Paris Saint-Germain vs Lens

26 August 2023 · Ligue 1 · 2023/24 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Marco Asensio 45’
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin 52’, 90’

Morgan Guilavogui 90+5’

Match summary

Paris Saint-Germain won 3-1 at home to Lens. Paris Saint-Germain led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Marco Asensio put Paris Saint-Germain ahead in the 45th minute, set up by Warren Zaïre-Emery. In the second half, Kylian Mbappe-Lottin made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute, set up by Lucas Hernández, Mbappe-Lottin made it 3-0 in the 90th minute, set up by Fabián, and Morgan Guilavogui pulled one back to make it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Florian Sotoca.

The chances backed that up: Paris Saint-Germain created 1.87 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Lens's 0.49 from 12.

Match stats

17 Shots 12

7 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 0

1.87 xG 0.49

1.87 Non-penalty xG 0.49

16 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Paris Saint-Germain Lens

Kick-off

Marco Asensio
Assist: Warren Zaïre-Emery

1-0

45’

Half-time1-0

Kylian Mbappe-Lottin
Assist: Lucas Hernández

2-0

52’

Kylian Mbappe-Lottin
Assist: Fabián

3-0

90’

90+5’

Morgan Guilavogui
Assist: Florian Sotoca

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Lens

Facundo Medina
Jonathan Gradit
Deiver Machado
Florian Sotoca
Stijn Spierings

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.

Paris Saint-Germain 1.87 xGLens 0.49 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Lens attacking Paris Saint-Germain attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Gianluigi Donnarumma	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Achraf Hakimi	DEF	90			2	0.17	0.00	0
Marquinhos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Milan Skriniar	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Hernández	DEF	87		1	0	0.00	0.47	4
Warren Zaïre-Emery	MID	90		1	2	0.21	0.24	2
Vitinha	MID	90			2	0.04	0.12	1
Manuel Ugarte	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	84			1	0.18	0.55	4
Marco Asensio	FWD	90	1		3	0.42	0.14	1
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin	FWD	90	2		6	0.80	0.19	2
Fabián	Sub	6		1	0	0.00	0.11	1
Danilo Pereira	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Soler	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Brice Samba	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Facundo Medina	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	2
Kevin Danso	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Jonathan Gradit	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Przemyslaw Frankowski	MID	50			2	0.04	0.00	0
Deiver Machado	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Andy Diouf	MID	87			2	0.08	0.00	0
Salis Abdul Samed	MID	50			0	0.00	0.00	0
Angelo Fulgini	MID	78			1	0.06	0.04	1
Adrien Thomasson	MID	62			2	0.08	0.00	0
Florian Sotoca	FWD	90		1	0	0.00	0.16	4
Julien Le Cardinal	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stijn Spierings	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sepe Elye Wahi	Sub	28			2	0.11	0.00	0
Morgan Guilavogui	Sub	12	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
David Pereira Da Costa	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Paris Saint-Germain win 59% Avg odds 1.61

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.24

Lens win 18% Avg odds 5.18

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

Form going into the game

Paris Saint-Germain W D L D D

Lens W W W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 Lens, 15 Apr 23 Next meeting: Lens 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain, 14 Jan 24 All Paris Saint-Germain 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.