Ligue 1 · 2024Sat, 17 May 2025, 19:00 UTCFull timeFull-time recap

Olympique Lyonnais

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Angers

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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Olympique Lyonnais	Angers
Shots	21 shots/match▲	13 shots/match
Shots on target	4 shots/match▲	3 shots/match
Expected goals	3.95 xG/match▲	0.5 xG/match
Possession	57%●	43%
Corners	8 corners/match	8 corners/match
Fouls	10 fouls/match	13 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

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Olympique Lyonnais: 21 shots, 4 on target, 3.92 xG. Angers: 13 shots, 3 on target, 0.45 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: Olympique Lyonnais 3.92 xG · Angers 0.45 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Olympique Lyonnais's last-five shots average is above their season average. A second useful context is: Olympique Lyonnais have recorded the higher season possession share. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Olympique Lyonnais's recent record differs from the season

weak

Olympique Lyonnais's last-five shots average is above their season average.

15.2 shots/match▲ShotsLast 5 · Season13.1 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Shots	15.2 shots/match	13.1 shots/match	12.1 shots/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

The teams have contrasting possession records

strong

Olympique Lyonnais have recorded the higher season possession share.

56.6%●PossessionOlympique Lyonnais · Angers40.7%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 15.9 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Olympique Lyonnais	Angers	Baseline
Possession	56.6%	40.7%	48.1%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

4Olympique Lyonnais

0Draws

1Angers

7 Dec 2024Angers — Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 10–3

25 Feb 2023Angers — Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 11–3

3 Sept 2022Olympique Lyonnais — Angers · Ligue 15–0

3 Apr 2022Olympique Lyonnais — Angers · Ligue 13–2

15 Aug 2021Angers — Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 13–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Olympique Lyonnais favored in 10 of 13 directional metrics · Angers in 0 · 3 too close

1.91 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 34/340.94 goals/match

1.35 goals/match▲Goals allowedseason · 34/341.56 goals/match

1.79 xG/match▲Expected goalsseason · 34/331.02 xG/match

1.37 xG/match▲Expected goals allowedseason · 34/331.75 xG/match

13.1 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 34/339.21 shots/match

13.2 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 34/3314.5 shots/match

5.44 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 34/332.85 shots/match

5.09 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 34/335.85 shots/match

56.6%●Possessionseason · 34/3340.7%

5.44 corners/match●Cornersseason · 34/333.79 corners/match

4.68 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 34/334.79 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

12 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 34/3311.2 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

29%▲Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 34/3421%

85%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 34/3459%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Olympique Lyonnais80.6

Angers8.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 97%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Olympique Lyonnais75

Angers4.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 98%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Olympique Lyonnais47.2

Angers19.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 98%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Olympique Lyonnais30.6

Angers13.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 97%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Olympique Lyonnais47.2

Angers8.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 49%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Olympique Lyonnais86.1

Angers2.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 97%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Olympique Lyonnais69.4

Angers4.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 97%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Olympique Lyonnais34 matchesAngers34 matches

1.91 goals/match▲Goals scored34/340.94 goals/match

1.35 goals/match▲Goals allowed34/341.56 goals/match

1.79 xG/match▲Expected goals34/331.02 xG/match

13.1 shots/match▲Shots34/339.21 shots/match

5.44 shots/match▲Shots on target34/332.85 shots/match

56.6%●Possession34/3340.7%

5.44 corners/match●Corners34/333.79 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

12 fouls/matchFouls34/3311.2 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Olympique Lyonnais17 matchesAngers17 matches

2.18 goals/match▲Goals scored17/170.82 goals/match

1.24 goals/matchGoals allowed17/171.18 goals/match

2.14 xG/match▲Expected goals17/161.02 xG/match

14.5 shots/match▲Shots17/169.31 shots/match

6 shots/match▲Shots on target17/162.69 shots/match

57.8%●Possession17/1639.9%

5.53 corners/match●Corners17/163.75 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

12.1 fouls/matchFouls17/1611.6 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples34 / 34home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 17 May 2025, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4