Thursday , 2 July 2026

FC Nantes vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 1 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 1 · 2024-25
FC Nantes
3 – 1
Full Time
Racing Club de Lens
Sun 23 Feb 2025 · 14:00 UTC Stade de la Beaujoire 28,169 HT 45' · FT 45'
Louis Leroux 36' 1–0
Moses Simon pen 60' 2–0
2–1 65' Neil El Aynaoui pen
Meschack Elia 90+5' 3–1
Y 28' Jonathan Gradit
Y 45' Facundo Medina
Kelvin Amian Adou 58' Y
Y 66' Adrien Thomasson
R 70' M'Bala Nzola
Anthony Lopes 82' Y
Y 90' Angelo Fulgini

Overview

Match Preview

FC Nantes vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 1 at Stade de la Beaujoire.

Match Details

  • Referee Jerome Brisard
  • Assistant 1
  • Assistant 2 Florian Goncalves de Araujo (France)

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Nantes 34 24
2 FC Metz 34 17
3 Paris Saint-Germain FC 0 0
4 Racing Club de Lens 0 0
5 Lille OSC 0 0
6 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0
7 Olympique de Marseille 0 0
8 Stade Rennais FC 1901 0 0
9 AS Monaco FC 0 0
10 RC Strasbourg Alsace 0 0
11 Toulouse FC 0 0
12 FC Lorient 0 0
13 Paris FC 0 0
14 Stade Brestois 29 0 0
15 ES Troyes AC 0 0
16 Angers SCO 0 0
17 Le Mans FC 0 0
18 Le Havre AC 0 0
19 AJ Auxerre 0 0
20 OGC Nice 0 0

Head-to-Head

2
4
6
FC Nantes 12 games · Avg 2.9 goals Racing Club de Lens
Last 5 meetings
2025-02-23 FC Nantes 3–1 Racing Club de Lens 2024-11-09 Racing Club de Lens 3–2 FC Nantes 2024-02-03 FC Nantes 0–1 Racing Club de Lens 2023-10-28 Racing Club de Lens 4–0 FC Nantes 2023-02-19 Racing Club de Lens 3–1 FC Nantes

Recent Form

FC Nantes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Feb Racing Club de Lens H 3–1 W
15 Feb AS Monaco FC A 1–7 L
07 Feb Stade Brestois 29 H 0–2 L
02 Feb Stade de Reims A 2–1 W
26 Jan Olympique Lyonnais H 1–1 D
19 Jan AS Saint-Étienne A 1–1 D
Racing Club de Lens
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Feb FC Nantes A 1–3 L
16 Feb RC Strasbourg Alsace H 0–2 L
08 Feb OGC Nice A 0–2 L
31 Jan Montpellier HSC A 2–0 W
26 Jan Angers SCO H 1–0 W
18 Jan Paris Saint-Germain FC H 1–2 L

Season Stats

FC Nantes Racing Club de Lens
#1 Position #4
24 Points 0
34 Played 0
5 / 9 / 20 W / D / L 0 / 0 / 0
29 Scored 0
52 Conceded 0
-23 GD +0
0.71 PPG –
15% Win % –

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

FC Nantes are 1st (24 pts). Racing Club de Lens are 4th (0 pts).

