RC Lens
Ligue 1 · 2026This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.
Match at a glance
RC Lens won 5–2.
- Shots
- 12–10
- Shots on target
- 9–4
- Expected goals
- 4.45–1.79
- Possession
- 53%–47%
This match
Match statistics
Every shot
Shot map
Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.
- off target
- on target
- goal
- penalty
- size = xG
RC Lens: 12 shots, 9 on target, 4.52 xG. Auxerre: 10 shots, 4 on target, 1.86 xG.
How the match built
Expected-goals timeline
Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.
The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: RC Lens 4.52 xG · Auxerre 1.86 xG.
Full time
What the match recorded
RC Lens beat Auxerre 5–2. Recorded in this match (RC Lens – Auxerre): shots 12–10, shots on target 9–4, expected goals 4.45–1.79, possession 53%–47%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.
History
Head-to-head
Recent meetings between these teams.
Last 5 meetings
Season-opening preview
Current-season evidence is still building.
This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.
1 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade
Current season so far
Completed matches in the season being played. Kept separate from the historical block below.
- RC Lens1 matches
- Auxerre1 matches
Previous-season context
Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.
Both clubs played the same competition and season, so these values are directly comparable.
RC Lens
- Competition
- Ligue 1
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 34 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 29 May 2026
- Goals scored1.94 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.03 goals/match
- Expected goals1.98 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.28 xG/match
- Shots16.5 shots/match
- Shots allowed11.1 shots/match
- Shots on target5.56 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.47 shots/match
- Possession51.1%
- Corners6.24 corners/match
- Corners allowed4.15 corners/match
- Cards2.15 cards/match
- Fouls12.7 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency35%
- Scoring frequency82%
Auxerre
- Competition
- Ligue 1
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 34 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 29 May 2026
- Goals scored1 goal/match
- Goals allowed1.29 goals/match
- Expected goals1.04 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.41 xG/match
- Shots10.7 shots/match
- Shots allowed12 shots/match
- Shots on target3.5 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed4.65 shots/match
- Possession43.9%
- Corners4.76 corners/match
- Corners allowed4.71 corners/match
- Cards2.41 cards/match
- Fouls13.7 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency26%
- Scoring frequency53%
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis
- At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
- At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
- Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.
Known unknowns
- Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
- Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
- The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
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