Lens vs Nice 2021-22 Ligue 1
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.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 17': Massadio Haïdara (Lens) is shown the red card.
- 31': Cheick Oumar Doucouré (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 38': Evann Guessand (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Substitution, Nice. Jordan Lotomba replaces Youcef Atal because of an injury.
- 45'+4': Amine Gouiri (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Lens 0, Nice 0.
- 45': Substitution, Lens. Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga replaces Ignatius Ganago.
- 50': Mario Lemina (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 51': Goal! Lens 1, Nice 0. Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 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.
- 57': Second yellow card to Mario Lemina (Nice) for a bad foul.
- 66': Florian Sotoca (Lens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 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.
- 68': Substitution, Nice. Khéphren Thuram-Ulien replaces Amine Gouiri.
- 68': Substitution, Nice. Calvin Stengs replaces Justin Kluivert.
- 68': Substitution, Nice. Billal Brahimi replaces Melvin Bard.
- 74': Substitution, Lens. Jonathan Clauss replaces David Costa.
- 81': Substitution, Nice. Flavius Daniliuc replaces Jean-Clair Todibo.
- 83': Substitution, Lens. Patrick Berg replaces Seko Fofana.
- 90': Substitution, Lens. Deiver Machado replaces Florian Sotoca.
- 90'+1': Dante (Nice) is shown the red card.
Game Information
Venue: Stade Félix Bollaert-Delélis
Location: Lens, France
Attendance: 36,668
French Ligue 1 Standings
| POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +47 | Paris Saint-Germain | 30 | 69 | 1 |
| +18 | AS Monaco | 30 | 58 | 6 |
| +15 | Brest | 30 | 53 | 7 |
| +17 | Lille | 30 | 52 | 6 |
Statistics
 NICE |
RCL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Lens (3-1-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Jean-Louis Leca (GK) |
| 4 | Kevin Danso |
| 14 | Facundo Medina |
| 24 | Jonathan Gradit |
| 28 | Cheick Doucouré  |
| 8 | Seko Fofana |
| 20 | David Costa |
| 21 | Massadio Haidara  |
| 29 | Przemyslaw Frankowski |
| 9 | Ignatius Ganago |
| 7 | Florian Sotoca |
Nice (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 40 | Walter Benítez (GK) |
| 4 | Dante |
| 25 | Jean-Clair Todibo |
| 26 | Melvin Bard |
| 20 | Youcef Atal |
| 18 | Mario Lemina |
| 8 | Pablo Rosario |
| 11 | Amine Gouiri |
| 21 | Justin Kluivert |
| 24 | Evann Guessand |
| 7 | Andy Delort |
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