Lens 1-2 Nîmes: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 4 August 2017

Result

Lens 1-2 Nîmes

Ligue 2 · Friday 4 August 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Lens 1-2 Nîmes: match report

Lens were beaten by Nîmes 1-2 in Ligue 2 on Friday 4 August 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Cristian López opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Lens's goal came from Cristian López (6'). Nîmes scored through R. Ripart (87') and T. Savanier (90+2').

Discipline: Lens received 4 yellow cards; Nîmes received 2 yellow cards.

Lens went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Nîmes 2nd with 73.

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 (8.7), ahead of Jean-Kévin Duverne (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Lens wins, 1 draw and 3 for Nîmes.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Cristian LópezLens · 1-0
  • 19'Yellow card · Dusan CvetinovicLens
  • 23'Yellow card · Jean-Kévin DuverneLens
  • 26'Yellow card · Álvaro LemosLens
  • 39'Missed penalty · T. SavanierNîmes
  • 39'Yellow card · J. VachouxLens
  • 54'Yellow card · Umut BozokNîmes
  • 56'Yellow card · Z. DiabatéNîmes
  • 87'Goal · R. RipartNîmes · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · T. SavanierNîmes · 1-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Lens 4, draws 1, Nîmes 3.

Team news

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

Jeremy Vachoux, Jean-Kévin Duverne, Dušan Cvetinović, Álvaro Lemos, Maxence Carlier, Djiman Waidi Kokou, Abdellah Zoubir, Kévin Fortuné, Mouaad Madri, Thomas Ephestion, Cristian Lopez

Nîmes line-up (4-4-2)

Yan Marillat, Fabien Garcia, Anthony Briançon, Zie Diabate, Sofiane Alakouch, Pierrick Valdivia, Téji Savanier, Renaud Ripart, Sada Thioub, Rachid Alioui, Umut Bozok