Lens 2-1 Nîmes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 25 April 2021

Result

Lens 2-1 Nîmes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 25 April 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Lens 2-1 Nîmes: match report

Lens won against Nîmes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 25 April 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ignatius Ganago opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Lens's goals came from Ignatius Ganago (17') and Massadio Haidara (76'). Nîmes scored through Zinedine Ferhat (52', penalty).

Discipline: Lens received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Nîmes received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lens were 6th on 53 points from 33 and Nîmes 18th on 31 points from 33. Lens went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Nîmes 19th with 35.

Lens lined up in a 3-5-2 and Nîmes in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonathan Gradit of Lens (7.8), level with Loïc Badé (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Ignatius GanagoLens · 1-0
  • 24'Red card · Issiaga SyllaLens
  • 34'Yellow card · Loïc BadéLens
  • 52'Penalty goal · Zinedine FerhatNîmes · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · Massadio HaidaraLens · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Moussa KonéNîmes
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Florian MiguelNîmes

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Lens 0, draws 1, Nîmes 0.

Team news

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Lens line-up (3-5-2)

Jean-Louis Leca, Jonathan Gradit, Loïc Badé, Massadio Haïdara, Jonathan Clauss, David Da Costa, Yannick Cahuzac, Seko Fofana, Issiaga Sylla, Corentin Jean, Ignatius Ganago

Nîmes line-up (4-1-4-1)

Baptiste Reynet, Sofiane Alakouch, K. Guessoum, Florian Miguel, Birger Meling, Sidy Sarr, Renaud Ripart, Lamine Fomba, Lucas Deaux, Zinedine Ferhat, Moussa Koné