The story
Nice beat Lens 2-1 at Allianz Riviera - Nice Stadium in Ligue 1, matchday 1.
Nice's goals came from Amine Gouiri (23', 75'); Gaël Kakuta (11', pen) replied for Lens.
It was 1-1 at half-time. Nice came from behind to win.
Nice had 57% of the ball and 4 shots to Lens' 17.
Match stats
Key moments
- 11' Gaël Kakuta Penalty · Lens 0-1
- 23' Amine Gouiri Goal · Nice 1-1 Assist: Hassane Kamara
- 75' Amine Gouiri Goal · Nice 2-1 Assist: Pierre Lees-Melou
Line-ups
Nice
- Walter BenítezGoalkeeper
- Hassane KamaraDefender
- DanteDefender
- Jordan Lotombaoff 90'Defender
- Robson Bambuoff 33'Defender
- Pierre Lees-MelouMidfielder
- Morgan SchneiderlinMidfielder
- Alexis Claude-Mauriceoff 90'Midfielder
- Khéphren Thuramoff 68'Midfielder
- Kasper Dolbergoff 90'Forward
- Amine GouiriForward
Lens
- Jean-Louis LecaGoalkeeper
- Loïc BadéDefender
- Facundo MedinaDefender
- Jonathan GraditDefender
- Ismaël Bouraoff 77'Defender
- Clément MichelinDefender
- Cheick DoucouréMidfielder
- Gaël Kakutaoff 68'Midfielder
- Yannick CahuzacMidfielder
- Florian Sotocaoff 61'Forward
- Ignatius Ganagooff 61'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (8)
- 10' 🟨 Dante
- 11' ⚽ Gaël Kakuta (pen)
- 23' ⚽ Amine Gouiriassist Hassane Kamara
- 41' 🟨 Facundo Medina
- 45+3' 🟨 Hassane Kamara
- 51' 🟨 Yannick Cahuzac
- 71' 🟨 Ismaël Boura
- 75' ⚽ Amine Gouiriassist Pierre Lees-Melou
Head to head
3Nice wins2Draws1Lens wins