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The wait is over. Racing Club de Lens get us underway at Stade de la Beaujoire.
  • 5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 15' FC Nantes seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 28' Jonathan Gradit picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 33' FC Nantes is showing some good football. However, FC Nantes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 36' Louis Leroux makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and FC Nantes are in front.
  • 41' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 45' Racing Club de Lens player sees a card in front of him.
  • 46' Time for substitution for Racing Club de Lens. Andy Diouf is replaced by Jeremy Agbonifo.
  • 51' FC Nantes are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 54' Racing Club de Lens ring the changes. Goduine Koyalipou has done his job and it is now time for M'Bala Nzola to step up.
  • 58' The referee shows FC Nantes player a card on 58.
  • 60' Moses Simon adds to his 0 season tally! FC Nantes lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 65' Goal! Neil El Aynaoui scores his 12 goal in 323 matches.
  • 66' Adrien Thomasson has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 66.
  • 70' That is a card for Racing Club de Lens. M'Bala Nzola will be fuming at that decision.
  • 72' A change in the Racing Club de Lens ranks — Wesley Said exits the field as Florian Sotoca enters on 72.
  • 77' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 82' It’s a booking for FC Nantes player. Anthony Lopes gets a card.
  • 85' FC Nantes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sorba Thomas is hanging Mostafa Mohamed on the field on 85 minute.
  • 86' Time for substitution for Racing Club de Lens. Anass Zaroury is replaced by Angelo Fulgini.
  • 89' Another substitution for FC Nantes to replace Moses Simon by Francis Coquelin on 89 minute.
  • 90' That is a card for Racing Club de Lens. Angelo Fulgini will be fuming at that decision.
  • 90' Fresh legs for FC Nantes! Marcus Coco comes on to replace Louis Leroux.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from FC Nantes to claim maximum points.

Lineups

FC Nantes Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Antoine Kombouare

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Will Still

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Moses Simon 5
Gael Kakuta 3
David Pereira da Costa 3
Adrien Thomasson 2
Imran Louza 2
Florian Sotoca 2
Randal Kolo Muani 2
Neil El Aynaoui 2

Head to Head

2025-02-23 FC Nantes 3–1 Racing Club de Lens 2024-11-09 Racing Club de Lens 3–2 FC Nantes 2024-02-03 FC Nantes 0–1 Racing Club de Lens 2023-10-28 Racing Club de Lens 4–0 FC Nantes 2023-02-19 Racing Club de Lens 3–1 FC Nantes

FC Nantes Form

2025-02-23 FC Nantes 3–1 Racing Club de Lens W 2025-02-15 AS Monaco FC 7–1 FC Nantes L 2025-02-07 FC Nantes 0–2 Stade Brestois 29 L 2025-02-02 Stade de Reims 1–2 FC Nantes W 2025-01-26 FC Nantes 1–1 Olympique Lyonnais D 2025-01-19 AS Saint-Étienne 1–1 FC Nantes D

Racing Club de Lens Form

2025-02-23 FC Nantes 3–1 Racing Club de Lens L 2025-02-16 Racing Club de Lens 0–2 RC Strasbourg Alsace L 2025-02-08 OGC Nice 2–0 Racing Club de Lens L 2025-01-31 Montpellier HSC 0–2 Racing Club de Lens W 2025-01-26 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 Angers SCO W 2025-01-18 Racing Club de Lens 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
0.79 FC Nantes xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.84 Racing Club de Lens xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 77% + FC Nantes or Draw 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Nantes35% Draw35% Racing Club de Lens30%
Actual: FC Nantes win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes33% 0% No67%
Avg goals/match: 1.63
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 78%
22%
± 1.5 49%
51%
± 2.5 23%
77%
± 3.5 9%
91%
± 4.5 3%
97%

Double Chance

FC Nantes or Draw
70%
Draw or Racing Club de Lens
65%
FC Nantes or Racing Club de Lens
65%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Nantes19% Draw60% Racing Club de Lens21%
Actual: FC Nantes win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–1 not predicted
3 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
22.1%
0 – 1
14.9%
1 – 1
14%
1 – 0
13.8%
0 – 2
6.5%
2 – 0
5.7%
1 – 2
5.5%
2 – 1
5.1%
2 – 2
2.3%
0 – 3
1.8%
1 – 3
1.6%
3 – 0
1.5%

Asian Handicap — FC Nantes

Handicap FC Nantes covers Push Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 7% 91%
-1.5 9% — 91%
-1 9% 20% 71%
-0.5 29% — 71%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 21% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 8% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

FC Nantes keeps clean sheet
43% ✓
Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet
46% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.