Lens 1-3 Nîmes: result and report

Lens 1-3 Nîmes

Ligue 2 · Saturday 21 January 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Lens lost to Nîmes 1-3 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 21 January 2017. The half-time score was 0-2.

Anthony Briançon opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Lens's goal came from Abdelrafik Gerard (88'). Nîmes scored through Anthony Briançon (32'), Slimane Sissoko (38') and T. Savanier (66').

Discipline: Lens received 2 yellow cards; Nîmes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lens were 2nd on 35 points from 20 and Nîmes 15th on 26 points from 20. Lens went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Nîmes 6th with 64.

Lens lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nîmes in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Téji Savanier of Nîmes (9.2), ahead of Sofiane Alakouch (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Lens wins, 1 draw and 2 for Nîmes.

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