Nîmes 4-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 22 April 2016

Result

Nîmes 4-2 Lens

Ligue 2 · Friday 22 April 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nîmes 4-2 Lens: match report

Nîmes beat Lens 4-2 in Ligue 2 on Friday 22 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

R. Ripart opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Nîmes's goals came from R. Ripart (45'), T. Savanier (71', penalty), Anthony Briançon (73') and Steve Mounié (78'). Lens scored through Wylan Cyprien (66') and an own goal by Fethi Harek (90+1').

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

Going into the game Nîmes were 9th on 45 points from 34 and Lens 4th on 56 points from 34. Nîmes went on to finish that season 9th with 49 points, and Lens 6th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nîmes wins, 0 draws and 1 for Lens.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Mathias AutretLens
  • 32'Yellow card · Gaëtan PaquiezNîmes
  • 45'Goal · R. RipartNîmes · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · L. AzouniNîmes
  • 66'Goal · Wylan CyprienLens · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Kenny LalaLens
  • 71'Penalty goal · T. SavanierNîmes · 2-1
  • 73'Goal · Anthony BriançonNîmes · 3-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Patrick OlsenLens
  • 78'Goal · Steve MouniéNîmes · 4-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Ousmane CissokhoNîmes
  • 90+1'Own goal · Fethi HarekLens · 4-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Nîmes 0, draws 0, Lens 1.

Team news

Nîmes line-up

Mathieu Michel, Jérémy Cordoval, Fethi Harek, Anthony Briançon, Gaëtan Paquiez, Larry Azouni, Téji Savanier, Renaud Ripart, Ousmane Cissokho, Toifilou Maoulida, Steve Mounié

Lens line-up

Jeremy Vachoux, Jordan Ikoko, Abdoul Ba, Loïck Landre, Kenny Lala, Deme N'Diaye, Luis Díaz, Wylan Cyprien, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Benjamin Bourigeaud, Pablo Chavarría