Slavia Praha 2-3 Lens: late goals turn the match around
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 26 shots to 17: Lens had 63% of the ball
- Red card 49', Slavia goal 51'
- Goals at 90+1' and 90+3' won it for Lens
A red card, then an instant response
Slavia's night changed early in the second half. Mikulas Konecny, introduced at half-time for David Zima, was sent off in the 49th minute once a VAR check confirmed a card upgrade. Even so, Slavia scored first. D. Šturm finished from S. Isife's assist in the 51st minute, a goal worth +1.0 FN xPts to the hosts.
Lens had the ball and the volume
Lens kept hold of the ball for 63% of the match and fired off 26 shots, but only 31% of them were on target. That suggests the pressure was less penetrating than the numbers imply. Jakub Markovič, in the Slavia goal, held Lens to a single goal until stoppage time.
Thauvin led the attack, the bench finished
Florian Thauvin drove the Lens attack with eight shots and four key passes. Two substitutes also had a hand in the finish. Mezian Mesloub, on in the 61st minute, set up Thauvin's equaliser, and Ruben Aguilar, who came on a minute later, scored the winner.
Slavia's lead was gone before full-time
Šturm's second goal put Slavia 2-1 up and was worth +1.8 FN xPts. Lens equalised in stoppage time, and Aguilar's winner moments later carried +1.9 FN xPts. It turned a level match into a win, and the hosts had nothing to show for a lead they had held late on.
Player of the match
Florian Thauvin 8.5Dominant
Eight shots, four key passes and the 90+1' equaliser for Lens.
Thauvin's FN Score was built mostly on attacking output: three of his eight shots were on target and he created four chances. He played all 90 minutes and levelled at 2-2 in the first minute of stoppage time, which left the way open for Aguilar's winner two minutes later.
Game state
1-01-12-12-22-3
Slavia Praha ahead 24 min · level 66 min · Lens ahead 0 min
- Slavia Praha: Red card 49' → ~41 min a player down
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
49'
Mikulas Konecny
Red card
−0.3
51'
D. Šturm
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist S. Isife +0.3
+1.0
73'
Abdallah Sima
Goal
+1.1
88'
D. Šturm
Goal
+1.8
90+1'
Florian Thauvin
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Mezian Mesloub +0.3
+1.0
90+3'
Ruben Aguilar
Goal
+1.9
Slavia Praha
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 1.0Own moments +2.5Opponent moments −4.3Time effect +0.8→ League points won 0
Lens
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments +4.0Opponent moments −1.7Time effect −1.0→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
Slavia PrahaLens
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Compared with usual
Lens
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
Timeline
- 45'
Sub
David Zima → Mikulas Konecny
- 48'
VAR
Mikulas Konecny
- 49'
Red
Mikulas Konecny
- 51'
Goal
D. Šturm competition goal #1 assist S. Isife
- 61'
Sub
Franjo Ivanović → Mezian Mesloub
- 62'
Sub
Michal Skoras → Ruben Aguilar
- 62'
Sub
Souleymane Sagnan → Odsonne Édouard
- 62'
Yellow
Ismaelo Ganiou
- 73'
Goal
Abdallah Sima competition goal #1
- 75'
Sub
Amadou Haidara → Florian Sotoca
- 75'
Sub
Abdallah Sima → Junior Kadile
- 76'
Sub
O. Kubiak → David Jurásek
- 76'
Sub
Mojmir Chytil → Tomáš Chorý
- 82'
Sub
W. Nowak → T. Diakité
- 84'
Sub
S. Isife → Ivan Schranz
- 88'
Goal
D. Šturm competition goal #2
- 90+1'
Goal
Florian Thauvin competition goal #1 assist Mezian Mesloub
- 90+3'
Goal
Ruben Aguilar competition goal #1
Category leaders
- Key passesFlorian Thauvin4
- Duels wonKyllian Antonio10/12
- DribblesKyllian Antonio2/3
- Defensive actionsKyllian Antonio8
- ShotsFlorian Thauvin8 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonAbdallah Sima3
#Slavia Praha#Lens#Champions League#Florian Thauvin#D. Šturm#Ruben Aguilar
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.