Lens vs Metz

16 September 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee Stéphanie Frappart

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Joel Asoro 37’

Match summary

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

Joel Asoro put Metz ahead in the 37th minute.

Lens can feel hard done by, creating 1.62 expected goals (xG) from 31 shots to Metz's 0.63 from 2.

Match stats

Lens Metz
31 Shots 2
10 Shots on Target 2
9 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.61 xG 0.63
1.61 Non-penalty xG 0.63
14 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Lens Metz
Kick-off
37’
Joel Asoro0-1 (Metz)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Sepe Elye Wahi
Metz
  • Fali Candé
  • Joel Asoro

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.62 0.63 37’ Joel Asoro (Metz), 0-1 37’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.62 0.63 37’ Joel Asoro (Metz), 0-1 Asoro 37’
Lens 1.62 xGMetz 0.63 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Metz attacking Lens attacking 
37’ Joel Asoro (Metz), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 28’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 9’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 31’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+2’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90+4’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 83’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 44’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+5’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 26’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 17’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 56’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 9’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 27’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 68’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Abduqodir Khusanov (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 69’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 85’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Kevin Danso (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+2’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 79’ Faitout Maouassa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Abduqodir Khusanov (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 34’ Deiver Machado (Lens), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Lamine Camara (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 3’ Abduqodir Khusanov (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 37’ Joel Asoro (Metz), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 28’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 9’ Adrien Thomasson (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+2’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 31’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+4’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 83’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+5’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 44’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 26’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 17’ Sepe Elye Wahi (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 56’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 9’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 27’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 68’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Abduqodir Khusanov (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 69’ Wesley Said (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 85’ Wesley Said (Lens), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Kevin Danso (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Morgan Guilavogui (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 84’ Andy Diouf (Lens), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Ruben Aguilar (Lens), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 79’ Faitout Maouassa (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 15’ Abduqodir Khusanov (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 34’ Deiver Machado (Lens), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Lamine Camara (Metz), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 40’ Angelo Fulgini (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 3’ Abduqodir Khusanov (Lens), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Brice Samba GK900 0.000.000
Kevin Danso DEF901 0.030.192
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.063
Abduqodir Khusanov DEF753 0.070.000
Ruben Aguilar MID661 0.020.163
Deiver Machado MID661 0.020.092
Adrien Thomasson MID902 0.210.122
Salis Abdul Samed MID901 0.010.072
Florian Sotoca MID905 0.300.081
Angelo Fulgini MID666 0.270.143
Sepe Elye Wahi FWD763 0.250.000
Wesley Said Sub244 0.260.000
Faitout Maouassa Sub241 0.020.041
Przemyslaw Frankowski Sub240 0.000.253
Andy Diouf Sub151 0.030.000
Morgan Guilavogui Sub142 0.110.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 63% Avg odds 1.51
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.44
Metz win 15% Avg odds 6.29

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

Form going into the game

Lens WLDLL
Metz LLDWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Metz 0-0 Lens, 13 Mar 22 Next meeting: Metz 2-1 Lens, 12 Apr 24  All Lens vs Metz 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.