 8Seko FofanaCM-L
  7. 20David Da CostaCM-R
  8. 21Massadio HaidaraLM
  9. 29Przemyslaw FrankowskiRM
  10. 9Ignatius GanagoCF-L
  11. 7Florian SotocaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Patrick Berg
  2. 18Yannick Cahuzac
  3. 3Deiver Machado
  4. 22Wesley Saïd
  5. 11Jonathan Clauss
  6. 1Wuilker Faríñez
  7. 33Ibrahima Baldé
  8. 15Arnaud Kalimuendo

NICE · 4-4-2

  1. 40Walter BenítezG
  2. 4DanteCD-L
  3. 25Jean-Clair TodiboCD-R
  4. 26Melvin BardLB
  5. 20Youcef AtalRB
  6. 18Mario LeminaCM-L
  7. 8Pablo RosarioCM-R
  8. 11Amine GouiriLM
  9. 21Justin KluivertRM
  10. 24Evann GuessandCF-L
  11. 7Andy DelortCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Flavius DaniliucSUB
  2. 19Khéphren ThuramSUB
  3. 23Jordan LotombaSUB
  4. 28Hicham BoudaouiSUB
  5. 15Danilo BarbosaSUB
  6. 22Calvin StengsSUB
  7. 14Bilal BrahimiSUB
  8. 1Marcin BulkaSUB
  9. 12Jordan AmaviSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Massadio Haïdara (Lens) is shown the red card.
  2. 31' Cheick Oumar Doucouré (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Evann Guessand (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Nice. Jordan Lotomba replaces Youcef Atal because of an injury.
  5. 45'+4' Amine Gouiri (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45' Substitution, Lens. Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga replaces Ignatius Ganago.
  7. 50' Mario Lemina (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 51' Goal! Lens 1, Nice 0. Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  9. 55' Goal! Lens 2, Nice 0. Cheick Oumar Doucouré (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by David Costa.
  10. 57' Second yellow card to Mario Lemina (Nice) for a bad foul.
  11. 66' Florian Sotoca (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 67' Goal! Lens 3, Nice 0. Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cheick Oumar Doucouré with a through ball.
  13. 68' Substitution, Nice. Khéphren Thuram-Ulien replaces Amine Gouiri.
  14. 68' Substitution, Nice. Calvin Stengs replaces Justin Kluivert.
  15. 68' Substitution, Nice. Billal Brahimi replaces Melvin Bard.
  16. 74' Substitution, Lens. Jonathan Clauss replaces David Costa.
  17. 81' Substitution, Nice. Flavius Daniliuc replaces Jean-Clair Todibo.
  18. 83' Substitution, Lens. Patrick Berg replaces Seko Fofana.
  19. 90' Substitution, Lens. Deiver Machado replaces Florian Sotoca.
  20. 90'+1' Dante (Nice) is shown the red card.

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