RC Lens 2–1 Arsenal — UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2023Tue, 3 Oct 2023, 19:00 UTC

RC Lens

2–1Historical match

Arsenal

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

RC Lens won 2–1.

Shots: 1011
Shots on target: 36
Expected goals: 0.741.51
Possession: 33%67%

Full time

What the match recorded

RC Lens beat Arsenal 2–1. Recorded in this match (RC Lens – Arsenal): shots 10–11, shots on target 3–6, expected goals 0.74–1.51, possession 33%–67%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots10 shots11 shotsRC Lens 10 shots, Arsenal 11 shots
Shots on target3 shots6 shotsRC Lens 3 shots, Arsenal 6 shots
Expected goals0.74 xG1.51 xGRC Lens 0.74 xG, Arsenal 1.51 xG
Possession33%67%RC Lens 33%, Arsenal 67%
Corners3 corners5 cornersRC Lens 3 corners, Arsenal 5 corners
Fouls8 fouls10 foulsRC Lens 8 fouls, Arsenal 10 fouls

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: 10 shots, 3 on target, 0.73 xG. Arsenal: 11 shots, 6 on target, 1.51 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 0.73 xG · Arsenal 1.51 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Rest before fixture · Both teams: 13 days
Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

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.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Tue, 3 Oct 2023, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4