French Ligue 1

Nice vs Lens, 2024-25 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Nice
  • 10': Gaëtan Laborde (P)
  • 64': Jonathan Clauss
FT
2 - 0
Lens
  • Red Card 57': Facundo Medina

About

Nice are hosting Lens at Allianz Riviera, Nice, France, starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Delay in match (Nice).
  • 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 5': Foul by Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice).
  • 5': Neil El Aynaoui (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Evann Guessand (Nice) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 7': VAR Decision: No Goal Nice 0-0 Lens.
  • 7': Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 8': Baptiste Santamaría (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Foul by M'Bala Nzola (Lens).
  • 9': Penalty Nice. Hicham Boudaoui draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 9': Penalty conceded by Adrien Thomasson (Lens) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 9': Adrien Thomasson (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 10': Goal! Nice 1, Lens 0. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 12': Foul by Neil El Aynaoui (Lens).
  • 12': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Facundo Medina.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Evann Guessand.
  • 18': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Jonathan Clauss.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Facundo Medina (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 21': Attempt missed. M'Bala Nzola (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Goduine Koyalipou.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Jonathan Clauss (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Melvin Bard with a cross.
  • 23': Dante (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 23': Foul by Adrien Thomasson (Lens).
  • 24': Attempt missed. Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Evann Guessand with a headed pass.
  • 29': Evann Guessand (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 29': Foul by Deiver Machado (Lens).
  • 31': Evann Guessand (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 31': Foul by Facundo Medina (Lens).
  • 31': Facundo Medina (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 32': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Malang Sarr.
  • 35': Adrien Thomasson (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
  • 37': Foul by Adrien Thomasson (Lens).
  • 37': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Melvin Bard.
  • 38': Attempt blocked. Andy Diouf (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Neil El Aynaoui (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Malang Sarr.
  • 44': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Jonathan Gradit.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Baptiste Santamaría (Nice) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jonathan Clauss with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Baptiste Santamaría.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Facundo Medina (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Deiver Machado (Lens) left footed shot from long range on the right is too high. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson following a corner.
  • 45'+4': Dante (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+4': Foul by M'Bala Nzola (Lens).
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Nice 1, Lens 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Nice 1, Lens 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Lens. Anass Zaroury replaces Adrien Thomasson.
  • 45': Substitution, Lens. Jeremy Agbonifo replaces Goduine Koyalipou.
  • 47': Attempt missed. M'Bala Nzola (Lens) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Anass Zaroury with a cross.
  • 49': Anass Zaroury (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Jonathan Clauss (Nice).
  • 50': Attempt missed. Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Melvin Bard following a fast break.
  • 50': Foul by Malang Sarr (Lens).
  • 50': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Clauss (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 51': Evann Guessand (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Foul by Jonathan Gradit (Lens).
  • 54': Attempt saved. Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Sotoca.
  • 55': Attempt saved. Evann Guessand (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed-Ali Cho.
  • 56': Baptiste Santamaría (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Andy Diouf (Lens).
  • 57': Foul by Facundo Medina (Lens).
  • 57': Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 57': Second yellow card to Facundo Medina (Lens) for a bad foul.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Baptiste Santamaría.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Gaëtan Laborde.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Andy Diouf (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Neil El Aynaoui following a fast break.
  • 62': Foul by Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice).
  • 62': Jonathan Gradit (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Evann Guessand with a cross.
  • 64': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Malang Sarr.
  • 64': Goal! Nice 2, Lens 0. Jonathan Clauss (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed-Ali Cho following a corner.
  • 67': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Neil El Aynaoui.
  • 68': Substitution, Nice. Sofiane Diop replaces Mohamed-Ali Cho.
  • 72': Florian Sotoca (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
  • 72': Foul by Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice).
  • 72': Neil El Aynaoui (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Attempt saved. M'Bala Nzola (Lens) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andy Diouf.
  • 73': Attempt missed. M'Bala Nzola (Lens) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
  • 74': Evann Guessand (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Deiver Machado (Lens).
  • 75': Substitution, Nice. Tom Louchet replaces Jonathan Clauss.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Melvin Bard (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Evann Guessand.
  • 78': Foul by Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens).
  • 78': Moïse Bombito (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Attempt saved. Evann Guessand (Nice) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sofiane Diop with a through ball.
  • 79': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Hervé Koffi.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Dante (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Youssouf Ndayishimiye.
  • 81': Baptiste Santamaría (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 81': Foul by Andy Diouf (Lens).
  • 82': Delay in match because of an injury Baptiste Santamaría (Nice).
  • 82': Substitution, Lens. Wesley Saïd replaces M'Bala Nzola.
  • 82': Substitution, Lens. Hamzat Ojediran replaces Andy Diouf.
  • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 84': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Jonathan Gradit.
  • 85': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Melvin Bard.
  • 86': Foul by Wesley Saïd (Lens).
  • 86': Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Hamzat Ojediran (Lens).
  • 88': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Hamzat Ojediran (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Nice. Jérémie Boga replaces Gaëtan Laborde.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Nice. Mohamed Abdelmonem replaces Hicham Boudaoui.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Nice. Ali Abdi replaces Dante.
  • 90'+2': Evann Guessand (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Deiver Machado (Lens).
  • 90'+2': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Hamzat Ojediran (Lens).
  • 90'+3': Jérémie Boga (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Hamzat Ojediran (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Deiver Machado.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Nice 2, Lens 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Nice 2, Lens 0.

Statistics

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19 Fouls 6
2 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 7
5 Saves 3
39.3 Possession 60.7
12 SHOTS 16
3 ON GOAL 8
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
327 Accurate Passes 551
401 Passes 626
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 4
11 Crosses 17
0.2 Cross % 0.2
42 Long Balls 38
18 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 2
10 Effective Tackles 12
10 Tackles 17
1.0 Tackle % 0.7
16 Interceptions 15
21 Effective Clearances 15
21 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 22,586

Ligue 1 Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Paris Saint-Germain 3 +5 9
2 Lyon 3 +5 9
3 Lille 3 +7 7
4 AS Monaco 3 +2 6
Full Standings

Line-Ups

NICE Nice (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Marcin Bulka (GK)
64 Moïse Bombito
4 Dante
55 Youssouf Ndayishimiye
28 Baptiste Santamaria
6 Hicham Boudaoui
26 Melvin Bard
92 Jonathan Clauss
24 Gaëtan Laborde
25 Mohamed-Ali Cho Yellow Card
29 Evann Guessand
Nice Substitutes:
Jérémie Boga, Sofiane Diop, Tom Louchet, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Antoine Mendy, Ali Abdi, Badredine Bouanani, Tanguy Ndombele, Maxime Dupé.

RCL Lens (5-3-2)

No. Name
16 Hervé Koffi (GK)
20 Malang Sarr
14 Facundo Medina Yellow Card
24 Jonathan Gradit
3 Deiver Machado
7 Florian Sotoca
23 Neil El Aynaoui
18 Andy Diouf
28 Adrien Thomasson Yellow Card
19 Goduine Koyalipou
8 M'Bala Nzola
Lens Substitutes:
Nidal Celik, Tom Pouilly, Jeremy Agbonifo, Hamzat Ojediran, Angelo Fulgini, Wesley Saïd, Juma Bah, Adam Delplace, Anass Zaroury.

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