Auxerre vs Lens

3 June 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Benoît Millot

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

M'Baye Niang 71’

Alexis Claude Maurice 19’, 48’
Loïs Openda 78’

Match summary

Lens beat Auxerre 3-1 on the road. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Alexis Claude Maurice put Lens ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Loïs Openda. In the second half, Maurice made it 0-2 in the 48th minute, set up by Adrien Thomasson, M'Baye Niang pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 71st minute, and Loïs Openda made it 1-3 in the 78th minute, set up by Florian Sotoca.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 3.20 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Auxerre's 2.03 from 17.

Match stats

17 Shots 15

5 Shots on Target 7

5 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.03 xG 3.20

2.03 Non-penalty xG 3.20

7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Auxerre Lens

Kick-off

19’

Alexis Claude Maurice
Assist: Loïs Openda

0-1

Half-time0-1

48’

Alexis Claude Maurice
Assist: Adrien Thomasson

0-2

M'Baye Niang

1-2

71’

78’

Loïs Openda
Assist: Florian Sotoca

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Auxerre

Jubal

Lens

Jonathan Gradit
Massadio Haidara
Salis Abdul Samed

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Auxerre 2.03 xGLens 3.20 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Lens attacking Auxerre attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ionut Radu	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jubal	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Rayan Raveloson	DEF	90		1	0.07	0.03	1
Souleymane Isaak Touré	DEF	90		1	0.26	0.00	0
Akim Zedadka	MID	49		0	0.00	0.33	1
Gideon Mensah	MID	90		0	0.00	0.34	2
Birama Touré	MID	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Han-Noah Massengo	MID	75		3	0.18	0.00	0
Gaetan Perrin	MID	60		1	0.03	0.00	0
Gauthier Hein	MID	59		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joia Nuno Da Costa	FWD	49		1	0.33	0.05	1
M'Baye Niang	Sub	41	1	3	0.87	0.10	2
Siriki Dembélé	Sub	41		1	0.03	0.08	2
Lassine Sinayoko	Sub	31		3	0.14	0.38	3
Hamza Sakhi	Sub	30		0	0.00	0.08	2
Matthis Abline	Sub	15		2	0.12	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jean-Louis Leca	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Gradit	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Massadio Haidara	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.38	2
Kevin Danso	DEF	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Przemyslaw Frankowski	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Deiver Machado	MID	82			1	0.06	0.00	0
Adrien Thomasson	MID	90		1	1	0.09	0.74	2
Salis Abdul Samed	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Angelo Fulgini	MID	68			2	0.42	0.44	2
Alexis Claude Maurice	MID	68	2		3	1.22	0.00	0
Loïs Openda	FWD	82	1	1	6	0.92	0.89	3
Jean Onana	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wesley Said	Sub	22			2	0.49	0.00	0
Florian Sotoca	Sub	22		1	0	0.00	0.08	1
Julien Le Cardinal	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Buksa	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.13	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Auxerre win 31% Avg odds 3.09

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.62

Lens win 43% Avg odds 2.23

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Auxerre L D L L D

Lens W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Lens 1-0 Auxerre, 14 Jan 23 Next meeting: Auxerre 2-2 Lens, 14 Dec 24 All Auxerre vs Lens meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.