Nice vs Lens, 2024-25 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1

Nice

10': Gaëtan Laborde (P)
64': Jonathan Clauss

FT
2 - 0

Lens

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 Timeline

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

RCL		NICE
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 Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Paris Saint-Germain	27	+53	71
2	AS Monaco	27	+20	50
3	Marseille	27	+18	49
4	Nice	27	+18	47

Full Table

Line-Ups

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
29	Evann Guessand

Nice Substitutes:

Jérémie Boga, Sofiane Diop, Tom Louchet, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Antoine Mendy, Ali Abdi, Badredine Bouanani, Tanguy Ndombele, Maxime Dupé.

Lens (5-3-2)

No.	Name
16	Hervé Koffi (GK)
20	Malang Sarr
14	Facundo Medina
24	Jonathan Gradit
3	Deiver Machado
7	Florian Sotoca
23	Neil El Aynaoui
18	Andy Diouf
28	Adrien Thomasson
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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