Nantes 1-1 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 17 January 2021

Result

Nantes 1-1 Lens

Ligue 1 · Sunday 17 January 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nantes 1-1 Lens: match report

Nantes drew with Lens 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 17 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Imrân Louza opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Nantes's goal came from Imrân Louza (36', penalty). Lens scored through Gaël Kakuta (81').

Discipline: Nantes received 3 yellow cards; Lens received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nantes were 17th on 17 points from 19 and Lens 9th on 27 points from 18. Nantes went on to finish that season 18th with 40 points, and Lens 7th with 57.

Nantes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Lens in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrei Girotto of Nantes (7.8), level with Jonathan Clauss (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nantes wins, 2 draws and 3 for Lens.

Going into the match Nantes's last five read D-D-L-D-L and Lens's L-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Missed penalty · Gaël KakutaLens
  • 35'Yellow card · Jonathan GraditLens
  • 36'Penalty goal · Imrân LouzaNantes · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · R. Kolo MuaniNantes
  • 67'Yellow card · Sébastien CorchiaNantes
  • 69'Yellow card · Massadio HaidaraLens
  • 77'Yellow card · Steven FortèsLens
  • 81'Goal · Gaël KakutaLens · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · KakutaLens · 1-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Abdoulaye TouréNantes

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Nantes 2, draws 2, Lens 3.

Team news

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Nantes line-up (4-4-2)

Alban Lafont, Sébastien Corchia, Andrei Girotto, Nicolas Pallois, Fábio, Marcus Coco, M. Abeid, Abdoulaye Touré, Imrân Louza, Kalifa Coulibaly, Randal Kolo Muani

Lens line-up (3-4-1-2)

Jean-Louis Leca, Jonathan Gradit, Steven Fortes, Massadio Haïdara, Jonathan Clauss, Yannick Cahuzac, Seko Fofana, Ismaël Boura, Gaël Kakuta, Florian Sotoca, Ignatius Ganago