Nice 2-1 Lens: result and report
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 22 December 2021
Result
Nice 2-1 Lens
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 22 December 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Nice 2-1 Lens: match report
Nice beat Lens 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 22 December 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Arnaud Kalimuendo opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Nice's goals came from Mario Lemina (63') and Justin Kluivert (79'). Lens scored through Arnaud Kalimuendo (30').
Discipline: Nice received no yellow cards; Lens received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nice were 4th on 31 points from 18 and Lens 6th on 27 points from 18. Nice went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Lens 8th with 62.
Nice lined up in a 4-4-2 and Lens in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Justin Kluivert of Nice (8.2), ahead of David Da Costa (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Nice wins, 3 draws and 3 for Lens.
Going into the match Nice's last five read W-L-D-L-W and Lens's L-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Massadio Haïdara
- 30'Goal · Arnaud Kalimuendo
- 63'Goal · Mario Lemina
- 79'Goal · Justin Kluivert
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jonathan Gradit
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Gaël Kakuta
- Wesley Saïd
- Mamadou Camara
- Adrien Louveau
- Deiver Machado
- Robson Bambu
- Myziane Maolida
- Facundo Medina
- Steven Fortes
- Ismaël Boura
Nice line-up (4-4-2)
Walter Benítez, Youcef Atal, Jean-Clair Todibo, Dante, Melvin Bard, Hicham Boudaoui, Pablo Rosario, Mario Lemina, Justin Kluivert, Kasper Dolberg, Amine Gouiri
Lens line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jean-Louis Leca, Jonathan Clauss, Jonathan Gradit, Christopher Wooh, Massadio Haïdara, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Yannick Cahuzac, Seko Fofana, Cheick Doucouré, David Da Costa, Arnaud Kalimuendo