Nice 2-1 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 23 August 2020

Result

Nice 2-1 Lens

Ligue 1 · Sunday 23 August 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nice 2-1 Lens: match report

Nice beat Lens 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 23 August 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

Gaël Kakuta opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Nice's goals came from A. Gouiri (23') and A. Gouiri (75'). Lens scored through Gaël Kakuta (11', penalty).

Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Lens received 3 yellow cards.

Nice went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Lens 7th with 57.

Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Lens in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Amine Gouiri of Nice (8.3), ahead of Gaël Kakuta (7.7).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · DanteNice
  • 11'Penalty goal · Gaël KakutaLens · 0-1
  • 23'Goal · A. GouiriNice · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · F. MedinaLens
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Hassane KamaraNice
  • 51'Yellow card · Yannick CahuzacLens
  • 71'Yellow card · I. BouraLens
  • 75'Goal · A. GouiriNice · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 2, draws 4, Lens 4.

Team news

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Nice line-up (4-3-3)

Walter Benítez, Jordan Lotomba, Robson Bambu, Dante, Hassane Kamara, Khéphren Thuram, Morgan Schneiderlin, Pierre Lees-Melou, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Kasper Dolberg, Amine Gouiri

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

Jean-Louis Leca, Jonathan Gradit, Loïc Badé, Facundo Medina, Clément Michelin, Yannick Cahuzac, Cheick Doucouré, Ismaël Boura, Gaël Kakuta, Florian Sotoca, Ignatius Ganago